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HISTORY 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE  SURGEONS 

IN  THE 

WAR  OF  REBELLION 


PUBLISHED  BY  ORDER 

OF    THE 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE  ASSOCIATION 
OF  MILITARY  SURGEONS 

190G 


CONCORD,  N.  H. 
Ira  C.  Evans  Co.,  Printers 


COPYRIGHT    1906 
BY  GRANVILLE  P.  CONN 


DKDICATION. 


To  the  State  of  New  Hampshire  and  to  the  surviving  Com- 
rades of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  as  well  as  to  the  descend- 
ants of  those  deceased,  aye,  even  "unto  the  third  and  fourth 
generation, ' '  thie  volume  is  most  respectfully  dedicated  by  the 
Author. 


PREFACE. 


As  the  compiler  of  the  sketches  which  are  comprised  in  this 
work,  I  have  been  under  great  obligations  to  comrades  that 
are  living  and  to  the  friends  of  those  deceased.  They  were 
self-sacrificing  patriots.  I  have  made  a  great  effort  that 
people  of  New  Hampshire  should  have  something  in  memoriam 
of  the  professional  attainments  of  those  who  so  gallantly  re- 
sponded when  their  services  were  needed  to  care  for  the  sick 
and  wounded.  While  president  of  the  New  Hampshire  Med- 
ical Society,  one  of  the  noble  men  from  New  Hampshire  said 
during  that  gloomy  period  of  the  war  in  1863 : 

"Our  country  is  under  a  cloud,  dark  and  portentous.  A 
great  and  powerful  portion  of  this  nation  is  in  wicked  rebel- 
lion against  the  flag  raised  by  our  fathers  after  years  of  suffer- 
ing and  the  spending  of  millions  of  treasure.  No  hour  so 
gloomy  has  it  ever  been  the  misfortune  of  this  people  to  en- 
dure. Is  the  sun  of  our  glory  about  to  go  down  forever  and 
leave  the  worshippers  of  Liberty  no  gleam  of  light?  Can  it 
be  that  the  future  historian  shall  write  our  rise,  progress  and 
downfall  as  not  occupying  the  space  of  ninety  years?  And 
have  we  as  medical  men  nothing  to  do  in  this  great  struggle 
for  national  existence,  but  to  stand  by  in  silence,  or  at  most 
to  look  after  the  sick  and  wounded  ?  Gentlemen,  the  founders 
of  this  society  were  patriots  as  well  as  physicians.  They 
helped  achieve  our  independence.  They  witnessed  the  dread- 
ful agonies  of  the  colonies  and  welcomed  the  birth  of  a  nation. 
The  first  president  of  our  society,  who  was  also  one  of  its 
founders,  was  the  first  person  who  voted  for  the  Declaration 
of  Independence  and  the  second  man  who  signed  it.  The 
blood  of  the  heroes  of  the  Revolution  has  never  ceased  to  cir- 
culate in  this  organization.    It  is  in  this  society  to-day.    There 


VI  PREFACE. 

has  never  been  a  more  patriotic  and  loyal  body  of  men  in  any 
state  nor  one  that  has  done  more  for  the  commonwealth.  They 
have  been  the  watchful  guardians  of  the  liberties  of  the 
people,  the  friends  of  true  religion,  zealous  in  the  cause  of 
education,  and  in  all  great  movements  for  securing  the  happi- 
ness and  prosperity  of  the  state.  That  our  profession  has 
done  its  duty,  every  battlefield  from  Bunker  Hill  to  Vicks- 
burg  attests.  Let  the  thousands  now  ministering  to  the  sick 
and  wounded  on  the  Potomac,  in  the  Dismal  Swamp,  on  the 
rice  plantations  of  the  Carolinas,  in  the  everglades  of  Florida, 
and  the  stagnant  bayous  of  the  murky  Mississippi,  tell  of  the 
untiring  devotion  of  our  craft  to  their  country  and  their 
calling. ' ' 

The  unbounded  faith  of  the  writer  of  the  above  has  been 
more  than  verified  in  the  new  Union,  which  more  than  ever 
before  knows  no  North,  no  South,  neither  East  nor  West,  thus 
verifying  the  words  of  the  great  expounder  of  the  Constitu- 
tion, the  Union  is  for  all,  and  one  and  inseparable.  To-day 
the  North,  the  South,  the  East  and  the  West  are  prospering 
as  never  before. 

To  my  stenographer.  Miss  Lull,  who  for  ten  years  so  faith- 
fully took  charge  of  this  work,  I  should  be  remiss  if  I  did 
not  give  honorable  mention. 

In  the  compilation  of  this  work  General  Ayling's  Register 
has  been  of  great  service  as  giving  the  last  known  residence, 
yet  in  many  of  the  towns  I  had  some  friend  who  would  at  once 
take  up  the  subject  and  find  some  good  friend  of  the  comrade 
that  would  give  the  key  to  the  situation.  The  dates,  parentage 
and  family  history  have  generally  been  given  by  the  comrade 
himself  or  by  some  member  of  his  family;  others  have  been 
traced  by  reference  to  college  necrology  as  well  as  the  college 
catalogue.  Some  regimental  histories  were  consulted  with 
much  satisfaction,  others  seem  to  have  forgotten  about  their 
medical  officers  beyond  the  fact  that  their  names  were  on  the 
roster  at  the  end  of  the  volume.  So  much  the  more  need  of  a 
medical  and  surgical  history  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  for 
New  Hampshire. 


PREFACE.  VII 

There  are  a  few  about  whom,  after  nearly  ten  years'  re- 
search, I  have  failed  to  find  any  information  and  it  is  probably 
true  others  may  have  been  omitted  because  unknown  to  me  as 
well  as  to  General  Ayling.  It  is  true  I  have  introduced  many 
into  these  sketches  whose  record  is  not  to  be  found  in  General 
Ayling 's  Register,  but  this  volume  is  of  later  date,  and  then 
his  record  did  not  embrace  contract  surgeons.  Yet  some  of 
these  men  did  valiant  service  in  the  war,  were  detailed  to 
various  army  corps  and  suffered  the  same  privations  as  com- 
missioned officers.  Therefore  their  patriotism  and  courage, 
their  endurance  under  adverse  circumstances,  should  receive 
recognition  by  the  citizens  of  the  state,  notwithstanding  the 
officers  and  soldiers  at  the  time  of  their  employment  consid- 
ered that  branch  of  the  service  somewhat  equivocal. 

Another  class  which  I  have  considered  worthy  of  mention 
were  enlisted  men  who  did  full  duty  during  their  term  of  ser- 
vice and  afterwards  made  the  profession  of  medicine  their 
life's  work.  Many  of  them  became  prominent  among  their 
fellows,  and  all  were  truly  beloved  by  the  public,  wherever 
located,  always  being  true  exponents  of  all  the  old  flag  sym- 
bolizes,— the  flag  whose  world-wide  significance  is  "life,  lib- 
erty and  the  pursuit  of  happiness. ' ' 

GRAmaLLE  P.  CONN,  M.  D. 

Concord,  N.  H.,  September  20,  1906. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

FIRST  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


By  Stephen  G.  Abbott,  Chaplain. 

"When  President  Lincoln  called  for  75,000  men  for  three 
months  to  suppress  the  Rebellion,  New  Hampshire  responded 
with  an  alacrity  unsurpassed  by  any  of  the  states.  The  proc- 
lamation was  issued  the  15th  of  April,  1861.  Enlisting  sta- 
tions were  immediately  improvised,  and  between  the  seven- 
teenth and  the  thirtieth  not  less  than  2,004  men  were  enrolled. 

"The  residue,  after  filling  the  First  Regiment,  were  given 
their  choice  to  enlist  in  the  Second  Regiment,  or  serve  out 
their  time  of  three  months  as  the  garrison  of  Fort  Constitu- 
tion at  Portsmouth  harbor.  Four  hundred  and  ninety-six 
enlisted  in  the  Second  Regiment,  and  the  remainder  were  sent 
to  Fort  Constitution. 

"The  First  Regiment  rendezvoused  at  Concord,  on  the  fair 
grounds  of  the  Merrimack  County  Agricultural  Society  on  the 
east  side  of  Merrimack  river,  the  camp  being  christened  '  Camp 
Union.'  But  a  few  days  passed  before  the  material  of  the 
regiment  was  crystalized  into  a  completely  appointed  and 
equipped  organization.  A  contract  for  fifteen  army  wagons 
and  one  hospital  ambulance  was  placed  with  the  firm  of  Lewis 
Downing  &  Son,  of  Concord.  A  supply  of  horses,  averaging 
in  cost  $125,  was  speedily  purchased,  and  the  contract  for  har- 
nesses was  filled  by  James  R.  Hill,  of  Concord.  So  well,  thor- 
oughly, and  expeditiously  was  this  work  performed,  that  on 
the  fourteenth  day  of  May,  just  fifteen  days  after  his  appoint- 


2  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN  THE  REBELLION. 

ment,  Quartermaster  Batchelder  informed  the  colonel  that  the 
regiment  was  uniformed,  armed  and  equipped,  and  field  trans- 
portation for  tents,  baggage  and  supplies  was  ready. ' ' 

"The  regiment  arrived  in  New  York  May  26,  where  it  was 
received  by  four  hundred  and  fifty  citizens,  all  sons  of  New 
Hampshire,  and  presented  by  them  with  an  elegant  silk  flag. 

"The  regiment  arrived  in  Baltimore  on  May  27,  and 
marched  through  the  city  to  the  Camden  station  to  the  tune 
of  '  Yankee  Doodle, '  the  first  national  air  played  in  the  streets 
of  the  city  after  the  passage  of  the  Massachusetts  Sixth. 

"The  regiment  arrived  in  Washington  at  1.30  o'clock  a.  m., 
May  28,  and  in  the  morning  marched  to  'Kalorama, '  their 
camping  ground,  named  'Camp  Cameron.'  It  was  reviewed 
from  the  porch  of  the  White  House  by  the  president,  who  soon 
after  sent  a  special  message  to  the  camp  to  inform  the  colonel 
that  his  was  the  best  appointed  regiment  that  had  thus  far 
come  into  Washington." 

' '  July  8  the  regiment  marched  to  the  Monocacy,  eight  miles, 
where  it  spent  the  Fourth,  naming  the  locality  'Camp  Good- 
win.' On  the  fifth  the  regiment  marched  to  Point  of  Rocks, 
six  miles,  giving  the  camp  the  name  of  '  Camp  Berry. '  From 
this  point  the  tents  and  unnecessary  baggage  were  sent  to 
Frederick,  Md.,  and  the  regiment  resumed  its  march  to  Wil- 
liamsport,  passing  through  Sharpsburg  and  Sandy  Hook,  op- 
posite Harper's  Ferry,  arriving  at  that  place  July  7,  twenty- 
four  miles  from  Point  of  Rocks. 

"The  next  morning  the  brigade  marched  for  Martinsburg, 
Va.,  twelve  miles,  arriving  there  about  noon  of  the  same  day, 
where  it  joined  the  Army  of  the  Shenandoah,  under  the  com- 
mand of  General  Patterson,  making  an  army  of  about  25,000. 

' '  The  approaching  battle  of  Bull  Run  rendered  it  eminently 
important  that  General  Johnston  should  be  intercepted  and 
prevented  from  joining  in  the  engagement.  This  work  was 
entrusted  to  General  Patterson,  but,  for  reasons  which  may 


FIRST   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  3 

never  be  explained,  instead  of  receiving  in  the  morning 
marching  orders,  it  was  suddenly  decided  that  there  should  be 
no  movement  until  further  orders.  A  subsequent  investiga- 
tion of  the  matter  resulted  in  the  supersedure  of  General  Pat- 
terson by  General  N.  P.  Banks." 

****** 

''On  the  twenty-eighth  of  July  the  First  Regiment  New 
Hampshire  Volunteers  moved  across  the  river  and  went  into 
camp.  On  the  second  day  of  August  their  term  of  enlistment 
expired,  and  they  made  no  delay  in  embarking  on  board  the 
cars  for  home.  They  were  paid  off  and  mustered  out,  mostly 
on  the  ninth  of  August,  and  discharged  at  Concord. 

"The  First  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  did  no 
fighting,  excepting  the  exchange  of  shots  at  intervals  for  two 
days  across  the  river  at  Conrad's  Ferry.  In  this  affray  none 
of  our  men  were  hit.  The  rebels  admit  one  captain  and  two 
privates  killed  and  about  twelve  wounded.  The  regiment, 
however,  did  a  large  amount  .of  guard  duty,  a  service  which, 
though  unattended  with  much  eclat,  may  have  accomplished 
as  great  good  as  a  victory  on  the  field  of  blood  and  carnage. 
The  regiment  did  faithfully  all  that  was  required  of  it. 

"The  First  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteer  Infantry 
was  attached  to  the  Department  of  Washington  May  27,  1861 ; 
to  the  Seventh  Brigade,  Third  Division,  Department  of  Penn- 
sylvania, July  10,  1861. 

FIELD    AND    STAFF. 


Colonel    . 

Lieutenant-Colonel 

Major 

Adjutant 

Quartermaster 

Paymaster 

Surgeon  . 

Assistant-Surgeon 

Chaplain 


Mason  W.  Tappan. 
Thomas  J.  Whipple. 
Aaron  F.  Stevens. 
Enoch  Q.  Fellows. 
Richard  N.  Batchelder. 
]\IosES  K.  Hazelton. 
Alpheus  B.  Crosby.  M.  D. 
Henry  C.  Shaw,  M.  D. 
Stephen  G.  Abbott. 


SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

FIRST  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


Alpheus  B.  Crosby,  M.  D., 
Hanover,  N.  H. 

(1    N.    H.    V.) 

Ceosby,  Alpheus  B.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Gilmanton;  age  29;  res.  Hanover; 
app.  Apr.  30,  '61;  must,  in  May  2,  '61,  as  Surg.;  must,  out  Aug.  9, 
'61.  See  Miscel.  Organizations.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  7.) 

(Miscellaneous  Organizations.) 

Crosby,  Alpheus  B.  U.  S.  V.;  b.  Gilmanton;  age  29;  res.  Hanover; 
app.  Maj.  and  Surg.  Sept.  5,  '61;  resigned  June  30,  '62.  Died  Aug.  9, 
'77,  Hanover.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1041.) 

Alpheus  Benning  Crosby  was  born  in  Gilmanton,  N.  H., 
February  22,  1832.  He  was  a  son  of  Dixi  Crosby,  and  grandson 
of  Dr.  Asa  Crosby,  all  New  Hampshire  men,  and  while  here 
we  lose  the  professional  thread  of  the  ancestral  line,  we  find 
that  his  great-grandfather  was  a  soldier, — first,  in  the  old 
French  and  Indian  War,  and  later  as  an  officer  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary army,  commanding  a  company  in  Colonel  Reed's  New 
Hampshire  regiment,  in  which,  together  with  two  of  his  older 
sons,  he  did  noble  service  at  Bunker  Hill.  "Tracing  the  line 
of  succession  still  further,  through  four  more  generations  of 
New  England's  strong-armed,  strong-willed  sons,  we  reach  at 
length  their  pioneer,  Simon  Crosby,  who  in  1635,  with  his 
wife  Ann,  left  Lancashire,  and,  crossing  in  the  good  ship 
'Susan  and  Ellyn, '  settled,  at  the  age  of  twenty-six,  in  Cam- 
bridge, Mass." 

****** 

"When  Dr.  Ben,  as  he  was  familiarly  called  by  all  who  knew 
him  intimately,  was  six  years  of  age,  his  father  received  an 
appointment  to  the  chair  of  surgery  of  Dartmouth  College,  as 
the  successor  of  R.  D.  Muzzey;  the  Crosby  family  left  Gil- 
manton and  ever  after  resided  in  Hanover.  It  was  an  ideal 
home.  What  that  home  implies,  those  of  us  who  remember 
the  Crosby  mansion  as  a  '  House  Beautiful '  among  the  '  Delec- 


FIRST   NEW   HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS.  6 

table  Mountains'  of  tlie  river  border,  need  not  now  be  re- 
minded. Whether  we  sought  it  as  strangers  and  pilgrims,  or 
as  social  visitors;  as  students,  or  as  office  boys;  as  invalids, 
seeking  kind  words  and  quick  relief,  or  as  friends,  privileged 
to  go  in  and  out,  in  all  the  delightful  confidence  of  the  house- 
hold,—our  recollection  of  it  brings  the  same  throb  of  pleasure. 
The  picture  of  that  country  home,  with  its  fair  surroundings 
and  embellishments ;  its  quiet  dooryard,  shaded  with  elms  and 
horse-chestnuts ;  its  ever-open  door,  to  the  call  of  hospitable  or 
professional  claim ;  its  threshold,  trodden  by  more  distinguished 
feet,  perhaps,  than  any  single  portal  in  the  state ;  its  crowds  of 
visitors;  its  social  and  family  gatherings;  its  daily  music  of 
conversation  and  merriment,  all  make  that  dear  old  homestead 
a  dream  of  delight  to  him  who  whiled  away  the  summer  hours 
of  life's  morning  under  its  shadow;  a  very  Mecca  to  those 
who  under  its  roof-tree  began  their  professional  pilgrimage, 
and  a  shrine  of  sweet  memories  to  us  all. ' ' 

*  *  *  *  *  * 

He  was  graduated  from  the  classical  department  of  Dart- 
mouth College  in  1853,  and  at  once  commenced  his  medical 
studies  in  the  office  of  his  father,  who  was  professor  of  surgery 
in  the  medical  department  of  Dartmouth  College.  He  at- 
tended lectures  both  at  Dartmouth  and  at  the  College  of  Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons  in  New  York  City,  and  served  for  one 
year  as  an  interne  in  the  United  States  Marine  Hospital,  at 
Chelsea,  Mass.,  and  was  graduated  from  Dartmouth  Medical 
College  in  the  class  of  1856. 

"At  the  outbreak  of  the  Rebellion,  in  1861,  he  was  ap- 
pointed surgeon  of  the  First  Regiment  of  New  Plampshire  Vol- 
unteers for  three  months'  service.  This  being  concluded,  he 
was  at  once  commissioned  as  brigade  surgeon  of  United  States 
Volunteers,  and  soon  after  appointed  to  the  rank  of  medical 
director,  serving  as  such  on  the  staffs,  successively,  of  Generals 
Stone,  Casey,  Sedgwick  and  Peck.  His  army  service  was 
marked  by  the  same  strong  individuality,  the  same  resolute 
activity,    the   same   executive   talent,    which   we   have   seen 


b  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

stamped  upon  the  boy  and  the  youth.  Added  to  all  these 
other  qualities,  was  that  same  genial  humanity  which  made 
friends  of  everyone.  His  brother  officers  trusted  him,  de- 
pended upon  him,  and  loved  him.  The  private  soldiers  idol- 
ized him,  for  they  saw  his  quick  and  constant  sympathy  for 
them,  and  knew  that  his  large  and  loving  heart  embraced  them 
all  in  its  tender  care,  always  seeking  their  comfort  and  well- 
being,  whether  in  camp  or  in  the  field. ' ' 

w  TT  "vr  w  9r  'il' 

As  might  be  expected  of  a  man  having  such  marked  indi- 
viduality, his  was  a  noble  record  of  army  service,  and  through 
him  to  New  Hampshire  belongs  the  credit  of  having  erected 
the  first  complete  military  hospital  on  the  modern  "pavilion 
plan"  that  was  built  during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion.  In  a 
paper  presented  to  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  en- 
titled "A  Lost  Art  in  Surgery,"  is  found  the  following 
description  of  this  hospital  from  his  own  pen : 

"In  the  summer  of  1861,  being  the  first  year  of  our  civil 
war,  I  was  assigned  as  division  surgeon  to  the  staff  of  Gen- 
eral Charles  P.  Stone,  then  commanding  a  corps  of  observa- 
tion at  Poolesville,  Md.  As  we  were  thirty-six  miles 
from  Washington,  and  as  the  general  hospitals  in  that  city 
were  at  the  time  crude  and  unsatisfactory,  I  conceived  the  idea 
of  establishing  a  division  hospital  on  the  ground,  and  so  retain 
for  care  and  treatment  both  our  sick  and  wounded. 

"In  August,  1861,  I  made  a  communication  to  Surgeon 
Tripler,  who  was  the  medical  director  of  the  army,  at  Wash- 
ington, submitting  my  plan  for  the  construction  of  a  hospital, 
and  asking  for  the  necessary  lumber,  doors,  windows,  etc.,  with 
which  to  construct  it.  The  plan  was  approved;  my  requisitions 
were  endorsed,  and  the  necessary  materials  furnished.  The 
work  was  completed,  and  on  the  twenty-first  of  October,  the 
day  on  which  the  battle  of  Ball's  Bluff  took  place,  we  were 
ready  to  receive  the  wounded  from  that  ill-fated  engagement. 
This  hospital  was  built  essentially  on  what  is  now  known  as  the 
pavilion  plan,  though  I  was  at  the  time  ignorant  of  the  action 


FIRST   NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  7 

which  the  sanitary  cominission  was  taking  in  the  same  direc- 
tion. I  have  recently  learned  that  the  sanitary  commission 
made  a  communication  to  the  government  in  July,  1861,  advo- 
cating the  use  of  pavilion  hospitals,  and  in  October  follow- 
ing,— about  the  time  my  hospital  was  completed  and  occu- 
pied,— secured  an  order  for  the  construction  of  a  hospital  on 
the  pavilion  plan.  I  have  given  these  details,  because  from 
them  it  appears  that  my  own  hospital  was  built  and  occupied 
before  any  of  those  suggested  by  the  sanitary  commission,  and, 
so  far  as  I  know,  was  the  first  hospital  of  the  kind  erected 
during  the  war. ' ' 


"On  the  26th  of  July,  1862,  Dr.  Crosby  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Mss  Mildred  Grassell  Smith,  a  native  of  Alabama, 
and  daughter  of  Dr.  William  E.  Smith,  who  was  afterwards, 
and  until  his  death  in  1875,  a  resident  of  Galveston,  Texas." 

Children,  three :  Mildred,  Dixi  and  W.  Pierce. 

Dr.  Crosby  resigned  from  the  United  States  service  the  day 
preceding  his  marriage,  and  in  the  autumn  of  the  same  year 
was  appointed  adjunct  professor  of  surgery  in  Dartmouth 
Medical  College. 

' '  In  1865,  he  was  invited  to  the  chair  of  surgery  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Vermont,  and  in  the  same  year  to  a  similar  chair 
in  the  University  of  Michigan.  Both  these  positions  he  ac- 
cepted and  ably  filled  for  several  years." 

In  1870,  on  the  resignation  of  his  father,  he  was  appointed 
to  the  chair  of  surgery  in  Dartmouth,  and  also  delivered  a 
course  of  surgical  lectures  in  the  medical  department  of  Bow- 
doin  College,  Maine,  the  same  year.  He  also  held  appoint- 
ments in  surgery  and  surgical  anatomy  in  the  Long  Island 
Medical  College,  the  New  York  University,  and  also  in  Belle- 
vue  Hospital  Medical  College  of  New  York  City. 

Prof.  Henry  E.  Parker  of  Dartmouth  College,  chaplain  of 
the  Second  N.  H.  Vols.,  with  much  force  and  feeling,  remarked 
on  the  day  of  Dr.  Crosby's  burial:  "It  is  no  small  encomium 


8  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

for  any  man,  when  the  place  where  he  has  grown  up,  and  in 
which  he  has  spent  both  his  earlier  and  riper  years,  has  no 
recollection  of  him  other  than  what  is  to  his  praise." 

In  closing  this  sketch,  the  writer  desires  to  acknowledge  his 
obligation  to  Dr.  J.  Whitney  Barstow,  resident  physician  of 
Sanford  Hall  Asylum,  New  York,  for  facts  relative  to  Surgeon 
Crosby  in  his  memorial  address  before  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society. 

Dr.  Barstow  only  echoed  the  feelings  of  the  profession 
throughout  the  state  and  New  England,  when  he  spoke  of  his 
college  classmate  and  professional  friend  in  the  following  lan- 
guage : 

"His  sun  was  then  in  its  zenith;  he  had  climbed  easily  the 
ladder  of  professional  fame,  and  stood  in  the  full  glory  of 
mature  manhood.  A  few  days  later  the  tidings  reached  us, 
unwarned,  that  that  sun  had  gone  down  suddenly  at  midday, 
and  left  us  stunned  and  blinded  by  the  shock,  as  when  the  bolt 
from  heaven  drops  from  a  clear  sky  and  rends  the  oak  at  our 
very  threshold." 

Dr.  Crosby  died  in  Hanover,  August  9,  1877. 


Henry  C.  Shaw,  M.  D. 

Hanover,  N.  H. 

Shaw.  Hexrt  C.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Waitsfield,  Vt.;  age  28;  res.  Han- 
over; app.  April  30,  '61;  must,  in  May  2,  '61,  as  Asst.  Surg.;  must, 
out  Aug.  9,  '61.  Died  Sept.  7,  'C2,  Alexandria,  Va.,  while  a  mem- 
ber of  5  Vt.  Inf.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  19.) 

The  above  is  the  record  from  Adjutant-General  Ayling's 
office  and  is  supplemented  by  the  following  memorial  record 
in  the  history  of  Waitsfield,  Vt.,  which  was  prepared  by 
Eev.  A.  B.  Dascomb. 

' '  Went  out  from  this  town  as  assistant  surgeon  of  the  First 
New  Hampshire  Regiment.  Serving  out  his  time,  which  was 
three  months,  he  returned,  and  again  went  into  the  army; 
served  as  assistant  surgeon  in  the  Fifth  Vermont  Regiment, 


FIRST   NEW   HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS.  9 

and  died  of  fever  at  Alexandria,  Va.,  September  7,  1862,  at 
the  age  of  thirty  years.  His  remains  were  brought  home  for 
interment. ' ' 

The  general  catalogue  of  Dartmouth  College  shows  that  Dr. 
Shaw  was  graduated  from  the  medical  department  in  the 
class  of  1858.  Dr.  William  Child,  of  the  class  of  1857,  says 
that  Dr.  Shaw  remained  at  Hanover  as  an  assistant  to  Dr. 
Ben  Crosby,  and  was  residing  in  Hanover  at  the  time  the  First 
Regiment  was  called  for,  and  was  commissioned,  at  the  same 
time  as  Surgeon  Crosby,  as  assistant  surgeon  of  the  First 
New  Hampshire  (three  months)  Volunteers.  From  the  record 
of  the  Fifth  Vermont  Regiment,  it  appears  that  Dr.  Shaw 
was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon  in  that  regiment  in  a  few 
days  after  being  mustered  out  of  the  First  New  Hampshire, 
and  probably  went  immediately  to  the  front  with  the  regi- 
ment. He  seems  to  have  been  a  young  man  of  ability  and  to 
have  attracted  the  attention  of  his  superior  officers.  The 
brigade  surgeon  under  whom  he  served,  Dr.  Henry  James  of 
Waterbury,  Vt.,  says:  "I  have  seldom  met  a  young  man  to 
whom  I  was  more  strongly  attracted.  He  was  a  fine-looking, 
symmetrically  proportioned,  agile  and  healthy  man,  with  a 
clean,  intelligent  face,  a  remarkably  pleasing  address,  and  had 
the  manners  of  a  cultivated  gentleman." 

It  seems  that  Dr.  Shaw  was  taken  ill  about  the  close  of  the 
seven  days'  fight  on  the  Peninsula,  and  was  sent  with  others 
to  Alexandria  on  a  transport,  and  died  there  September  7, 
1862. 


/ 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

SECOND  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


By  Hon.  Martin  A.  Haynes  of  Lakeport, 
Historian  of  Second  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteer  Infantry. 

"A  large  proportion  of  the  original  members  of  the  Second 
Kegiment  were  eolisted  for  three  months'  service  under  Presi- 
dent Lincoln's  first  call,  many  of  them  among  the  earliest 
recruits  in  April,  1861.  But  early  in  IMay,  while  the  regi- 
ment was  still  in  camp  at  Portsmouth,  orders  were  received 
from  the  war  department  to  send  no  more  three  months' 
troops.  Most  of  the  men  thereupon  enlisted  for  three  years, 
this  second  muster  by  companies  dating  from  June  1  to  8. 
The  regiment  left  Portsmouth  June  20,  1861,  arriving  at  Bos- 
ton on  the  same  day,  and  at  New  York  on  the  twenty-first, 
receiving  tremendous  ovations  from  the  Sons  of  New  Hamp- 
shire and  the  local  authorities. 

''The  regiment  arrived  in  Washington  on  the  afternoon  of 
the  twenty-third,  and  was  brigaded  with  the  First  and  Second 
Rhode  Island  and  the  Seventy-first  New  York,  the  brigade 
commander  being  Col.  Ambrose  E.  Burnside.  This  constituted 
the  Second  Brigade  of  Hunter 's  Division,  and  opened  the  fight 
at  the  first  Bull  Run  battle,  July  21.  Colonel  Marston  was 
severely  wounded  here,  and  the  regiment's  loss  was  reported 
as  seven  killed,  fifty-six  wounded,  forty-six  missing." 

This  shows  that  but  little  time  was  lost  before  the  surgical 
corps  was  in  actual  service. 

In  the  compilation  of  the  surgical  history  of  the  Second 
Regiment,  I  have  taken  the  liberty  to  include  something  of 
the  work  and  character  of  Miss  Harriet  P.  Dame,  whose  faith- 
ful service  deserves  a  place  with  that  of  the  medical  and  surg- 
ical staff. 


SECOND   NEW    HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS.  11 

Hon.  Martin  A.  Haynes,  the  historian,  says:  ''Any  sketch  of 
the  Second  Regiment  would  be  incomplete  without  mention  of 
Miss  Harriet  Patience  Dame,  the  faithful  army  nurse."  I 
therefore  take  the  liberty  to  place  her  record  with  that  of  the 
surgical  corps  of  the  Second  New  Hampshire  Regiment,  w4th 
whom  she  so  faithfully  followed  in  their  career  the  fortunes 
of  war.  Her  work  was  ever  present,  and  even  when  a  pris- 
oner, she  most  kindly  gave  her  attention  to  the  wounded  of 
the  enemy,  thereby  showing  she  had  "malice  toward  none, 
but  with  charity  for  all,"  she  became  a  faithful  exponent  of 
Fraternity,  Charity    and  Loyalty. 

In  1891,  a  number  of  young  ladies  in  Nashua,  desiring  to 
perpetuate  the  memory  and  history  of  their  fathers  and 
brothers,  organized  a  society  under  the  National  Association 
Daughters  of  Veterans,  for  the  Department  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  with  the  spirit  of  loyalty  and  patriotism  remembered 
that  true  nurse,  whose  devotion  to  the  Second  Regiment  was 
conspicuous  during  the  entire  four  years  of  the  war,  and 
Tent  1  bears  the  name  of  Harriet  P.  Dame. 

The  Second  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  was  attached  to  and 
joined  the  Department  of  Washington,  June  23,  1861; 
Hooker's  Brigade,  Army  of  the  Potomac,  August  12,  1861; 
First  Brigade,  Hooker 's  Division,  Army  of  the  Potomac,  Octo- 
ber 3,  1861;  First  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Third  Army 
Corps,  March  16,  1862;  Department  of  the  East,  March  3, 
1863;  Casey's  Division,  Twenty-second  Army  Corps,  May  27, 
1863;  Third  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Third  Army  Corps, 
June  14,  1863;  District  of  St.  Mary's,  Department  of  Virginia 
and  North  Carolina,  July,  1863 ;  Second  Brigade,  Second  Divi- 
sion, Eighteenth  Army  Corps,  April  23,  1864;  Eighteenth 
Army  Corps  (Corps  Headquarters),  June,  1864;  First  Bri- 
gade, First  Division,  Eighteenth  Army  Corps,  August  13, 
1864;  Department  of  Virginia  and  North  Carolina,  September 
1,  1864;  Third  Brigade,  First  Division,  Eighteenth  Army 
Corps,  October  7,  1864;  Third  Brigade,  Third  Division, 
Twenty-fourth  Army  Corps,  December  2,  1864;  First  Inde- 


12  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

pendent  Brigade,  Twenty-fourth  Army  Corps,  July  10,  1865 ; 
Sub-district  of  Essex,  District  Northeast  Virginia,  Depart- 
ment of  Virginia,  August,  1865. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  engagements  in  which  the  Sec- 
ond Regiment  took  part,  and  gives  some  idea  of  the  work  done 
by  the  medical  and  surgical  corps : 

Bull  Run,  Va.,  July  21,  1861. 
Siege  of  Yorktown,  Va.,  April  11  to  May  4,  1862. 
Williamsburg,  Va.,  May  6,  1862. 
Skirmish  at  Fair  Oaks,  Va.,  June  23,  1862. 
Oak  Grove,  Va.,  June  25,  1862. 
Skirmish  near  Fair  Oaks,  Va.,  June  28,  1862. 
Peach  Orchard,  Va.,  June  29,  1862. 
Glendale,  Va.,  June  30,  1862. 
Malvern  Hill,  Va.,  July  1,  August  5,  1862. 
Kettle  Run,  Va.,  August  27,  1862. 
Bull  Run  (second),  August  29,  1862. 
Chantilly,  Va.,  September  1,  1862. 
Fredericksburg,  Va.,  December  14,  1862. 
Gettysburg,  Penn.,  July  2,  1863. 
Wapping  Heights,  Va.,  July  23,  1863. 
Swift  Creek,  Va.,  May  9,  1864. 
Drewry's  Bluff,  Va.,  May  16,  1864. 
Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  1-9,  1864. 
Port  Walthall,  Va.,  June  16,  1864. 
Petersburg,  Va.,  August  18  to  September  1,  1864. 
Reconnoissance  near  Williamsburg  road,  Va.,  October  27, 
1864. 

Richmond,  Va.,  occupation  of,  April  3,  1865. 

surgeons. 

George  H.  Hubbard,  ]M.  D.,      James  M.  IVIerrow,  M.  D., 
William  P.  Stone.  M.  D. 


8EC0ND   NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  13 

ASSISTANT  SURGEONS. 

George  P.  Greeley,  M.  D.         William  P.  Stone,  j\I.  D., 

(not  mustered,  see  4th  Reg.), William  G.  Stark, 
James  M.  Merrow,  M.  D.,        Sylvanus  Bunton,  M.  D. 
Oscar  Worthley,  M.  D.,  (see  7th  Reg.), 

Willard  C.  Kempton,  M.  D. 

regimental  nurse. 
H.VRRIET  P.  Dame. 


SECOND  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


George  Harris  Hubbard,  M.  D. 
Lansingburg,   N.   Y. 

(2    N.    H.    V.) 

HuBBAKD,  Geoege  H.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Hopkinton;  age  37;  res.  Man- 
chester; app.  Surg.  May  3,  '61;  not  must.;  resigned  appointment 
June  3,  '62;  re-app.  June  4,  '61;  must,  in  June  10,  '61;  disch.  Sept. 
30,  '61.  See  Miscel.  Organizations.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  59.) 

(Miscel.  Organizations.) 

Hubbard,  George  H.  U.  S.  V.;  b.  Hopkinton;  age  37;  res.  Man- 
chester; app.  Major  and  Surg.  Sept.  30,  '61;  disch.  Oct.  7,  '65;  Bvt. 
Lt.  CoL,  U.  S.  v.,  to  date  Oct.  6,  '65,  for  faithful  and  meritorious 
services.  Died  Jan.  19,  '76,  Lansingburg,  N.  Y.  See  2  N.  H.  V. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1056.) 

Surgeon  Hubbard  was  born  in  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  June  8, 
1823,  and  was  the  son  of  John  and  Lucy  (Kimball)  Hubbard. 
His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  academies  in  New  London,  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  and 
Lowell,  Mass.  He  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in  1840 
with  Dr.  Davis  of  Sutton,  N.  H.,  and  continued  the  same  with 
Professors  Henry  H.  Childs,  Alonzo  Clark,  Charles  Dewey, 
B.  Rush  Palmer,  Elisha  Bartlett  and  Edwin  M.  Morse,  at 
Woodstock,  Vt.  At  this  period  they  were  considered 
peers  in  the  profession  with  those  of  any  schools  in  the  coun- 


14  SURGICAL   HISTORY    IN   THE   REBELLION. 

try.  Surgeon  Hubbard  was  graduated  from  the  Vermont 
Medical  College  in  1845.  First  located  in  Bradford,  N.  H., 
where  he  remained  for  four  years;  was  in  East  Washington, 
N.  H.,  five  years;  Manchester,  N.  H.,  from  1855  to  1861,  when 
his  patriotism  led  him  to  sacrifice  private  interest  to  endure 
the  hardships  of  campaign  life  in  the  field.  After  the  war 
he  located  in  Lansingburg,  N.  Y.,  from  1864  to  the  time  of  his 
death  in  1876. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
of  the  New  York  Medical  Society,  of  the  Rensselaer  County 
Medical  Society,  of  which  he  was  once  the  president.  From 
1855  until  he  entered  the  army  he  was  editor  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Journal  of  Medicine.  He  was  a  Sir  Knight  in 
the  Masonic  fraternity. 

He  was  appointed  surgeon  of  the  Second  New  Hampshire 
Volunteers  June  3,  1861,  and  September  30,  1861,  was  ap- 
pointed brigade  surgeon  of  the  United  States  Volunteers,  and 
assigned  to  Burnside's  Division  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac. 
Afterwards,  he  became  medical  director  for  the  district  of 
Northern  Missouri,  surgeon  in  charge  of  general  hospital  at 
Tipton,  Mo. ;  surgeon  in  charge  of  the  hospital  steamer 
''Louisiana";  chief  surgeon  of  the  third  division,  district  of 
West  Tennessee;  chief  surgeon  of  the  second  division  of  the 
Army  of  Tennessee;  chief  surgeon  of  sixth  division  of  the 
Army  of  Tennessee;  chief  surgeon  of  the  United  States  gen- 
eral hospital  at  Paducah,  Ky. ;  medical  director  of  the 
Army  of  the  Frontier;  medical  director  of  the  district  of 
Southwest  Missouri;  medical  director  of  the  frontier  of  Ar- 
kansas ;  medical  director  of  the  Army  of  Arkansas,  and  finally 
medical  director  commanding  the  United  States  army  general 
hospital  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  mustered  out  of  the  ser- 
vice, and  at  the  conclusion  of  the  war  settled  in  Lansingburg, 
taking  immediately  a  leading  position  in  the  profession  and 
securing  a  good  practice. 

Surgeon  Hubbard  was  in  the  first  battle  of  Bull  Run,  at 
Pittsburgh  Landing,  Prairie  Grrove  and  Moscow,  Ark. ; 
also   at    Prairie    d'Arm    and    Jenkins'    Ferry,    Ark.     He 


SECOND    NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  15 

was  made  brevet  lieutenant-colonel,  U.  S.  V.,  October  6,  1865, 
and  was  mustered  out  of  the  United  States  service  October  13, 
1865. 

In  1868,  the  honorary  degree  of  master  of  arts  was  con- 
ferred upon  him  by  Dartmouth  College. 

Dr.  H.  B.  Whiton  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  reported  to  the  New  York 
State  Medical  Society  as  follows:  "Dr.  Hubbard's  death  was 
a  shock  to  the  community.  He  had  received  quite  a  serious 
cut  on  the  left  knee  from  a  fall  in  getting  out  of  a  horse-car. 
Sewing  it  up  himself,  he  continued  with  his  usual  energy  to 
visit  patients  for  several  days.  Inflammation,  the  formation 
of  pus,  blood  poisoning  and  heart  clot  were  the  results  of 
this  imprudence.  Dr.  Hubbell  of  Troy,  in  connection  with 
his  former  assistant.  Dr.  Rice,  gave  him  their  untiring  care 
and  skillful  attention. 

' '  Dr.  Hubbard  was  a  physician  all  through.  His  enthusiasm 
for  his  profession  was  something  remarkable.  He  was  always 
on  the  alert  for  information.  I  do  not  find  that  his  early 
opportunities  for  education  were  more  than  ordinary,  but*  we 
do  know  that  few  of  the  many  who  had  all  these  surpassed 
him  in  the  accuracy  and  extent  of  his  attainments.  A  man 
more  prompt  to  keep  an  engagement  I  never  knew.  Who 
else  might  delay  a  consultation  or  operation,  he  could  ever 
be  relied  upon  for  council  or  assistance.  His  loss  is  deeply 
felt  by  the  community  and  profession.  He  will  live  in  the 
memory  of  his  associates  as  a  generous,  high-minded  man, 
an  enlightened  and  progressive  physician. 

"He  leaves  a  widow  and  one  son  who  will  always  have 
the  sympathy  of  the  community  for  their  great  loss." 

Married,  September  26,  1844,  to  Sally  W.  Jones  of  Brad- 
ford, N.  H. 

Children:  George  J.,  Lucy  A.,  Mary  L.,  Harry  and  Flor- 
ence M. 


16  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

James  M.  Merrow,  M.  D. 

Meerow,  James  M.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Newfield,  Me.;  age  32;  res.  Rol- 
linsford;  app.  June  10,  '61;  must,  in  June  10,  '61,  as  Asst.  Surg.; 
app.  Surg.  Oct.  2,  '61;  must,  out  June  21,  '64.  Died  1870,  New- 
field,  Me.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  70.) 

Surgeon  Merrow  was  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Lucy  (Davis) 
Merrow,  and  was  born  in  Newfield,  in  the  county  of  York,  Me., 
in  1835.  His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the 
common  schools  and  at  Parsonsfield  Seminary  and  Limerick 
Academy,  Maine.  His  professional  education  commenced  in 
1855  under  the  direction  of  his  brother,  Augustus  D.  Merrow, 
M.  D.,  then  located  in  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Acton, 
Me.,  and  is  now  located  in  Freedom,  N.  H.  (since  deceased). 
This  was  continued  under  the  direction  of  Prof.  E.  R.  Peas- 
lee  of  New  York,  and  at  the  medical  department  of  Bow- 
doin  College,  from  which  Surgeon  Merrow  was  graduated 
M.  D.  in  the  class  of  1858.  He  located  in  the  practice  of 
medicine  at  Salmon  Falls,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  for 
two  years.  He  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Sec- 
ond Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  June  10,  1861, 
and  was  promoted  to  surgeon  of  the  same  regiment  October 
2,  1861.  Later  he  was  detailed  to  act  as  brigade  surgeon, 
and  at  one  time  served  as  medical  director  with  the  corps  under 
General  Butler.  He  was  mustered  out  June  21,  1864,  and 
returned  to  his  native  town,  Newfield,  Me.,  and  located  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  His  health  was  very  much  im- 
paired, and  in  1867,  in  company  with  his  uncle,  Joseph  B. 
Davis,  went  to  Florida  and  purchased  a  plantation,  where  he 
remained  for  two  years.  No  improvement  in  his  health  occur- 
ring, he  returned  to  Newfield,  Me.,  and  died  in  that  town  Jan- 
uary 10,  1870,  about  thirty-five  years  of  age. 

His  biographer  says  of  him : 

"He  was  possessed  of  a  very  quick,  active  mind,  keen 
perceptions,  bold  without  rashness  and  daring  without  reck- 
lessness, united  with  ingenuity  and  ready  adaptability  of 
means  to  ends,  which  made  him  a  surgeon  of  unusual  skill 
and  a  medical  practitioner  of  enviable  repute. 


SECOND  NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  17 

"His  early  death  was  a  great  loss  and  a  cause  of  sincere 
sadness  and  regret,  not  only  to  his  immediate  family  and 
those  more  distantly  connected  by  ties  of  consanoniinity,  but 
to  the  citizens  of  the  different  towns  where  his  worth  was 
so  well  known  and  so  highly  appreciated." 


William  Payson  Stone,  M.  D. 

Danbury,  N.   H. 

Stone.  Yv'^illiam  P.  F.  and  S.;  age  53;  res.  Banbury;  app.  Asst. 
Surg.  Oct.  22,  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  28,  'G2;  must,  out  June  21,  '64;  app. 
Surg.  July  6,  '64;  must,  in  Aug.  5,  '64;  must,  out  Dec.  19,  '65.  Died 
1872,  Danbury.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  87.) 

Martin  A.  Haynes,  historian  of  the  Second  New  Hampshire  Regi- 
ment, gives  Dr.  Stone's  death  as  the  16th  of  October,  1872,  at 
Burke,  N.  Y. 

E.  S.  Stearns'  History  of  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  page  469, 
gives  the  following  regarding  Surgeon  Stone: 

"Dr.  William  P.  Stone,  son  of  David  and  Lydia  (Perkins) 
Stone  and  a  brother  of  Rev,  Benjamin  P.  Stone,  D.  D.,  late  of 
Concord,  N.  H.,  was  born  in  Reading,  Vt.,  July  23,  1809. 
A  few  years  after  this  date  the  family  removed  from  Reading 
to  Enosburg,  Vt.  Dr.  Stone  graduated  at  Dartmouth  Medical 
School  in  1835  and  came  to  this  town  (Ashburnham,  Mass.) 
in  1837,  where  he  was  successfully  employed  eight  years. 
From  the  first  he  was  well  received.  Beneath  a  modest  and 
unassuming  manner,  there  was  no  failure  in  the  discovery  of 
an  intelligent  mind  and  a  faithful  and  competent  physician. 
He  had  many  friends  and  no  enemies.  In  the  spring  of  1845 
he  removed  to  Boston,  and  previous  to  1850  he  removed  to 
Danbury,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  several  years.  In  Octo- 
ber, 1862,  he  was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Sec- 
ond New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  and  was  promoted  to  surgeon 
of  this  regiment  July  6,  1864.  He  remained  in  the  service 
until  the  regiment  was  mustered  out    December  19,   1865. 

2 


18  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN    THE   REBELLION. 

Soon  after  the  war  he  removed  from  Danbury  to  Westminster, 
Vt.,  where  he  continued  the  practice  of  his  profession  a  few 
years. ' ' 

Hon.  Martin  A.  Haynes,  historian  of  the  Second  New 
Hampshire  Regiment,  page  28,  says  of  Dr.  Stone: 

"Dr.  Stone  was  a  physician  of  ripe  years  and  experience 
in  practice  in  Danbury,  who  joined  the  regiment  as  assistant 
surgeon  in  October,  1862.  He  was  mustered  out  with  the 
original  members  in  June,  1864,  but  was  recommissioned  as 
surgeon  in  July,  rejoining  the  regiment  in  August,  and 
remained  until  the  full  regiment  was  mustered  out  in  1865." 

For  many  years  he  was  the  only  physician  in  Danbury, 
N.  H.,  and  was  highly  esteemed  as  a  citizen  and  received 
the  confidence  of  the  people  as  a  physician.  He  held  many 
offices  of  trust  while  a  resident  of  that  town  and  was  a  prom- 
inent member  of  the  Congregational  Church.  In  1849  Dr. 
Stone  became  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society. 

Was  twice  married. 


Oscar  Worthley,  M.  D. 
Lancaster,   N.   H. 

WoETirLEY,  Oscar.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Washington,  Vt;  age  34;  res. 
Stewartstown ;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  4,  '61;  must,  in  Dec.  5,  '61; 
resigned  Sept.  17,  '62.  Died  July  2S,  1890,  Lancaster.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  96.) 

Surgeon  Worthley  was  born  in  Washington,  Orange  county, 
Vt.,  August  10,  1831,  and  was  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Sallie 
(Oilman)  Worthley.  His  preliminary  education  was  received 
in  the  public  schools  and  at  Lancaster  Academy,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  commenced  his  professional  studies  with  Dr.  Albert 
Winch  of  Whitefield,  N.  H.,  and  continued  with  Dr.  John 
W.  Barney  of  Lancaster,  subsequently  at  Concord,  N.  H. ; 
attended  medical  lectures  at  the  Vermont  Medical  College 
in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  and  subsequently  at  the  College  of  Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons  in  New  York,  and  was  graduated  from 


SECOND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS,  19 

the  Vermont  Medical  College.  He  located  in  the  practice  of 
medicine  at  Stewartstown,  N.  H.,  subsequently  was  at  Cole- 
brook  and  Lancaster,  N.  H. 

He  was  appointed,  December  4,  1861,  assistant  surgeon 
of  the  famous  Second  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  which 
was  commanded  by  Gen.  G-ilman  Marston.  His  service  was 
mostly  in  the  Peninsula  campaign.  The  regiment  passed  a 
portion  of  the  winter  of  1861  and  '62  at  Budd's  Ferry,  Md. ; 
came  to  Washington  and  went  to  Yorktown,  Va.,  the  first 
of  April,  1862,  where  it  joined  Heintzelman 's  third  corps 
and  was  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Williamsburg.  The  last  of 
May  the  Second  was  at  Fair  Oaks,  and  June  28  at  Savage 
Station,  also  at  Glendale.  It  is  understood  that  Surgeon 
Worthley  became  disabled  from  exposure  to  malarial  influ- 
ences during  this  Peninsula  campaign,  and  he  resigned  and 
was  discharged,  disabled,  September  17,  1862.  He  never 
fully  recovered  his  health  and  died  July  28,  1890,  at  Lan- 
caster. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  surgeon  of  the  Grand  Army 
post  in  Lancaster  until  his  death. 

Married :  First,  Miss  Jennette  Clark  of  Carroll,  N.  H. ; 
second,  August  10,  1886,  Miss  Annie  A.  Briggs,  Lawrence, 
Mass. 

Children  by  first  marriage :  Fred  and  Charles  Worthley. 


William  Garrison  Stark. 
Manchester,  N.  H. 

Stabk,  William  G.  Co.  D;  b.  Canaan;  age  24;  res.  Manchester; 
enl.  May  10,  '61;  must,  in  June  1,  '61,  as  Priv.;  app.  Hosp.  Steward 
Sept.  29,  '61;  re-enl.  and  must,  in  Jan.  1,  '64;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  June 
24,  '64;  must,  out  Dec.  19,  '65.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  86.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Canaan,  N.  H., 
November  12,  1837,  and  was  the  son  of  Daniel  Fuller  and 
Fannie   Dennet    (Blake)    Stark.      The   family   removing   to 


20  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE  REBELLION. 

Manehester,  he  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Manchester  and  he  was  employed  in  a 
drug  store  in  1861  at  the  commencement  of  the  Rebellion. 
He  enlisted  from  Manchester  May  10,  1861,  and  was  mus- 
tered as  a  private  in  Co.  D  of  the  Second  Regiment.  Sep- 
tember 29,  1861,  he  received  an  appointment  as  hospital  stew- 
ard of  the  Second  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers, 
and  served  in  that  capacity  until  the  expiration  of  his  three 
years'  term  of  enlistment.  Re-enlisted  January  1,  1864,  and 
was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  June  24,  1864,  at  the  request 
of  the  field  and  staff  officers  of  the  regiment,  and  was  mus- 
tered out  of  the  service  December  19,  1865. 

Before  he  enlisted  in  the  United  States  service,  he  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  with  his  father,  and  later 
with  Dr.  E.  H.  Davis  of  Manchester.  After  the  expiration 
of  his  service,  it  was  his  intention  to  continue  his  professional 
education,  but  circumstances  were  such  that  he  was  obliged 
to  take  up  business  and  returned  to  an  engagement  in  the 
drug  store,  where  he  was  formerly  employed  and  where  he 
continued  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  Manchester 
November  10,  1880.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity. 

Married,  August  5,  1859,  to  Abbie  A.  Bullard  of  Green- 
ville, N.  H. 

One  child,  William  F.  Stark,  Braintree,  Mass. 


Sylvanus  Bunton,  M.  D. 
See  Seventh  New  Hampshire  Volunteers. 


"WiLLARD  ClOUGH  KeMPTON,  M.   D. 

Springfield,  N.  H. 

(15  N.  H.  V.) 

Kempton,  Willard  C.  Non.-Com.  Staff;  b.  Croydon;  age  21;  res. 
Plainfield,  cred.  Plainfield;  enl.  Sept.  11.  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  10,  '62, 
as  Hosp.  Steward;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63.  P.  O.  ad.,  Sanford,  Me. 
See  2  N.  H.  V.  and  U.  S.  C.  T.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  749.) 


SECOND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS.  21 

(U.  S.  C.  T.) 

Kemptox.  Willaed  C.  F.  and  S.  7  H.  Art.;  b.  Croydon;  age  23; 
res.  Plainfield;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  24,  '64;  must,  in  Dec.  22,  '64; 
disch.  Feb.  27,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Sanford,  Me.  See  2  and  15  N.  H.  V. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1021.) 

(2  N.  H.  V.) 

Kemptox,  Willabd  C.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Croydon;  age  24;  res.  Plain- 
field;  app.  Aug.  10,  '65;  must,  in  Aug.  26,  '65,  as  2  Asst.  Surg.; 
must,  out  Dec.  19,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Sanford,  Me.  See  15  N.  H.  V.  and 
U.  S.  C.  T.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  62.) 

Willard  C.  Kempton,  son  of  Calvin  and  Rachel  R.  (Clough) 
Kempton,  was  born  in  Croydon,  N.  H.,  October  13,  1840. 
He  received  his  preliminary  education  at  Newport  and  Kim- 
ball Union  Academies.  Commenced  his  professional  educa- 
tion with  Dr.  Willard  Clough  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  in  1861  and 
attended  lectures  at  the  Berkshire  Medical  Institute  the  same 
year.  He  was  hospital  steward  of  the  Fifteenth  New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteers  in  1862  and  '63  for  about  eleven  months, 
and  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Seventh  United 
States  Hea\y  Artillery  (colored),  serving  from  October  24, 

1864,  until  February  27,  1865;  appointed  second  assistant 
surgeon  of  the  Second  New  Hampshire  Regiment  in  August, 

1865,  and  was  mustered  out  December  19,  1865,  his  last  work 
in  the  army  being  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  the  United 
States  army  at  Lynchburg,  Va. 

It  will  be  seen  by  the  above  that  he  had  considerable  ex- 
perience in  the  service,  being  connected  with  three  military 
organizations,  and  experienced  considerable  service  in  each. 
In  the  interval  between  his  appointments  he  attended  a  course 
of  medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth  Medical  College,  and  after 
being  mustered  out  of  the  service  in  1865  took  up  the  study 
of  medicine  again,  attending  another  course  of  lectures  in  the 
medical  department  of  Dartmouth  College,  and  was  grad- 
uated from  the  same  in  the  class  of  1872. 

After  the  war  he  was  located  for  a  time  in  Missouri,  in 
Kansas  and  at  Lynn,  Mass.,  also  in  Sanford,  Me.,  but  finally 
returned  to  New  Hampshire  and  was  located  in  Grantham 


22  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

and  West  Springfield.  He  was  a  member  of  Mount  Vernon 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons  in  Newport,  N.  H.,  and  of  the  Willard 
Post  of  the  G.  A.  R.  of  Springvale,  Me. 

He  was  stricken  with  pneumonia  and  died  in  Lancaster, 
N.  H.,  December  21,  1895. 

Married,  July  31,  1865,  Alvira  H.,  daughter  of  James  and 
Abigail  (Colcord)  Johnson  of  West  Springfield,  N.  H.,  where 
the  widow  was  residing  in  1898. 

Children,  six:  three  sons  and  three  daughters. 


Miss  Harriet  Patience  Dame. 

Nurse  to  the  Second  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  during 
its  entire  service. 

"Harriet  P.  Dame,  daughter  of  James  Chadbourne  and 
Phebe  Agnes  Dame,  was  born  at  Barnstead,  N.  H.,  January 
5,  1815.  (Her  parents  moved  to  North  Barnstead  about 
the  year  1797;  they  then  had  one  son.  Five  children  were 
born  in  Barnstead,  of  whom  Harriet  was  the  youngest.)  In 
1843  she  removed  with  her  parents  to  Concord,  N.  H.,  where 
she  resided  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  war.  That  event  at 
once  aroused  her  enthusiasm  and  patriotism,  and  she  anxiously 
desired  to  aid  the  Union  cause.  Not  being  permitted  to  carry 
a  musket,  she  decided  to  become  an  army  nurse  and  joined  the 
Second  New  Hampshire  Regiment,  as  hospital  matron,  in 
June,  1861,  and  remained  with  the  regiment  until  it  was 
finally  mustered  out  of  the  service  in  December,  1865,  four 
years  and  eight  months." 

****** 

"She  was  inside  the  trenches  at  Fair  Oaks  while  the  rebels 
were  bombarding  them  and  a  shell  tore  through  the  tent  just 
as  she  left  it,  and  another  burst  overhead  while  she  was  cook- 
ing some  broth.  In  the  ambulance  and  hospital  she  was  a 
ministering  angel  and  saved  the  lives  of  many  men  by  careful 
nursing.    After  that  battle,  the  troops  having  retreated,  she 


SECOND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  23 

walked  a  long  distance  and  assisted  the  sick  and  wounded  on 
the  march.  One  very  dark  night  she  passed  in  the  thick  of 
the  woods,  not  knowing  whether  she  was  near  friends  or  foes, 
and  for  that  reason  not  attempting  to  proceed. 

"At  this  time  she  was  the  only  woman  in  the  brigade,  and 
frequently  nursed  the  sick  and  wounded  of  other  regiments. 
She  was  well  known  to  all  the  soldiers  of  the  brigade  and 
those  of  other  regiments  seemed  to  rival  the  Second  New 
Hampshire  in  the  respect  shown  her. 

"At  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run  she  was  taken  prisoner, 
but  was  given  a  pass  and  guard  through  the  lines,  in  recogni- 
tion of  her  attentions  to  Confederates  and  Unions  alike.  She 
soon  joined  her  regiment  at  Harrison 's  Landing,  where  she  re- 
mained until  the  15tli  of  August,  1862,  when  by  universal  con- 
sent she  assumed  charge  of  the  supplies  sent  from  New  Hamp- 
shire for  the  sick  and  wounded  from  the  state,  and  distributed 
them  to  the  most  needy  of  the  different  hospitals.  During 
this  winter  the  Second  New  Hampshire  Regiment  was  home 
recruiting.  Upon  its  return  to  active  duty  Miss  Dame  re- 
joined them  and  was  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  Here  she 
lost  all  her  effects.  She  remained  after  the  battle  in  the 
corps  hospital  until  the  sick  and  wounded  were  removed  to 
the  general  hospitals. 

"She  then  rejoined  the  regiment  at  Point  Lookout,  where 
they  were  for  a  few  weeks  guarding  prisoners  of  war.  At 
this  time  Miss  Dame  was  worn  out  by  exposure  and  incessant 
duty,  and  it  was  decided  that  she  should  go  south  to  investi- 
gate the  sanitary  condition  of  the  New  Hampshire  troops 
stationed  near  Charleston,  S.  C.  She  subsequently  rejoined 
the  regiment  and  was  at  the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor.  Soon 
after  that  battle  the  original  three-year  men  of  the  regiment 
who  had  not  re-enlisted,  were  mustered  out.  She  remained 
with  the  re-enlisted  and  was  for  a  time  in  front  of  Petersburg, 
and  then  at  Chapin's  farms  near  Richmond.  About  this 
time  the  army  was  so  continuously  on  the  march  that  corps 
hospitals  were  established  and  the  wounded  sent  to  them  until 
they  could  be  safely  removed  to  hospitals  further  north. 


2-4  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

' '  Miss  Dame  was  appointed  matron  of  the  Eighteenth  Corps 
hospital  in  September,  1864,  and  had  supervision  of  the  nurses 
on  duty  and  of  the  cooking  for  the  sick  and  wounded,  who 
at  times  numbered  not  less  than  four  thousand.  She  re- 
mained there  till  the  close  of  the  active  operations  of  the  war, 
then  rejoined  the  Second  New  Hampshire  Regiment  at  Man- 
chester, Va.,  opposite  Richmond,  and  went  with  them  to 
Fredericksburg.  They  were  then  sent  to  Richmond  county  on 
the  northern  neck  between  the  Potomac  and  Rappahannock 
rivers. 

"The  regiment  while  there  suffered  more  from  sickness  and 
death  than  at  any  equal  time  during  its  service.  On  the  25th 
of  December,  1865,  the  regiment  was  mustered  out  of  the 
service,  and  Miss  Dame's  army  record  ended  with  theirs. 

"Of  her  service  Gen.  Gilm^an  Marston,  formerly  colonel  of 
the  Second  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  has  said : 

"  'Miss  Dame,  on  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  for  the  Union, 
was  at  the  capital  of  the  state  in  the  quiet  of  home  life.  When 
the  drums  sounded  for  the  First  New  Hampshire  Regiment, 
under  the  call  for  three  months'  service,  she  began  to  con- 
sider what  a  woman  could  do  for  her  imperiled  country,  and 
when  the  next  regiment,  enlisting  for  three  years  or  during 
the  war,  was  formed,  she  attached  herself  to  it  as  a  volunteer 
nurse  and  followed  its  fortunes  in  defeat  and  victory  until 
the  end  of  the  war,  except  when  on  special  service,  at  the 
request  of  high  officials,  in  the  inspection  of  hospitals,  in- 
cluding that  too  often  neglected,  yet  very  important  section, 
known  as  the  hospital  kitchen.  Many  an  officer  who  neglected 
the  men  under  his  command  felt  the  power  of  her  honest 
criticism,  whether  he  knew  it  or  not. 

"  'The  sound  of  hostile  guns  is  well  known  to  her,  for  her 
services  were  not  generally  in  post  hospitals,  but  in  field  hos- 
pitals and  upon  the  battleground  itself,  where  danger  did  not 
deter  but  where  the  opportunity  for  friendly  help  determined 
her  presence. 


SECOND   NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  25 

"  'In  this  field  work  she  was  the  pioneer  American  nurse, 
and  is  entitled  to  the  credit  and  honor  of  that  service,  and  to 
the  renown  which  her  heroic  example  and  patriotic  devotion 
confer. 

'*  'Time  will  not  permit  even  a  brief  recital  of  her  special 
army  w^ork,  but  I  cannot  close  this  general  statement  of  her 
public  life  without  adding  that  there  was  no  shadow  upon 
her  reputation  and  no  doubt  of  her  disinterested  patriotism. 
She  is  always  a  welcome  guest  at  veterans'  reunions,  and  at 
the  annual  encampment  at  The  Weirs,  in  my  state,  no  guest 
receives  greater  honor.  At  the  headquarters  of  the  Second 
New  Hampshire,  the  best  guest  chamber  is  always  at  her  ser- 
vice, and  is  Imown  as  her  room.  No  old  soldier  fails  to  give 
her  cordial  greeting  and  respectful  homage.  Could  those  who 
have  answered  the  last  roll-call  speak,  they  would  call  her 
blessed. ' 

"With  the  soldiers  she  is  entitled  to  wear  the  cross  of  the 
Eighteenth  Corps,  w^hich  she  accompanied;  the  diamond  of 
the  Third  Corps  of  Hooker's  Division;  the  heart  of  the 
Twelfth  Corps  and  a  gold  badge  given  by  the  Second  New 
Hampshire. 

'  *  Miss  Dame  was  given  a  vote  of  thanks  by  the  New  Hamp- 
shire legislature  and  presented  with  five  hundred  dollars 
($500).  She  accepted  both,  but  gave  the  money  towards 
founding  a  home  for  the  veterans  of  her  regiment. 

"She  is  a  pensioner  of  the  United  States,  but  has  always 
given  the  money  to  the  poor  and  needy. 

"Miss  Dame's  life  has  been  one  of  charity,  and  when  she 
passes  to  her  reward  the  world,  which  has  been  the  better  for 
her  living,  will  have  lost  one  of  its  noblest  women. 

"Miss  Dame  says:  'I  remember  an  incident  of  one  morning 
on  the  Chickahominy.  The  men  came  to  me  and  v/anted  me 
to  make  them  some  tea,  which  I  did.  It  seemed  to  refresh 
them  greatly.  I  walked  away  from  the  fire  and  saw  a  man 
sitting  on  a  stump  at  the  edge  of  the  woods.  His  face  was 
in  his  hands,  he  acted  greatly  fatigued.  I  asked  if  he  were 
ill.     He  said,  'No,'  but  he  had  been  in  the  saddle  for  a  whole 


26  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

day.  As  he  looked  up,  I  saw  that  he  was  a  major-general, 
and  offered  him  some  tea,  which  he  gladly  accepted.  I  did 
not  know  the  man,  but  years  afterward,  in  looking  at  some 
pictures,  I  came  across  that  of  Kearney,  and  he  was  the  man 
on  the  stump.' 

"In  1867  Miss  Dame  was  appointed  to  a  clerkship  in  the 
treasury  department,  which  position  she  filled  continuously 
till  February,  1895,  a  period  of  twenty-eight  years,  when  she 
fell  on  the  icy  sidewalk,  sustaining  a  fracture  of  her  leg. 
Though  eighty  years  old,  her  recovery  was  rapid,  and  she  was 
soon  back  at  her  desk  in  the  treasury  department. 

"On  the  night  of  November  27,  1895,  Miss  Dame  left  her 
home  to  visit  and  comfort  a  sick  friend;  in  crossing  a  street 
she  was  run  into  by  a  woman  bicyclist,  breaking  her  thigh, 
thus  having  been  twice  within  a  year  confined  to  a  fracture 
bed.  Her  recovery  was  remarkable."  (Miss  Dame  died  in 
Concord,  N.  H.,  April  24,  1900.) 

In  the  introduction  to  "Our  Army  Nurses,"  Col.  Jack  Ad- 
ams says :  "  To  no  class  of  people  are  the  soldiers  of  the  late 
war  more  indebted  than  to  the  army  nurses.  How  the  eyes  of 
the  old  veteran  fill  with  tears  when,  at  our  camp-fires,  some 
old  lady  is  introduced,  and  the  presiding  officer  says,  'Boys, 
she  was  an  army  nurse.'  For  a  moment,  the  distinguished 
officers  present  are  forgotten,  and  they  gather  around  the 
dear  old  lady,  eager  to  grasp  her  hand  and  say  some  kind  and 
loving  word  in  appreciation  of  her  services.  I  have  often 
witnessed  such  a  greeting  at  the  annual  reunion  of  New 
Hampshire  veterans  at  The  Weirs,  when  Aunt  Harriet  Dame 
has  been  presented."  (From  "Our  Army  Nurses,"  by  Mary 
A.  Gardner  Holland.) 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

THIRD  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY, 


By  Daniel  Eldredge, 

First    Lieutenant     Third     Regiment    New    Hampshire    Volunteer 
Infantry  and  Historian  of  the    Regiment. 

"This  regiment  was  the  second  to  be  raised  in  the  state  for 
a  three  years'  term.  It  was  brought  together  and  wholly  or- 
ganized and  mustered  in  during  August,  1861,  at  Concord." 

"The  Third  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  was  attached  to 
First  Brigade,  Sherman's  Division,  Expeditionary  Corps,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1861 ;  Headquarters  Brigade,  First  Division,  May 
23,  1862;  Second  Brigade,  Second  Division,  June  21,  1862; 
First  Brigade,  July  26,  1863;  detached  from  First  Brigade 
to  perform  provost  duty,  October  19,  1863;  First  Brigade, 
November  23,  1863 ;  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  Tenth 
Army  Corps,  May,  1864;  Second  Brigade,  First  Division, 
Twenty-fourth  Army  Corps,  December  3,  1864;  Tenth  Army 
Corps,  March  27,  1865." 

The  work  of  the  medical  and  surgical  corps  can  be  briefly 
enumerated  in  the  following  engagements  in  which  the  regi- 
ment participated: 

Port  Royal,  S.  C,  November  7,  1861. 
James  Island,  S.  C,  June  8-15,  1862. 
Seeessionville,  S.  C,  June  16,  1862. 
Pinckney  Island,  S.  C,  August  21,  1862. 
Pocotaligo,  S.  C,  October  22,  1862. 
Morris  Island,  S.  C,  July  10,  1863. 
Fort  Wagner,  S.  C,  (first  assault),  July  11,  1863. 
Fort  Wagner,  S.  C,  (second  assault),  July  18,  1863. 
Siege  of  Fort  Wagner,  Morris  Island,  S.  C,  July  10  to  Sep- 
tember 6,  1863. 


28  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Siege  of  Fort  Sumter,  S.  C,  September  7,  1863,  to  February 
29,  1864. 

Chester  Station  (or  Port  Walthall  Junction),  Va.,  May  9, 
1864. 

Drewry's  Bluff,  Va.,  May  13-16,  1864. 

Bermuda  Hundred,  Va.,  May  18,  June  2,  1864. 

Near  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  9,  1864. 

Ware  Bottom  Church,  Va.,  June  16,  1864. 

Deep  Bottom,  Va.,  August  16,  1864. 

Siege  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  August  24  to  September  28,  1864. 

New  Market  Heights,  Va.,  September  29,  1864. 

Near  Richmond,  Va.,  October  1,  1864. 

New  Market  (or  near  Laurel  Hill),  Va.,  October  7,  1864. 

Darbytown  Road,  Va.,  October  13,  27,  1864. 

Fort  Fisher,  N.  C,  January  15,  1865. 

Sugar  Loaf  Battery,  N.  C,  February  11,  1865. 

Wilmington,  N.  C,  February  22,  1865. 

It  will  be  observed  that  almost  three  years  of  their  service 
was  in  South  Carolina. 

SURGEONS. 

Albert  A.  Moulton,  M.  D.,  Andrew  J.  H.  Buzzell,  M.  D., 
Franklin  B.  Kimball,  M.  D. 

assistant  surgeons. 

Benjamin  F.  Eaton,  M.  D.,       Andrew  J.  H.  Buzzell,  M.D., 
Charles  A.  Burnham,  M.  D.,      Daniel  Farrar,  M.  D., 
George  W.  Manter,  11.  D.,        Franklin  B.  Kimball,  M.  D. 


THIRD  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


Albert  A.  Moulton,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Tilton,  N.  H. 

MouLTOx,  Albert  A.  P.  and  S. ;  b.  Meredith;  age  33;  res.  Concord; 
app.  Surg.  Aug.  22,  '61;  must,  in  Aug.  26,  '61;  disch.  disab.  to  date 
Oct.  31,  '62.  Died  Apr.  26,  '90,  Sanbornton.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  135.) 


THIRD   NEW   HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEERS.  29 

Albert  A.  Moulton,  M.  D.,  was  appointed  surgeon  of  the 
Third  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  August  23,  1861,  his  resi- 
dence at  that  time  being  in  the  city  of  Concord.  He  was 
born  in  Tuftonborough,  N.  H.,  October  6,  1827.  His  prelim- 
inary education  was  in  our  common  schools  and  academies  of 
New  Hampshire,  and  he  received  the  degree  of  ]M.  D.  from  the 
medical  department  of  Dartmouth  College  with  the  class  of 
1850.  He  located  in  jNIeredith  soon  after  graduation  and 
afterwards  removed  to  Concord,  forming  a  co-partnership 
with  the  late  Dr.  Charles  P.  Gage. 

The  regimental  historian  says:  "Surgeon  Moulton  was  a 
man  of  considerable  energy,  well  educated  in  his  profession, 
and  was  considered  far  above  the  average  physician." 

In  January,  1862,  Dr.  Moulton  was  promoted  to  the  position 
of  brigade  surgeon,  but  no  record  appears  of  how  long  he 
filled  that  office,  the  inference  being  until  he  was  discharged. 
While  the  regiment  was  at  James  island,  S.  C,  Surgeon  Moul- 
ton obtained  a  leave  of  absence  for  a  few  days.  He  was 
away  from  the  regiment  and  brigade  when  an  engagement 
with  the  enemy  took  place,  in  which  the  Third  New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteers  took  a  prominent  part  and  suffered  severely. 
It  was  an  unfortunate  circumstance  that  Surgeon  Moulton 
was  away  at  this  time,  as  the  surgical  work  all  fell  upon  As- 
sistant Surgeon  Eaton,  who  was  ill  and  unable  to  perform  so 
much  additional  labor.  It  also  caused  a  good  deal  of  com- 
ment and  Colonel  Jackson  censured  him  for  being  absent 
without  leave,  but  Surgeon  Moulton  was  entirely  exculpated 
by  General  Williams,  who  had  given  him  permission  to  be 
away.  The  leave  of  absence  had  been  granted  the  brigade 
surgeon  without  the  knowledge  of  Colonel  Jackson. 

Surgeon  Moulton 's  health  was  much  impaired  and  the  sum- 
mer of  1862  was  a  very  trying  one  for  Northern  men  who 
were  in  camp  in  the  rice  and  cotton  lands  of  South  Carolina. 
About  August  6,  1862,  he  obtained  a  leave  of  absence  and 
started  for  New  England.  Not  improving  in  health,  his  leave 
of  absence  was  extended,  and  he  was  discharged  for  disability 
on  surgeon's  order  October  31,  1862. 


30  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

He  never  fully  recovered  his  health,  but  did  some  profes- 
sional work  for  a  few  years  in  Concord  and  afterwards  in 
Tilton,  N.  H.  While  in  Concord  he  was  pension  examiner  and 
for  a  time  city  physician,  until  his  duties  during  an  epidemic 
of  smallpox  became  too  great  a  task  upon  his  strength  and 
he  resigned  the  position.  Member  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society  in  1856. 

About  three  years  before  his  death  his  health  became  so 
impaired  that  he  was  unable  to  do  even  office  practice  and  he 
found  a  home  with  friends  in  Sanbornton,  N.  H.,  where  he 
died  April  28,  1890. 

Married,  about  1850,  Anna  M.,  daughter  of  R.  H.  and 
Martha  R.  Sawyer  of  Bristol,  N.  H.  His  wife  died  June,  1871, 
while  he  resided  in  Concord. 

Children:  Two  sons,  one  of  whom  survived  his  father's 
death. 


Andrew  J.  H.  Buzzell,  M.  D. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  United  States  Volunteers,  by  brevet. 

Late  of  Dover,  N.  H. 

Buzzell,  Andrew  J.  H.  F.  and  S.;  b.  New  York  city;  age  31;  res. 
Dover;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  July  29,  '62;  must,  in  July  29,  '62:  app. 
Surg.  Nov.  17,  '62;  Bvt.  Lt.  Col.  U.  S.  V.  for  gallant  and  meritorious 
conduct  at  the  storming  of  Ft.  Fisher,  N.  C,  to  date  from  Mar.  13, 
'65.  Died,  dis.  Mar.  28,  '65,  Wilmington,  N.  C.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  108.) 

"Surgeon  Andrew  J.  H.  Buzzell  was  born  in  the  city  of 
New  York,  March  31, 1831.  His  father,  Dr.  Aaron  Buzzell,  soon 
removed  to  Norfolk,  Va.,  where  he  resided  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  some  ten  years  subsequent,  and,  upon  his 
death-bed,  expressed  a  wish  that  his  son  and  only  child  might 
be  sent  North  and  educated  to  the  medical  profession. 

"As  soon  as  affairs  could  be  arranged,  Mrs.  Buzzell  came  to 
New  Hampshire,  her  native  state,  to  carry  out  the  last  wish  of 
her  husband  relative  to  their  son.  His  opportunities  for  edu- 
cation in  Virginia  were  far  from  favorable ;  but,  after  coming 
to  New  England,  with  a  ready  mind  and  by  close  application 


THIRD   NEW   HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS.  31 

to  his  studies,  he  completed  his  preparatory  course  and 
entered  the  office  of  Dr.  L.  G.  Hill  of  Dover,  where  he  read 
medicine  the  usual  term,  attended  lectures  at  Hanover  and 
Philadelphia,  and  was  graduated  at  the  former  place  in  1854. 

' '  In  the  following  winter  he  opened  an  office  in  Dover,  where 
he  secured  the  confidence  of  the  community,  obtained  a 
good  practice  and  was  highly  esteemed  as  a  good  physician, 
citizen  and  Christian  gentleman. 

"Always  an  ardent  lover  of  his  country  and  her  institutions 
(except  slavery  which,  when  a  boy  and  living  in  its  midst,  he 
abhorred  and  condemned),  he  was  ready  when  the  Rebellion 
broke  out  to  aid  her  in  any  capacity,  and  early  tendered  his 
services  to  the  government.  In  July,  1862,  a  vacancy  occur- 
ring, he  was  offered  an  assistant  surgency  in  the  Third  Regi- 
ment New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  which  he  at  once  accepted, 
closed  his  office,  bade  adieu  to  his  family  and  friends,  and 
hastened  to  join  his  regiment  at  Hilton  Head,  S.  C,  where 
he  arrived  on  the  fifth  of  September  and  found  the  command 
in  a  most  lamentable  condition.  Surgeon  Moulton  had  gone 
home,  some  six  weeks  previous,  on  account  of  serious  illness, 
which  finally  compelled  him  to  resign,  and  the  whole  care  of 
the  regiment  had  devolved  upon  Assistant  Surgeon  Eaton,  who 
labored  with  untiring  energy,  yet  was  unable  to  stay  the  rav- 
ages of  disease  which  had  crept  into  the  regiment  while  doing 
outpost  duty  on  that  and  adjacent  islands  since  the  massacre 
of  James  island  in  June,  and,  at  the  time  of  Dr.  Buzzell's 
arrival,  was  himself  prostrated  with  disease  and  soon  re- 
signed." 

Dr.  Buzzell  "was  promoted  to  surgeon  November  17,  1862, 
and  became  one  of  the  most  popular  medical  officers  in  the 
department.  He  shared  alike  the  confidence  of  officers  and 
men,  and  at  different  times  occupied  the  position  of  member 
of  medical  examining  boards,  brigade  surgeon,  medical  director 
and  medical  inspector,  having  on  one  occasion  to  inspect 
twelve  brigades,  beside  artillery  and  cavalry.  When  not  on 
special  duty  he  was  always  with  his  regiment ;  always  devoted 


32  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

to  the  sick  and  wounded,  and  often  rising  from  a  sick  bed  to 
stand  all  night  at  the  operating  table.  Indeed,  if  sick  him- 
self, he  would  arise  to  attend  sick-call  or  perform  any  neces- 
sary operation.  He  accompanied  the  army  through  all  the 
battles  before  Charleston,  and  was  often  found  in  the  thickest 
of  the  fight,  cheering  the  men,  and  always  doing  his  utmost  to 
alleviate  the  sufferings  of  the  wounded.  At  one  time  a  shell 
passed  between  his  legs,  covering  himself  and  assistants  with 
sand  and  fragments  of  earth,  while  performing  an  operation 
on  the  field. 

"In  the  spring  of  1864  he  was  ordered  with  his  regiment  to 
the  department  of  Virginia,  under  General  Butler,  and  in  the 
operations  before  Petersburg  and  Richmond  he  often  had 
superintendence  of  the  whole  medical  department  under  Gen- 
eral Gilmore  and,  while  not  acting  as  such,  had  charge  of  the 
'Flying  Hospital,'  and  was  chief  operating  surgeon. 

"In  January,  1865,  he  accompanied  General  Terry  on  his  ex- 
pedition against  Fort  Fisher,  as  staff  surgeon,  and  had  charge 
of  the  prisoners  retaken  in  that  neighborhood.  After  the  cap- 
ture of  that  stronghold,  a  portion  of  the  army  moved  on  Wil- 
mington, which  place  they  entered  about  the  twenty-second  of 
February.  Many  of  the  prisoners  (there  were  some  ten  thou- 
sand in  all)  were  sick  with  diarrhoea  and  typhoid  fever,  and 
Surgeon  Buzzell's  labors  were  incessant  and  trying;  but, 
with  the  ardor  of  his  temperament  and  his  intense  desire  to 
do  all  he  could  for  his  country  and  her  defenders,  he  toiled 
night  and  day  until  he  was  himself  prostrated  with  fevei*. 
He  was  conveyed  to  the  residence  of  a  Mrs.  "Walker,  where  he 
was  cared  for  v/ith  much  assiduity  and  kindness,  and,  although 
for  a  time  it  was  hoped  he  might  recover,  he  had  the  opinion 
he  should  not.  In  remarks  to  friends  and  in  letters  to  his 
family,  he  showed  the  most  perfect  resignation,  and  assured 
them  'all  would  be  well.'  He  died  at  Wilmington,  N.  C, 
of  'typho-malarial  fever,'  March  27,  1865,  and  his  remains 
were  brought  to  Dover  and  buried  with  Masonic  honors  on 
the  fourth  of  April,  the  whole  community  lamenting  the  loss 
of  a  Christian,  patriot  and  fellow  citizen. 


THIED   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  33 

"Soon  after  his  death,  his  widow  received  from  the  secretary 
of  war  his  appointment  as  lieutenant-colonel,  United  States 
Volunteers,  by  brevet,  for  gallant  and  meritorious  conduct  at 
the  storming  of  Fort  Fisher,  N.  C,  to  date  from  March  13, 
1865. 

"A  nobler  man  never  lived;  a  Christian  and  a  patriot,  de- 
voted thoroughly  to  his  duties  and  ambitious  to  serve  the  best 
interests  of  the  cause.  In  his  death  the  country  lost  a  true 
man  and  soldier,  the  regiment  a  noble  benefactor.  God  bless 
his  memory,  will  be  the  prayer  of  every  soldier  of  the  Third 
New  Hampshire." 


Franklin  B.  Kimball,  M.  D. 

Kimball,  Fbanklin  B.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Bridgton,  Me.;  age  34;  res. 
Dover;  app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  June  3,  '63;  must,  in  June  24,  '63;  app. 
Surg.  Apr.  20,  '65;  must,  out  July  20,  '65.  Died  Dec.  13,  '89,  An- 
dover,  Mass. 

Surgeon  Franklin  B.  Kimball,  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
was  born  March  27,  1829,  in  Bridgton,  Me.,  but  made  his  resi- 
dence in  Dover  while  he  was  engaged  in  the  study  of  medicine. 
He  was  a  student  in  Harvard  Medical  College  in  1858  and  was 
engaged  in  the  study  of  medicine  from  1855  to  1858.  It  is 
understood  that  he  practiced  medicine  in  Maine  and  New 
York  until  he  went  into  the  service.  He  joined  the  regiment 
June  25,  1863,  on  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Farrar.  The  regi- 
ment was  then  stationed  at  St.  Helena  island  and  was  engaged 
in  active  preparations  for  the  proposed  move  on  Charleston, 
S.  C. 

The  regimental  historian  says: 

****** 

"Dr.  Kimball  was  early  set  at  work  in  his  new  position 
(Drs.  Buzzell  and  Burnham  his  associates),  as  on  the  morn- 
ing of  July  10,  1863,  his  services  were  especially  called  into 
requisition,  the  wounded  being  taken  back  to  Folly  island  for 
treatment.  Again  on  the  eighteenth  of  July  (charge  on 
"Wagner),  his  services  were  again  proven  of  value.     This  lat- 

3 


34  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN    THE   REBELLION. 

ter  event  showing  that  a  siege  must  be  undertaken  (the  de- 
mand for  surgeons  elsewhere  being  great),  Dr.  Kimball  was 
detached  about  the  twenty-third  of  July  and  sent  to  the  hos- 
pitals at  Beaufort,  S.  C,  from  which  he  returned  about  the 
twenty-fifth  of  December  (Morris  island). 

"He  went  with  the  four  companies  (A,  D,  H  and  K)  to 
Palatka,  from  Jacksonville,  Fla.  In  the  Virginia  campaign. 
Dr.  Kimball  performed  valuable  service  and  at  one  time  was 
on  special  duty  with  the  provost  guard  of  the  First  Division, 
Tenth  Army  Corps.  In  the  memorable  16th  of  August, 
1864,  fight,  he,  with  Hospital  Steward  Kittredge,  was  near  by 
in  the  woods  to  render  temporary  aid  to  the  wounded,  who 
were  immediately  sent  farther  to  the  rear  to  an  improvised 
hospital.  In  November  he  accompanied  the  regiment  in  its 
New  York  Harbor  campaign. 

*'At  Fort  Fisher,  Dr.  Kimball  operated  all  night  (15  Jan.), 
indiscriminately,  upon  all  brought  to  him,  no  regimental  lines 
being  observed.  Soon  after  the  occupation  of  Wilmington, 
N.  C,  Dr.  Kimball  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  Marine  Hos- 
pital, where  he  had  a  corps  of  surgeons  as  assistants,  and 
plenty  to  do,  the  hospital  being  a  sort  of  dumping  ground 
for  sick  and  wounded  (including  rebels).  This  service  proved 
detrimental  to  his  health,  and  in  March,  1865,  he  was  given  a 
leave  of  absence.  This,  the  writer  is  informed,  was  in  the 
form  of  an  order  (S.  0.  25,  Dist.  Hdqrs.)  to  proceed  North  on 
some  nominal  duty. 

"On  the  23d  of  May,  1865,  he  was  mustered  as  surgeon, 
vice  Buzzell,  deceased,  as  of  22d  of  May,  his  commission 
being  dated  20th  of  April,  and  he  was  mustered  'for  the 
unexpired  term  of  the  regiment.'  He  was  at  the  time  of  this 
muster  in  charge  of  the  post  hospital  (identical  with  marine 
hospital),  by  S.  0.  60,  District  Headquarters.  At  the  end  of 
June,  1865,  the  regimental  return  shows  him  on  detached  ser- 
vice at  post  hospital.  Though  the  regiment  was  at  that  date 
at  Goldsboro,  it  is  presumed  that  a  post  hospital  had  been 
established  there,  as  the  authority  is  quoted  as  S.  O.  109,  Dis- 
trict Headquarters.    When  Lieutenant  Marshall  was  wounded 


THIRD   NEW   HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS.  36 

Dr.  Kimball  performed  upon  him  what  is  technically  termed 
're-section  of  the  shoulder  joint.'  Dr.  Kimball  accompanied 
the  regiment  on  its  trip  home  after  its  final  muster  out. 

"He  practiced  his  profession  after  the  war,  locating  in 
New  Hampshire,  Maine  and  lastly  in  Andover,  Mass.  On 
November  8,  1882,  Dr.  Kimball  met  with  a  sad  bereavement, 
his  wife  being  instantly  killed  by  the  cars  at  Andover. 

"The  Doctor  suffered  from  the  close  of  the  war  to  his  death 
with  sclerosis  of  the  nervous  system  and  was  for  several  years 
a  helpless  invalid.  His  mental  powers,  however,  continued 
good  to  within  a  short  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  at 
Andover,  December  13,  1889.  He  left  two  daughters,  who 
faithfully  administered  to  his  every  want  to  the  last  sad 
moment. 

"Note. — The  writer  called  on  him  at  Andover  about  1887, 
and  was  only  permitted  to  see  him  about  five  minutes.  He 
then  lay  helpless  upon  his  couch,  and  was  barely  able  to  articu- 
late, though  his  mental  powers  were  exceedingly  active. ' ' 

It  is  understood  that  on  account  of  disease  contracted  in 
the  army  he  was  perfectly  helpless  for  about  two  years  before 
he  died. 


Benjamin  F.  Eaton,  M.  D. 

(1  N.  H.  V.) 

Eatox,  Benjamin  F.  Co.  I;  b.  Grantham;  age  30;  res.  Hanover; 
enl.  May  8,  '61;  must,  in  May  — ,  'Gl,  as  Muse;  must,  out  Aug. 
9,  '61.     See  3  N.  H.  V.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  8.) 

(3  N.  H.  V.) 

Eaton,  Benjamin  F.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Grantham;  age  30;  res.  Hanover; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  22,  '61;  must,  in  Aug.  26,  '61;  resigned  Oct. 
1,  '62.  Died  Mar.  1.  '82,  Hartford,  Vt.  See  1  N.  H.  V.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  IIC.) 

Surgeon  Eaton  was  born  in  Grantham,  N.  H.,  November  9, 
1831.  He  began  the  study  of  medicine  about  1852  with  Dr. 
John  Baker  of  Meriden,  N.  H.,  and  later  was  in  the  office  of 
Dr.  L.  C.  Bean  of  Lebanon,  N.  H.,  in  the  mean  time  attending 
a  course  of  medical  lectures  at  Woodstock,  Vt.     In  1854  he 


36  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN    THE   REBELLION. 

was  a  clerk  in  Dr.  J.  A.  Smith's  drug  store  at  Hanover,  N. 
H.,  and  was  still  pursuing  his  medical  studies  under  the  tutor- 
ship of  Dr.  Dixi  Crosby  of  Hanover.  He  was  graduated  from 
Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  the  class  of  1860.  He  served 
as  hospital  steward  with  his  friend,  Dr.  A.  B.  Crosby,  sur- 
geon, in  the  First  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  and  soon  after 
his  return  and  muster-out  he  received  his  appointment  as  as- 
sistant surgeon  in  the  Third  New  Hampshire.  The  report 
of  Lieut.-Col.  John  H.  Jackson,  commanding  the  Third  New 
Hampshire  at  the  battle  of  James  island,  says : 

"We  went  into  the  fight  with  26  officers  and  597  enlisted 
men,  and  104  were  killed  and  wounded.  Surgeon  Moulton 
was  absent  from  the  regiment  from  Sunday  morning,  the 
fifteenth  instant,  until  Wednesday  morning,  the  eighteenth, 
without  my  consent,  and  therefore  the  whole  duty  of  the  hos- 
pital department  devolved  upon  Assistant  Surgeon  B.  F. 
Eaton,  who  faithfully  performed  his  duties  to  the  sick  and 
wounded  soldiers." 

The  regimental  historian  gives  the  following  record  of  the 
services  of  Surgeon  Eaton: 

"Surgeon  Eaton  will  long  be  remembered  for  his  untiring 
energy  and  persistent  efforts  to  alleviate  the  sufferings  of  the 
wounded  of  our  first  battle  (June  16,  1862).  Surgeon  Moul- 
ton, his  immediate  superior,  was  absent,  and  Surgeon  Eaton 
had  to  struggle  with  the  fearful  conditions  of  that  day,  as- 
sisted (ably,  too)  by  his  nurses  and  hospital  attendants  and 
the  members  of  the  band.  Practically  the  wounded  and  dead 
of  all  the  regiments  were  gathered  in  one  place  and  Dr.  Eaton 
went  at  his  v/ork  coatless  and  with  his  sleeves  rolled  up. 
Noble  and  efficient  work  he  did  that  day,  but  it  was  his  last, 
so  far  as  duty  following  a  battle  was  concerned.  His  duties 
did  not  end  until  near  midnight  and  then  he  ceased  from 
sheer  exhaustion." 

*  *  *  ^  ^  •* 

"The  Doctor's  health  rapidly  declined  after  the  James 
Island  campaign,  and  he  resigned  in  the  September  follow- 
ing. Being  accepted,  he  was  discharged  October  1,  1862. 
He  was  succeeded  by  Dr.  Buzzell. ' ' 


THIRD    NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  37 

"After  his  return  home  in  1862,  he  rested  awhile  from  his 
labors.  The  next  year,  however,  we  find  him  practicing 
medicine  in  Barnet,  Vt.,  and  thus  continued  for  about  seven 
years,  when  he  went  to  Hartford,  Vt.,  remaining  there  to  the 
end  of  his  life." 

He  left  a  widow.     No  children. 


Charles  A.  Burnham,  M.  D. 
Boston,  Mass. 

(2  N.  H.  V.) 

BuBNHAji,  Charles  A.  Co.  C;  b.  Pembroke;  age  25;  res.  Haverhill, 
Mass.;  enl.  Nov.  1,  '61;  must,  in  Nov.  5,  '61,  as  Priv.;  disch.  to 
accept  promotion,  Nov.  18,  '62.  P.  O.  ad.,  Boston,  Mass.  See  3  N. 
H.  V.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  37.) 

(3  N.  H.  V.) 

Burnham,  Charles  A.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Pembroke;  age  25;  res.  Haver- 
hill, Mass.;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Nov.  IS,  '62;  must,  in  Jan.  6,  '63; 
disch.  disab.  Sept.  22,  '64.  P.  O.  ad.,  Boston,  Mass.  See  2  N.  H.  V. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  108.) 

Charles  A.  Burnham,  M.  D.,  now  of  Boston,  Mass.,  was  born 
in  Pembroke,  N.  H.,  August  27,  1837,  and  was  the  son  of 
Charles  G.  and  Mary  A.  Burnham.  His  preliminary  educa- 
tion was  received  in  the  common  schools  and  Pembroke  Acad- 
emy. He  commenced  his  professional  studies  in  1859  with 
Edward  B.  IMoore,  M.  D.,  of  Boston,  and  graduated  at  the 
Harvard  Medical  School  in  March,  1865.  While  a  student 
at  Harvard  IMedical  College,  he  joined  the  Second  New  Hamp- 
shire as  a  recruit,  was  mustered  the  5th  of  November, 
1861,  and  detailed  for  duty  in  the  regimental  hospital,  where 
he  served  until  after  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  the 
13th  of  December,  1862.  He  was  discharged  from  the  Sec- 
ond when  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Third  New 
Hampshire,  when  he  was  mustered  the  9th  of  January, 
1863,  and  continued  to  serve  until  October,  1864.  After  this 
he  was  assistant  surgeon  of  Lincoln  Hospital,  Washington,  D. 
C,  until  the  end  of  the  war. 

The  regimental  historian  says: 


38  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

' '  The  regiment  lost  a  valuable  man  when  Dr.  Burnham  left 
it.  Though  the  connection  was  officially  severed,  yet  the 
Doctor  has  been  of  great  service  to  the  boys  since  the  war  in 
assisting  them  to  obtain  pensions.  He  has  a  remarkable  mem- 
ory and,  with  a  few  leading  incidents  as  a  basis,  he  can  re- 
call almost  every  case  of  disease  or  wounds  that  came  under 
his  treatment  or  observation.  This  has  been  made  use  of  in 
numberless  instances  and  in  many  cases  where  the  evidence 
was  supposed  to  be  lost  (i.  e.  beyond  proof),  the  Doctor  has 
readily  and  cheerfully  furnished  the  requisite  link  in  the 
chain  of  evidence  desired  and  required  by  the  Pension  De- 
partment. Many  a  pensioner  of  the  Third  New  Hampshire 
will  have  good  cause  to  remember  the  genial  doctor  and  his 
kindly  and  valuable  service,  both  during  and  since  the  war." 

He  has  been  located  in  Boston  since  1865  and  has  been 
surgeon  of  the  John  A.  Andrews  Post,  No.  150.  He  was  un- 
married. 

Dr.  Burnham  died  in  Haverhill,  February  21,  1903. 


Daniel  Farrar,  M.  D. 

Farbar,  Daniel.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Troy;  age  26;  res.  Troy;  app.  2  Asst. 
Surg.  Aug.  13,  '62;  must,  in  Aug.  13,  '62;  resigned  May  4,  '63. 
Died  June  3,  '75,  Leominister,  Mass.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  118.) 

Surgeon  Daniel  Farrar  was  born  in  Troy,  N.  H.,  May  29, 
1836,  and  was  the  son  of  Col.  Daniel  "Warren  Farrar.  With 
an  ordinary  preliminary  education  he  commenced  the  study 
of  medicine  with  Dr.  A.  M.  Caverly  of  his  native  town  in 
1855  and  1856  and  was  graduated  an  M.  D.  from  Harvard 
Medical  School  in  the  spring  of  1862.  It  seems,  as  was  the 
custom  in  those  days,  that  he  practiced  medicine  somewhat 
in  his  native  town  before  he  was  graduated.  His  appointment 
as  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Third  New  Hampshire  dates  Au- 
gust 13,  1862.  Referring  to  the  regimental  history,  we  find 
that  in  the  spring  of  1863  the  regiment  was  scattered  over 
considerable  space,  as  Companies  G  and  H  were  at  Hilton 


THIRD   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  39 

Head,  seven  companies  at  Pinckney  island  and  one  company 
at  Pope's  on  Hilton  Head.  Surgeon  Farrar  remained  at  Hil- 
ton Head  with  Companies  G  and  H. 

"April  15,  1863,  (after  regiment  had  gone  to  Edisto 
island)  Surgeon  Farrar  was  ordered  to  special  duty,  taking 
charge  of  the  sick  at  the  outposts  of  Hilton  Head  (Seabrook, 
Fort  Mitchel,  Pope's,  Jenkins  island  and  Spanish  "Wells), 
with  headquarters  at  Pope's.  He  had  scarcely  entered  upon 
these  duties  when  he  was  relieved  by  an  order  relieving  every- 
body in  the  brigade  of  which  the  Third  New  Hampshire  was 
a  part.  He  rejoined  the  regiment  while  it  lay  at  Edisto 
river.  April  27,  the  writer's  data  says,  'Surgeon  Farrar  re- 
signed ;  not  accepted, '  but  this  act  of  his  was  repeated  at  once, 
and  he  was  honorably  discharged  May  4  after  we  had  landed 

on  Botany  Bay  island. 

****** 

"Upon  his  return  to  civil  life  he  practiced  a  short  time 
in  Troy  and  from  there  went  to  Boston,  Mass.,  tarrying  but 
a  short  time  at  the  latter  place,  and  thence  to  Leominster, 
Mass.,  where  he  died  June  3,  1875,  leaving  a  widow  and  two 
children." 

In  compiling  the  surgical  service  of  the  medical  corps  of 
this  regiment,  the  biographical  sketches  by  its  historian,  Capt. 
Eldredge,  have  been  consulted,  and  very  much  has  been 
quoted. 


George  W.  ]\Ianter,  M.  D. 

Maxter,  George  W.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Londonderry;  age  40;  res.  Man- 
chester; app.  Asst.  Surg.  Apr.  24,  '65;  must,  in  May  22,  '65;  must, 
out  July  20,  '65.  Died  July  7,  '70,  Wellfleet,  Mass.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  131.) 

"Dr.  Manter  was  appointed  from  civil  life.  He  came  to  us 
the  22d  of  May,  1865,  at  Wilmington,  N.  C,  being  appointed 
to  the  place  of  Assistant  Surgeon  Kimball,  who  had  been  sur- 
geon, vice  Dr.  Buzzell,  deceased.  His  commission  was  dated 
twenty-fourth  of  April  and  he  was  mustered  in  the  twenty- 
third  of  ^lay,  as  of  twenty-second  of  May. 


40  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

"Dr.  Manter  attended  to  the  medical  wants  of  the  regiment 
substantially  from  the  time  he  joined  to  muster-out,  Dr. 
Kimball  being  detached  at  the  Marine  Hospital,  Wilming- 
ton. From  the  time  Dr.  Burnham  was  discharged,  forward  to 
final  muster-out,  the  regiment  had  but  one  assistant  surgeon, 
Dr.  George  W.  Manter. 

"Dr.  Manter  was  educated  as  a  physician  at  Castleton,  Vt., 
about  1852  and  soon  after  began  practice  in  Manchester,  N. 
H.  At  the  close  of  his  service  with  the  regiment  he  resumed 
practice  in  Manchester.  He  remained  there  a  short  time  only, 
going  thence  to  Wellfieet,  Mass.,  where  he  died. 

"He  was  born  in  Londonderry,  N,  H.,  22d  of  August,  1825, 
and  died  7th  of  July,  1870,  of  paralysis.  He  left  a  widow,  two 
sons  and  a  daughter." 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

FOURTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


By  Francis  W.  Parker. 

Lieutenant-Colonel,  Fourth  Regiment  New  Hampshire 
Volunteer  Infantry. 

The  organization  of  the  Fourth  Regiment  quickly  followed 
the  departure  of  the  Third  from  the  state. 

"Two  hundred  men  were  left  over  in  organizing  the  Third 
Regiment,  and  they  were  ordered  from  Concord  to  Manches- 
ter to  form  the  nucleus  of  the  Fourth  Regiment. 

****** 

"The  regiment  was  mustered  into  service  at  Manchester  the 
eighteenth  of  September,  just  two  wrecks  after  the  Third  had 
left  the  state.  The  regiment  left  Manchester  for  Washington 
the  twenty-seventh  of  September.  There  it  remained  until  the 
ninth  of  October,  when  it  joined  Gen.  T.  W.  Sherman's  expe- 
dition to  Port  Royal,  S.  C.  It  embarked  on  one  of  the  great 
ships  of  the  fleet,  the  Baltic,  a  side-wheel  steamer,  suffered  a 
terrible  storm  of  three  days  off  Hatteras  and  a  severe  fright  in 
striking  on  Frying  Pan  Shoals ;  arrived  at  Port  Royal  Novem- 
ber 4  and  saw  from  the  ship's  masts  the  attack  upon  Port 
Royal,  the  demolition  of  Fort  Walker  and  the  capture  of  Hil- 
ton Head. 

"Here,  upon  the  sands  on  the  beach  of  Hilton  Head,  close 
to  the  roaring  surf,  the  regiment  remained  for  three  months, 
varying  the  monotony  of  camp  life  by  an  expedition  to  Tybee 
island  on  the  third  of  December.     On  the  twenty-sixth  of  Jan- 


42  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

uary  the  regiir.ent  embarked  on  ships  and  started  for  the  ex- 
pedition on  the  Southern  coast.  It  took  part  in  the  capture  of 
Fernandina,  Jacksonville  and  St.  Augustine.  Seven  com- 
panies garrisoned  at  St.  Augustine,  while  the  other  three  com- 
panies remained  at  Jacksonville  during  part  of  the  summer. 

"In  September  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Beaufort,  S. 
C,  and  General  Mitchell  assumed  command  of  the  depart- 
ment. Active  operations  began,  which  resulted  in  the  battle 
of  Pocotaligo  on  the  twenty-second  of  October.  The  regiment 
went  into  winter  quarters  at  Beaufort.  The  monthly  return 
of  the  regiment  for  September,  1862,  after  a  year's  service, 
shows  630  men  and  21  officers  present  for  duty,  the  actual  loss 
for  the  year  being  189,  or  nearly  one-fifth  of  the  actual  num- 
ber." 

The  work  of  the  medical  and  surgical  corps  was  very  much 
varied  on  account  of  the  unhealthy  locations  in  which  they 
were  obliged  to  camp  for  longer  or  shorter  periods,  a  part 
of  which  was  in  South  Carolina  and  Florida. 

"The  regiment  was  in  the  two  expeditions  against  Fort 
Fisher,  the  first  under  General  Butler  and  the  second  under 
Gen.  A.  H.  Terry.  In  the  second  and  successful  attack  on 
Fort  Fisher  the  Fourth  Regiment  did  some  brave  fighting. 
Colonel  Bell,  commanding  the  brigade,  was  killed  on  the  cor- 
duroy road  leading  to  the  gate  of  the  fort.  In  the  long 
struggle  in  the  fort  under  command  of  General  Ames,  the 
flag  of  the  Fourth  New  Hampshire  was  locked  with  the  Con- 
federate flag  on  the  top  of  a  mound  for  twenty  minutes. 
Capt.  John  H.  Roberts  was  in  command  of  the  regiment 
during  the  fight.  The  night  of  the  victory  a  number  of  the 
Fourth  New  Hampshire  were  killed  by  the  explosion  of  a 
magazine. ' ' 

The  active  surgical  work  may  be  summed  up  in  the  follow- 
ing list  of  engagements : 

Port  Royal,  S.  C,  November  7,  1861. 

James  Island,  S.  C,  June  10,  1862. 

Pocotaligo,  S.  C,  October  22,  1862. 


FOURTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  43 

Siege  of  Fort  Wagner,  Morris  Island,  S.  C,  July  10  to 
September  6,  1863. 

Siege  of  Fort  Sumter,  S.  C,  September  7,  1863,  to  January 
15,  1864. 

Swift  Creek  (or  Arrowfield  Church),  Va.,  May  9,  1864. 

Drewry's  Bluff,  Va.,  May  14-16,  20,  1864. 

Near  Bermuda  Hundred,  Va.,  May  17-19,  21-28,  1864. 

Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  4-12,  1864. 

Petersburg,  Va.,  June  16,  1864. 

Siege  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  23  to  July  29,  1864. 

Mine  Explosion,  Petersburg,  Va.,  July  30,  1864. 

Deep  Bottom,  Va.,  August  14-16,  1864. 

New  Market  Heights  (Fort  Gilmer),  Va.,  September  29, 
1864. 

Fort  Fisher,  N.  C,  January  15,  1865. 

Fort  Anderson,  N.  C,  February  18,  1865. 

SURGEONS. 

JosiAH  C.  Eastman,  M.  D.,      George  P.  Greeley,  M.  D., 
David  P.  Dearborn,  M.  D. 

assistant  surgeons. 

George  P.  Greeley,  M.  D.,       Tristram  Rogers 
David  L.  M.  Comings,  M.  D.,  (not  mustered), 

Charles  C.  Beckley,  M.  D.,     Henry  F.  Wardwell,  M,  D., 
David  P.  Dearborn,  M.  D.,       James  P.  Wal-ker,  M.  D. 


FOURTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


JosiAH   Calef  Eastman,  M.   D. 
Hampstead,  N.  H. 

Eastman,  Josiah  C.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Loudon;  age  50;  res.  Hampstead; 
app.  Surg.  Aug.  20,  '61;  must,  in  Sept.  18,  '61;  resigned  Oct.  7,  '62. 
P.  O.  ad.,  Hampstead.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  169.) 


44  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE    REBELLION. 

The  following  biographical  sketch  is  taken  from  the  "Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons  of  America,"  compiled  by  Dr.  Irving 
A.  Watson,  1896 : 

"Josiah  Calef  Eastman  of  Hampstead,  N.  H.,  was  born  in 
Loudon,  N.  H.,  April  22,  1811,  and  was  the  son  of  Dr.  Joseph 
and  Miriam  (Calef)  Eastman,  grandson  of  Timothy  and 
Abigail  (Gale)  Eastman,  and  of  Joseph  and  Miriam  (Bart- 
lett)  Calef;  and  a  great  grandson  of  Colonel  Gale  of  East 
Kingston,  and  of  Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett,  a  signer  of  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence,  and  who  was  president  1790- '91  and 
first  governor  of  New  Hampshire,  1792- '93.  Joseph  Eastman 
was  graduated  from  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  1806  and 
died  at  Meredith,  N.  H.,  at  the  age  of  thirty-three  years. 

"Josiah  C.  Eastman  obtained  a  preliminary  education  at 
the  Kingston  and  the  Atkinson  (N.  H.)  and  the  Saco  (Me.) 
Academies;  taught  in  district  schools;  commenced  the  study 
of  medicine  in  1833  with  Drs.  L.  S.  Bartlett  and  Thomas  Bas- 
sett  of  Kingston,  N.  H. ;  attended  three  courses  of  lectures  at 
Dartmouth  Medical  College  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  there- 
from in  1837. 

"Dr.  Eastman  practiced  medicine  for  a  time  at  Newmarket, 
N.  H.,  and  about  1839  located  at  Hampstead,  where  he  has 
since  been  in  active  practice  when  not  in  the  military  service. 
In  August,  1861,  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Berry  sur- 
geon of  the  Fourth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, with  rank  of  major.  He  w^as  in  service  with  the  regi- 
ment at  Washington,  Annapolis,  Port  Royal,  Hilton  Head, 
St.  Augustine  and  Jacksonville  until  1863,  when  he  resigned 
his  commission  on  account  of  illness  in  his  family  and  returned 
to  Hampstead.  Soon  after  this  he  was  offered  the  colonelcy, 
which  was  declined.  When  a  youth  he  was  chosen  by  Hon. 
Levi  Woodbury  for  a  cadetship  at  West  Point  Military  Acad- 
emy but  the  opposition  of  his  widowed  mother  prevented  its 
acceptance. 

"In  1845  he  was  county  treasurer  of  Rockingham  county, 
declining  renomination  in  1847;  represented  Hampstead  in 
the  legislature  in  1847- '50  and  was  state  senator  in  1853- '54, 
Democratic. 


FOURTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  45 

"Dr.  Eastman  is  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Medical  Society,  president  in  1860 ;  was  a  member 
of  the  Rockingham  ]\Iedical  Society  and  an  ex-president  of 
the  same ;  also  was  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion and  was  one  of  the  three  representatives  from  New  Hamp- 
shire to  the  International  Medical  Congress,  held  in  Phila- 
delphia, 1876.  Dr.  Eastman  has  been  twice  nominated  for 
councilor  for  his  district ;  was  a  delegate  to  the  national  con- 
ventions which  nominated  General  McClellan  and  Hon. 
Horatio  Seymour  for  the  presidency  and  vice-presidency.  In 
1849,  while  a  member  of  the  legislature,  Dr.  Eastman  intro- 
duced the  bill,  entitled  '  An  act  providing  for  the  establishment 
of  public  libraries,'  which  became  a  law  under  the  signature 
of  Governor  Dinsmore,  and  New  Hampshire  was  the  first  state 
in  the  Union  to  empower  towns  and  cities  to  maintain  free 
public  libraries  by  taxation,  as  a  result  of  the  passage  of  that 
bill.  Dr.  Eastman  was  largely  instrumental  in  the  building 
of  the  Nashua  and  Rochester  Railroad  and  served  as  director 
after  its  completion. 

"Married,  first.  May  3,  1841,  Miss  Ann  A.,  daughter  of 
Capt.  Leonard  (a  pensioner  of  1812)  and  Elizabeth  Gregg 
(Warner)  Wilgon.  Their  children  are:  Mary  Bartlett,  wife 
of  Lavosier  Hill  of  New  York  City,  and  Miss  Ella  Eastman. 
Dr.  Eastman  married  second,  February  5,  1860,  Miss  Mary 
Ellen,  daughter  of  Dr.  Jarome  and  Mary  (Tewksbury)  Harris 
of  Amesbury,  Mass.  Their  children  are :  Josiah  Bartlett  and 
Susie  A.  Eastman." 

Dr.  Eastman  died  in  Hampstead,  N.  H.,  November  27,  1897. 


George  Preston  Greeley,  M.  D. 

Nashua,  N.  H. 

(2  N.  H.  V.) 

Gbeeley,  George  P.    F.  and  S.;   b.  Nashua;   age  28;   res.  Nashua; 

app.  Asst.  Surg.  May  3,  '61;  resigned  June  3,  '61.  See  4  N.  H.  V. 

(4  N.  H.  V.) 
Gbeeley,  Geoeoe  P.    F.  and  S.;  b.  Nashua;  age  28;  res.  Nashua;  app. 
Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  20,  '61;  must,  in  Sept.  18.  '61;  app.  Surg.  Oct.  8, 
'62;    disch.   Oct.   23,   '64.     Died   Dec.   27,   '92,   St.   Augustine,   Fla. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  pp.  53  and  174.) 


46  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Surgeon  Greeley  was  born  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  April  9,  1833, 
and  was  the  son  of  Ezekiel  and  Sarah  (Pollard)  Greeley.  His 
paternal  grandfather,  Josiah  Greeley,  was  born  in  1756  in 
that  part  of  the  state  called  Hudson  at  the  present  time,  served 
in  the  Revolutionary  War  and  was  wounded  at  Bunker  Hill. 
During  the  Revolution  he  enlisted  three  times,  in  1875,  '76  and 
'77,  and  was  present  at  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne  at  Sara- 
toga. 

Surgeon  Greeley  received  his  preliminary  education  at  the 
schools  in  that  part  of  Nashua  that  was  called  Nashville,  and 
was  two  years  in  Norwich  University,  Vermont.  He  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  George  Gray  of  Nashua 
in  1854,  attending  lectures  at  the  Vermont  Medical  College, 
Woodstock,  and  at  the  medical  department  of  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege. This  was  at  the  period  when  Professors  John  C.  Dal- 
ton,  William  Henry  Thayer  and  Eben  K.  Sanborn  were  of 
the  faculty  of  the  Vermont  Medical  College.  (All  of  these 
men  were  afterwards  in  the  army  and  Professor  Thayer  served 
as  surgeon  of  the  Fourteenth  New  Hampshire  Regiment.) 
He  continued  his  professional  education  at  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  New  York,  when  Willard  Parker, 
Joseph  Smith  and  Alonzo  Clark  were  doing  their  best  work, 
and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  same  in  1857.  He  com- 
menced the  practice  of  medicine  in  Hoilis,  N.  H.,  in  1858, 
remaining  four  years,  and  continuing  his  professional  work 
at  the  close  of  the  war  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  until  from  failing 
health  he  was  obliged  to  give  up  professional  work,  after 
which  he  spent  most  of  his  time  in  Florida,  where  he  owned  a 
large  orange  grove. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society, 
also  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  various  Masonic  societies,  including  the  Scottish 
Rite  or  thirty-second  degree.  After  being  mustered  out  of  the 
service,  he  took  a  post-graduate  course  in  New  York,  spending 
considerable  time  in  the  Bellevue  Hospital.  He  had  a  large 
practice  in  Nashua  and  vicinity  until  his  health  was  such 
that  he  had  to  relinquish  it. 


FOUETH    NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  47 

Prior  to  his  professional  education,  he  took  a  long  voyage 
as  supercargo  in  a  sailing  vessel,  the  barque  Daniel  Webster, 
to  Australia,  visiting  many  ports  in  the  Pacific  and  Indian 
oceans.  It  was  during  this  voyage  that  he  determined  upon 
the  profession  of  medicine.  This  vessel  carried  no  surgeon 
and  he  saw  a  great  deal  during  the  time  that  was  suggestive 
of  the  necessity  of  medical  treatment. 

"As  early  as  1860  he  became  captain  of  the  Hollis  Pha- 
lanx, First  Regiment,  Second  Division,  Third  Brigade  of 
Militia  in  the"*'state  of  New  Hampshire,  his  commission  being 
signed  by  Ichabod  Goodwin,  Governor,  showing  that  the  an- 
cestral patriotism  was  still  burning  in  his  day  and  generation. 
He  commenced  his  military  service  by  being  commissioned 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  Second  New  Hampshire  Regiment, 
May  3,  1861,  by  Governor  Goodwin,  but  the  sickness  of  a 
member  of  his  family  prevented  his  serving  and  he  resigned 
this  position  June  3,  1861.  He  was  appointed  assistant  sur- 
geon of  the  Fourth  New  Hampshire  August  20,  1861,  was 
promoted  surgeon  October  8,  1862,  and  was  discharged  Oc- 
tober 23,  1864,  having  served  a  little  more  than  three  years 
with  the  regiment.  During  this  period  of  service  he  was  sur- 
geon in  charge  of  hospital  No.  4  at  Beaufort,  S.  C,  from 
November,  1862,  until  the  spring  of  1863.  In  1864  was  in 
the  field  near  Richmond  until  he  was  mustered  out  by  reason 
of  the  expiration  of  three  years'  service.  February,  1865,  he 
was  made  surgeon  of  the  Ninth  Regiment,  U.  S.  Veteran 
Volunteers,  First  Corps,  and  served  until  May  8,  1866,  when 
the  war  was  over.    This  service  was  in  Indianapolis,  Ind. " 

A  record  of  the  services  of  Surgeon  Greeley  from  a  mem- 
orandum kept  by  himself  is  so  complete  a  history  of  the  ser- 
vice of  the  Fourth  New  Hampshire  Regiment  that  it  is  here- 
with appended. 

"The  Fourth  New  Hampshire  Regiment  left  Manchester, 
N.  II.,  September  27,  1861,  and  proceeded  direct  to  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  encamped  and  remained  there  eight  days,  when 
it  was  ordered  to  Annapolis,  Bid.,  and  assigned  to  Gen.  T. 
W.   Sherman's  Expeditionary  Corps.     October  17  the  regi- 


48  SUKGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

ment  went  by  steamer  '  Baltic '  to  Hampton  Koads.  November 
7,  1861,  landed  at  Hilton  Head,  S.  C,  and  went  into  camp 
on  the  beach.  In  December,  1861,  an  expedition  was  sent  to 
Tybee  island,  Ga. 

''January  21,  1862,  the  regiment  went  aboard  steam  trans- 
port 'Delaware'  and  remained  at  anchor  in  Broad  river  five 
days.  In  February,  1862,  were  landed  upon  Warsaw  island, 
Ga.,  and  there  pitched  their  camp.  Here  they  remained  about 
one  week,  when  they  again  went  aboard  the  'Empire  City' 
and  in  the  course  of  a  week  proceeded  to  Fernandina,  Fla. 
The  campground  upon  Warsaw  island  was  low,  wet  and  ex- 
ceedingly unhealthy.  March  10,  1862,  eight  companies  of  the 
regiment  went  aboard  the  'Boston'  and  immediately  proceeded 
to  the  mouth  of  the  St.  John's  river,  Fla.,  where  Company  I 
was  transferred  to  the  gunboat  'Huron,'  which  proceeded  to 
St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  and  held  the  town  by  occupying  Fort 
Marion.  Company  C  was  landed  at  Mayport  ]\Iills,  Fla.,  and 
occupied  Fort  Steele.  The  other  companies  of  the  Fourth 
were  transferred  to  various  gunboats  which  went  up  the  river 
to  Jacksonville,  which  place  they  occupied  until  about  the 
middle  of  April,  1862.  In  Jacksonville  the  troops  were  quar- 
tered in  stores,  which  afforded  fine  accommodations.  Upon 
evacuating  the  place,  the  steam  transport '  Belvidere '  conveyed 
the  command  to  the  mouth  of  the  river  where  Company  C 
joined  it.  Companies  B,  H  and  K  were  conveyed  by  trans- 
port steamer  to  Fernandina,  Fla.,  where  they  occupied  Fort 
Clinch  until  June  8,  1862,  and  then  were  conveyed  to  James 
island,  S.  C;  June  12  to  Beaufort,  S.  C,  where  they  were 
divided  and  put  upon  plantations  as  guards.  The  four  com- 
panies that  were  left  at  the  mouth  of  the  St.  John's  river  on 
board  the  '  Belvidere '  immediately  proceeded  to  St.  Augustine, 
Fla.,  where  there  were  then  stationed  three  companies  of  the 
regiment,  the  two  companies  left  at  Fernandina  when  the 
regiment  started  for  the  St.  John's  river  having  been  sent 
there.  The  seven  companies  stationed  at  St.  Augustine  were 
quartered  as  follows:  Three  in  Fort  Marion;  one  at  the 
court  house;  one  at  the  barracks;  and  two  were  encamped 


FOURTH    NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  49 

on  the  northwesterly  side  of  the  fort  in  the  immediate  vicinity 
of  the  same.  September  10,  1862,  the  Fourth  New  Hamp- 
shire Regiment  was  relieved  at  St.  Augustine  by  the  Seventh 
New  Hampshire  and  went  to  Beaufort,  S.  C,  by  steamer  '  Ben 
Denford,'  where  they  joined  the  three  companies  from  which 
they  had  been  separated  nearly  five  months.  Here  they  re- 
mained until  October  21,  1862,  when  they  were  conveyed  by 
steamer  'Boston'  to  Mackies  Point,  S.  C.  October  22,  1862, 
the  regiment  was  in  the  battle  of  Pocotaligo,  and  that  even- 
ing returned  to  Beaufort,  S.  C.  They  remained  here  until 
April  4,  1863,  when  they  were  ordered  into  camp  at  Hilton 
Head.  The  regiment  did  not  remain  long  in  this  unhealthy 
locality,  for  on  April  29  they  went  to  Stons  Inlet  and  that 
evening  they  landed  upon  Folly  island.  The  tents  were 
pitched  upon  the  most  southerly  point  of  the  island,  but  in 
May  the  camp  was  moved  to  within  a  mile  and  a  half  of  the 
northern  extremity  of  the  same  island.  "While  there  the 
rebels  endeavored  to  shell  their  camp  and  their  batteries 
replied,  day  after  day,  firing.  On  June  17  no  firing  by  the 
enemy.  The  Fourth  and  adjacent  regiments  celebrated  with 
music  and  speeches.  June  18  Hurd  of  Company  B  wounded 
in  the  leg  by  a  shell." 

Dr.  Greeley  was  very  sick  later  in  June  and  in  July  came 
North  on  the  ' '  Arago. ' '  By  slow  stages  reached  Nashua,  after 
remaining  in  New  York  City  in  bed  a  week  or  more  until  able 
to  leave.  He  was  expecting  to  resign  but  at  the  earnest  re- 
quest of  his  friends  and  Col.  Louis  Bell  he  returned  to  his 
regiment  in  October  after  months  of  suffering.  (In  August 
he  tendered  his  resignation  on  account  of  disability  contracted 
in  the  service,  but  his  leave  was  extended  and  the  resignation 
not  accepted.) 

The  following  general  orders  are  given  as  showing  the  pro- 
fessional ability  of  Surgeon  Greeley,  as  well  as  the  regard  and 
esteem  with  which  he  and  his  fellow  officers  were  held  by  their 
superiors : 


50  SUKGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

In  January,  1864,  at  the  "Headquarters  U.  S.  forces,  Mor- 
ris Island,  S.  C.  January  26th  by  general  orders  No.  9,  a 
Medical  Board  for  this  Post  is  hereby  appointed  to  consist 
of  the  following  named  officers : 

''Surgeon,  M.  L.  Kittenger,  100  N.  Y. 
H.  F.  Kobinson,  104  P.  V. 
George  P.  Greeley,  4th  N.  H.  V. 
and  will  meet  at  the  office  of  Surgeon  Kittenger  at  11  o'clock 
on  Tuesday  and  Friday  of  each  week  until  otherwise  ordered. 
"By  order  of  Col.  W.  H.  Davis,  104th  Penn.  Commanding 
Post. 

"Jno.  H.  McCoy, 

''1st  Lt.  and  A.  A.  A.  Gen'V 

"In  March,  1864,  Surgeon  Greeley  was  granted  leave  of 
absence  for  thirty-five  days  to  go  North  with  his  regiment, 
who  have  been  furloughed  on  re-enlistment  as  Veteran  Vol- 
unteers. 

' '  By  Command  of 

"Major  General  Q.  A.  Gilmore.^' 

"Head  Quarters,  Dep't   of  the  South, 
"Hilton  Head,  S.  C,  March  1,  1864. 

"1864,  May  3d 

"Head  Quarters  10th  Army  Corps. 

"Gloucester  Point,  Virginia. 
"Special  orders 

No.  12  "Directing  medical  officers  of  this  command 

to  turn  over  all  surplus  medical  stores  to  the  Quarter  Master. 
"By  order  of 

"Gen'l  a.  H.  Terry." 

"Head  Quarters  3d  Division  10th  Army  Corps 
"Near  "Weir  Botton  Church,  Va. 

"May  25,  1864. 
"Surgeon  George  P.  Greeley,  4th  N.  H.  Vols. 
"  Alden  D.  Palmer,  9th  Maine. 

"  H.  C.  Levenstaler,  8th  Maine. 

are  appointed  a  medical  examining  Board  for  the  purpose  of 
examining  all  officers  and  enlisted  men,  candidates  for  dis- 
charge of  this  command  by  reason  of  physical  disability.  The 
Board  will  meet  on  Tuesdays  and  Fridays  of  each  week  at  9 
(o'clock)  A.  M. 

"By  order  of 

"Brig.  Gen'l  Ames.'' 


FOURTH    NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  51 

"Head  Quarters  18th  Army  Corps 

"In  the  Field,  Va.,  June  8th,  1864. 
**  Special  order 

Xo.  43  ' '  Surgeon  Greeley  4th  X.  H.  Vols,  is  hereby 

detailed  as  assistant  operator  at  the  Corps  Battle-field  Hos- 
pital, and  will  report  to  Surgeon  Richardson  for  instructions. 
"By  command  of 

"Major  General  Smith." 

"Head  Quarters  18th  Army  Corps 

"In  the  Field,  Va.,  June  12th  1864. 
"Special  orders 

X^o.  47.  "The  following  nam.ed  medical  officers  are 

hereby  detailed  as  Operating  Surgeons  in  the  Battle  Field 
Hospital  of  this  Corps  and  will  report  to  Surg.  Geo.  Luckley, 
Medical  Director. 

"Surgeon  George  P.  Greelej^  4th  X.  H.  Vols. 
"By  command  of 

"Major  Gen'l   Smith. '^ 

"Head  Quarters  3d  Brig.  2d  Div.  10th  A.  C. 

"Bermuda  Hundred,  Va.,  Aug.  1,  1864. 
"General  orders 

Xo.  2.  "Surgeon  George  P.  Greeley,  4th  X.  H.  Vols. 

is  hereby  announced  as  Chief  Medical  Officer  of  this  Brigade 
and  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 
"By  order  of 

"Col.  Louis  Bell, 
"Commanding  Brigade." 

"Head  Quarters  10th  Army  Corps, 

"Before  Petersburg,  Va.,  Aug.  31,  1864. 
"Special  order 

No.  113  (Extract.; 

"The  following  named  medical  officers  will  re- 
port to  the  Medical  Director  10th  A.  C.  for  assignment  to 
temporary  duty  in  Base  and  Flying  Hospitals. 
"Surg.  George  P.  Greeley. 

"By  command  of 

"Major  Gen'l  Birney." 


52  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION, 

The  following  service  is  not  a  part  of  the  records  of  Adju- 
tant-General Ayling's  Register: 

"In  February,  1865,  Surgeon  Greeley  was  enrolled  with 
the  Ninth  Regiment,  U.  S.  Veteran  Reserve  Corps,  W'hich  was 
assigned  to  the  First  Army  Corps.  March  2,  1865,  he  was 
appointed  in  the  First  Army  Corps;  March  28,  1865,  he  was 
ordered  to  report  in  person  to  the  Provost  Marshal  General 
in  Washington,  D.  C.  Having  reported  as  ordered,  he  was 
assigned  to  duty  in  Washington  from  April  3  and  requested 
to  report  to  Surgeon  J.  H.  Baxter,  late  Surgeon  General,  U. 
S.  A.,  for  further  instructions.  April  7th,  Surgeon  G.  P. 
Greeley,  1st  A.  C,  was  ordered  to  report  to  Maj.  A.  T.  Lee, 
Second  U.  S.  Infantry,  acting  Assistant  Provost  Marshal  of 
General  Western  Division,  Elmira,  N.  Y.  He  remained  there 
on  duty  until  ordered  'to  assume  the  duties  of  acting  surgeon 
of  board  of  enrollment  of  the  29th  District  at  Lockport,  N.  Y. ' 
The  above  special  order  Avas  dated  April  26,  1865.  June  14, 
1865,  he  was  relieved  from  duty  at  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  and 
'ordered  to  report  in  person,  without  delay,  to  the  Provost 
Marshal  General  at  Washington,  D.  C  June  23,  1865,  Sur- 
geon Greeley  was  again  assigned  to  the  Ninth  Regiment  and 
'  ordered  to  report  for  duty  in  person  to  Brevet  Major-General 
Carroll,  commanding  First  Division,  First  Corps,  at  Camp 
Stoneman,  District  of  Columbia;  this  was  by  order  of  Major- 
General  Hancock. '  He  remained  on  duty  at  Camp  Stoneman 
until  October  5,  1865,  when  he  was  ordered  to  relieve  Acting 
Assistant  Surgeon  Harvey  at  post  hospital,  Burnside  Bar- 
racks, Indianapolis,  Ind.  He  remained  on  duty  at  Indian- 
apolis, Ind.,  until  mustered  out  of  the  service  May  3,  1866.'* 

In  the  winter  of  1866  and  1867  Dr.  Greeley  took  a  post- 
graduate course  in  New  York,  and  in  the  autumn  of  1867  lo- 
cated in  Montpelier,  Vt.,  where  he  remained  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession  about  one  year.  In  1868  he  removed  from 
Montpelier  to  Boston,  Mass.,  taking  up  his  professional  work, 
and  was  medical  examiner  in  Boston  of  the  National  Life 
Insurance  Company  (Montpelier,  Vt.)  and  of  the  Empire 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  and  became  a  member  of 


FOURTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  53 

the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society.  In  1873  he  removed  from 
Boston  to  Nashua,  where  he  was  county  and  city  physician 
for  several  years.  He  practiced  his  profession  in  Nashua 
until  the  winter  of  1883,  when  he  went  to  Florida  for  the 
winter  and,  investing  in  land,  continued  to  spend  each  suc- 
ceeding winter  in  that  state,  on  or  near  his  orange  grove,  only 
going  North  for  a  few  months  in  the  summer.  His  death 
occurred  at  St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  December  26,  1892. 

Married,  January  10,  1861,  j\Iary  P.  Dewey  of  Montpelier, 
Vt.,  only  daughter  of  Dr.  Julius  Y.  Dewey,  and  a  sister  of 
Admiral  DevvTy.     No  children. 


David  P.  Dearborn,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

Deabborx,  David  P.  Co.  F;  b.  Sanbornton;  age  25;  res.  Weare;  enl. 
Sept.  20,  '61;  must,  in  to  date  Sept.  18,  '61;  as  Priv.;  app.  2  Lt. 
Co.  G,  March  22,  '62;  resigned  Nov.  4,  '62;  app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  Dec. 
16,  '62;  Asst.  Surg.  May  2,  '64;  Surg.  Nov.  9,  '64;  must,  out  Aug. 
23,  '65.  Died  April  2,  '88,  Brattleboro,  Vt.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  167.) 

Surgeon  Dearborn  was  born  in  Sanbornton,  N.  H.,  Octo- 
ber 21,  1836,  and  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Daniel  M.  and  Mary 
Jane  (Gordon)  Dearborn,  a  grandson  of  Josiah  Dearborn. 
He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools 
of  New  Hampshire  and  at  the  literary  institute  at  New  Hamp- 
ton. He  commenced  his  professional  education  in  1858  w4th 
Dr.  James  Peterson  of  Weare,  N.  H.  He  attended  medical  lec- 
tures at  the  Hahnemann  Tvledical  College,  Philadelphia,  taking 
three  courses,  and  was  graduated  in  1861. 

Dr.  Dearborn  enlisted  in  the  army  as  a  private  of  Company 
F,  Fourth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  September  20,  1861, 
at  which  time  he  was  a  medical  student.  He  was  assigned 
to  duty  in  the  hospital  department  as  hospital  steward  and 
was  detailed  as  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  March,  1862,  was 
commissioned  second  assistant   surgeon   December    19,    1862, 


54  '  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

was  commissioned  first  assistant  surgeon  May  2,  1864,  and 
November  9,  1864,  lie  was  commissioned  surgeon  of  the  regi- 
ment on  account  of  the  illness  of  Surgeon  George  P.  Greeley. 
Dr.  Dearborn  had  acted  as  surgeon  for  some  time  previous  to 
his  being  commissioned  as  surgeon.  Surgeon  Dearborn  was 
mustered  out  with  the  regiment  November,  1864.  He  located 
in  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  in  January,  1865,  remaining  there  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  April  2,  1888.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Vermont  Homeopathic  Medical  Society,  a  member  of 
the  Odd  Fellows,  Masons  and  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Repub- 
lic in  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

Married,  January  8,  1865,  Miss  Harriet  S.  White  of  Con- 
cord, N.  H. 

Children :  Charles  E.,  Mary  and  Harriet  Gordon  Dearborn. 


David  L.  M.  Comings,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Swanzey,  N.  H. 

Comings,  David  L.  M.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Cornish;  age  37;  res.  Swanzey; 
cred.  Swanzey;  app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  13,  '62;  must,  in  Aug.  21, 
'62;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  8,  '62.  Died,  dis.  Aug.  1,  '63,  Swanzey. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  165.) 

Surgeon  Comings  was  born  October  14,  1825,  in  Cornish, 
N.  H.,  and  was  the  son  of  Uriel  and  Sarah  (Robinson)  Com- 
ings, and  was  the  grandson  of  Leonard  Comings.  His  pre- 
liminary education  was  received  in  the  common  schools  and  at 
the  academy  in  Meriden;  afterwards  he  was  two  years  in  the 
Norwich  University  at  the  time  this  celebrated  institution  was 
under  the  charge  of  the  late  lamented  Gen.  Truman  B.  Ran- 
som. Commenced  his  professional  education  at  Claremont,  N. 
H.,  with  the  late  Dr.  Samuel  Jarvis  in  the  year  1847,  and 
received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  Castleton  Medical  College, 
Castleton,  Vt.,  in  1850.  He  located  for  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Plainfield,  N.  H.,  in  1850,  remaining  there  for 
one  year,  and  removed  to  West  Swanzey,  where  he  remained 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  the  1st  of  August,  1863. 


FOURTH    NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  55 

He  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
and  the  Connecticut  River  jMedical  Society,  and  represented 
the  town  of  Swanzey  in  the  legislature,  and  had  much  to  do 
with  the  educational  department  of  the  town  of  Swanzey.  His 
biographer  says  of  him : 

"Those  who  knew  him  best  during  his  active  practice  in 
this  vicinity  remember  him  not  merely  for  his  devotion  to  his 
profession.  They  remember  him  as  the  upright  and  consci- 
entious citizen,  Avho  did  not  turn  from  the  path  of  duty 
through  fear  or  favor,  but  interested  himself  in  whatever  per- 
tained to  the  peace  and  good  order  of  the  society.  He  was 
ever  found  faithful  to  the  great  cause  of  education,  temper- 
ance and  social  improvement.  His  kindly  and  Christian  bear- 
ing in  the  domestic  circle  can  be  fully  appreciated  only  by 
those  few  who  had  the  opportunity  to  observe  him  at  his  own 
fireside,  surrounded  by  those  whom  he  most  loved  and  trusted. 
The  perfect  control  which  he  maintained  over  his  feelings, 
the  self-discipline  which  never  allowed  an  angry  or  unkind 
word  to  escape  his  lips,  gave  him  a  serenity  of  temper  which 
hardly  belonged  to  his  ardent  temperament. 

"At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion,  although  not  in 
political  sympathy  with  the  administration,  he  cheerfully  put 
forth  his  efforts  to  put  down  armed  treason  and  to  uphold 
the  government  of  his  country.  He  did  not  stop  to  inquire 
what  course  others  intended  to  pursue  but  chose  his  position 
promptly  and  maintained  it  to  the  end.  And  nothing  gave 
him  more  pain  on  his  dying  bed  than  what  he  deemed  to  be 
the  folly  and  madness  of  some  of  the  men  of  the  North  as 
evinced  in  the  riots  in  New  York. 

"When  further  surgical  assistance  was  required  in  the  de- 
partment of  the  South  in  the  spring  of  1862,  he  cheerfully 
offered  his  services  and  he  was  commissioned  as  assistant  sur- 
geon of  the  Fourth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers. 
He  remained  in  sole  charge  of  that  regiment  for  some  time, 
much  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  soldiers  and  officers,  as  the 
writer  of  this  has  reason  to  know,  when  he  was  ordered  to  the 
general  hospital  at  Hilton  Head.    After  some  months  of  faith- 


56  SURGICAL    HISTORY    IN   THE   REBELLION. 

ful  and  devoted  service  to  the  sick  and  wounded,  his  health 
failed  and  he  was  reluctantly  compelled  to  leave  the  scene 
of  his  active  and  useful  labors.  After  a  protracted  and  pain- 
ful journey,  he  reached  his  former  home  in  Swanzey,  accom- 
panied by  his  faithful  companion  in  life,  who  was  at  his  side 
from  the  first  of  his  illness.  After  a  lapse  of  some  weeks  of 
suffering  and  weakness,  which  medical  skill  could  not  over- 
come, he  closed  his  earthly  career  without  a  murmur  and  with 
a  full  consciousness  of  his  condition.  Dr.  Comings  died  on 
the  first  day  of  August,  1863,  leaving  to  the  world  the  example 
of  a  man  who  had  performed  his  duties  with  integrity  and 
fidelity.  In  the  language  of  one  who  knew  him  best  and  Avas 
with  him  to  the  last,  'He  died  as  he  had  lived,  a  Christian.'  " 
Married  Eliza  W.  Taylor  of  Plainfield,  November  27,  1851. 


Charles  Chester  Beckley,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Plainfield,  N.  H. 

Beckley,  Charles  C.  P.  and  S.;  b.  Weathersfield,  Vt. ;  age  34;  res. 
Plainfield,  cred.  Plainfield;  app.  1  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  1,  '63;  must,  in 
Dec.  11,  '63;  resigned  Mar.  26.  '64.  Died  Feb.  IS,  '86,  Plainfield. 
(Record,  Ayliiig's  Register,  1895,  p.  159.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Weathersfield,  Vt., 
June  20,  1829,  and  v/as  the  son  of  Chester  and  Eunice  K. 
(Field)  Beckley,  and  a  grandson  of  Josiah  Beckley  of  Ver- 
mont. His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  common 
schools  and  academies  of  Vermont  and  New  Hampshire.  He 
commenced  his  professional  education  under  the  direction  of 
Dr.  S.  G.  Jarvis  of  Claremont  and  the  late  Prof.  Edward  E. 
Phelps  of  Windsor,  Vt.,  of  the  medical  department  of  Dart- 
mouth College.  He  continued  the  same  by  attending  lectures 
at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  and  Hanover  and  was  graduated  M.  D. 
from  the  medical  department  of  Dartmouth  College  in  the 
class  of  1854.  He  located  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Plain- 
field,  N.  H.,  the  same  year.  October  1,  1863,  he  v/as  appointed 
from  the  town  of  Plainfield  first  assistant  surgeon  of  the 


FOURTH    NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  57 

Fourth  Regiment  New  Hampsliire  Volunteers.  Not  being  of 
strong  constitution  his  health  suffered  in  consequence  of  his 
service  and  he  felt  compelled  to  resign  March  26,  1864.  He 
returned  to  Plainfield  and  remained  there  until  his  death,  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1886.  As  far  as  his  health  would  permit,  he  took 
up  general  practice  but  never  fully  recovered  from  disease 
contracted  in  the  army. 

iMarried,  June  11, 1867,  Kate  Ellen,  daughter  of  William  H. 
and  Fanny  W.  Daniels  of  Plainfield,  N.  H. 

Children,  two;  Annie  M.  Beckley,  deceased,  and  Chester  C, 
Beckley. 


Tristram  Rogers. 
(Not  mustered.) 


Rogers,  Tbistp.am.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Walden,  Vt.;  age  30;  res.  New 
Hampton;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  1,  '64;  not  must.;  declined  ap- 
pointment Jan.  9,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Plymouth.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1S95,  p.  193.) 


Henry  Frost  Wardwell,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Berlin,  N.  H. 

Wabdwell,  Henby  F.  Unas'd;  b.  Albany,  Me.;  age  37;  cred.  Gor- 
ham;  enl.  Mar.  31,  'C5,  for  one  year;  must,  in  Mar.  31,  '65,  as  Priv.; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Apr.  11,  '65;  must,  out  Aug.  23,  '65.  Died  Dec.  26, 
'01,  Berlin  Falls.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  201.) 

Surgeon  Wardwell  was  born  jMarcli  9,  1828,  at  xVlbany  in 
the  state  of  Maine,  and  was  the  son  of  James  and  Fanny 
(Frost)  Wardwell,  and  a  grandson  of  Peter  Wardwell.  He 
received  his  preliminary  education  at  the  common  schools  and 
at  North  Bridgton  and  Paris  (Maine)  Academies.  Com- 
menced his  professional  education  in  1849  at  Windham,  Me., 
under  the  direction  of  Luther  W.  Houghton,  M.  D.,  as  precep- 
tor. Attended  three  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  Harvard 
and  the  medical  department  of  Bowdoin  College  and  was 
graduated  from  the  latter  in  1853.  He  located  the  same  year 
at  Gorham,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  for  twenty-six  years, 


68  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

including  his  service  in  the  army,  and  then  removed  to  Ber- 
lin and  remained  there  nearly  thirteen  years  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  December  26,  1891. 

He  became  a  member  of  the  Fourth  New  Hampshire  Regi- 
ment in  March,  1865,  and  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon 
April  11,  1865,  remaining  in  the  service  until  the  regiment 
was  mustered  out  of  the  United  States  service  August  23, 
1865.  His  place  of  residence  being  isolated  from  any  large 
centers,  he  never  became  a  member  of  medical  societies  but 
he  was  a  member  of  Masonic  lodges  in  Gorham  and  Berlin 
and  also  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  in  1885,  as  well 
as  examining  surgeon  for  the  Pension  Department.  His 
biographer  says  of  him : 

"Although  not  a  member  of  any  medical  society  to  my 
knowledge,  his  influence  among  his  medical  brethren  was  most 
potent.  Being  a  keen  observer  and  possessing  rare  judgment, 
his  opinions  vvhen  given  were  always  considered  of  much  im- 
portance. ' ' 

Married,  first,  November  6,  1854,  Miss  Almira  E.  Head  of 
Shelburne,  N.  H.,  who  died  about  twenty  years  since;  second, 
June  31,  1881,  Miss  Mary  A.  Wilson  of  Berlin,  who  survives 
him. 

Children:  Charles  H.,  a  member  of  the  legal  fraternity, 
now  practicing  in  Boston ;  Fanny,  who  married  Alfred  E. 
Bean  of  Berlin,  and  ]\Iaiy  Elizabeth,  who  graduated  from 
Wellesley  in  1891  and  is  now  teaching  in  the  State  Normal 
School  in  Connecticut. 


James  Parker  Walker,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Manchester,  N.  H. 

(4  N.  H.  V.) 

Walkee,  James  P.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Manchester;  age  36;  res.  Manches- 
ter; app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  May  2,  '64;  must,  in  May  15,  '64;  disch. 
disab.  Nov.  2,  '64.  P.  O.  ad.,  Manchester.  See  6  N.  H.  V.  (Rec- 
ord, Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  200.) 


FOURTH    NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  59 

(6   N.   H.   V.) 

Walkeb,  James  P.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Manchester;  age  36;  res.  Manches- 
ter; app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  IC,  'G3;  not  must.;  resigned  commis- 
sion Feb.  8,  '64.  P.  O.  ad.,  Manchester.  See  4  N.  H.  V.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  342.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  that  portion  of  Bed- 
ford, which  was  afterwards  annexed  to  ^Manchester,  February 
7, 1828, and  was  the  son  of  James  and  Betsey  (Parker)  Walker, 
a  grandson  of  James  Walker.  Eeceived  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  ^Manchester  and  at  the  Literary  In- 
stitute at  Xew  Hampton,  N.  H.  He  commenced  his  profes- 
sional education  in  Manchester  in  1853  under  the  direction  of 
the  late  Josiah  Crosby,  M.  D.,  and  William  D.  Buck,  M.  D., 
both  of  that  city.  He  attended  medical  lectures  at  Harvard 
University  and  was  graduated  ]M.  D.  from  the  same  in  the 
class  of  1856.  He  located  in  ^Manchester  and  made  that  his 
home  until  his  death,  which  occurred  May  6,  1897.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Harvard  Alumni  Association.  He  was  ap- 
pointed second  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Sixth  New  Hampshire 
Regiment  December  16,  1863,  but  on  account  of  business  en- 
gagements was  obliged  to  decline  the  commission.  Later  he 
was  appointed  second  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Fourth  New 
Hampshire  Regiment  May  2,  1864,  and  was  discharged  for 
disability  November  2,  1864.  He  returned  to  Manchester 
and  resumed  the  practice  of  medicine.  At  one  time  he  was 
representative  for  two  terms  in  the  New  Hampshire  legis- 
lature. 

^Married,  December  31,  1863,  Rowena  L.  Hamblett.  No 
children. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

FIFTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


By  WiLLLVM  Child,  Surgeon  and  Historian. 

' '  The  one  regiment  in  all  the  Union  armies  which  sustained 
the  greatest  loss  in  battle  during  the  American  Civil  War  was 
the  Fifth  New  Hampshire  Infantry.  *  *  *  It  served  in  the 
First  Division,  Second  Corps.  This  division  was  commanded 
successively  by  Generals  Richardson,  Hancock,  Caldwell,  Bar- 
low and  Miles;  and  any  regiment  that  followed  the  fortunes 
of  these  men  was  sure  to  find  plenty  of  bloody  work  cut  out 
for  it.  The  losses  of  the  Fifth  New  Hampshire  occurred  en- 
tirely in  aggressive,  hard,  stand-up  fighting;  none  of  it  hap- 
pened in  routs  or  through  blunders.  Its  loss  includes  eighteen 
officers  killed,  a  number  far  in  excess  of  the  usual  proportion, 
and  indicates  that  the  men  were  bravely  led.  Its  percentage 
of  killed  is  also  very  large,  especially  as  based  on  the  original 
enrollment.  The  exact  percentage  of  the  total  enrollment 
cannot  be  definitely  ascertained,  as  the  rolls  were  loaded  down 
in  1864  with  the  names  of  a  large  number  of  conscripts  and 
bounty  men  who  never  joined  the  regiment.  *  *  *  Known  to 
the  corps  and  division  commanders  as  a  reliable  regiment, 
it  was  the  more  often  called  upon  to  face  the  enemy's  fire 
or  assigned  to  the  post  of  danger." 

The  above  quotation  gives  in  truthful  vrords  the  estima- 
tion of  its  high  character  as  held  by  corps,  division  and  brigade 
commanders.  Its  field  of  work  was  largely  in  Virginia,  as 
twenty  out  of  twenty-three  engagements  were  in  that  state, 
one  of  which,  the  siege  of  Petersburg,  was  almost  continuous 
from  June  16,  1864,  to  April  2,  1865. 


FIFTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  61 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Eappahannock  River,  Va.,  March  28,  1862. 

Yorktown,  Va.,  April  25  to  May  4,  1862. 

Fair  Oaks,  Va.,  June  1,  1862. 

Peach  Orchard,  Va.,  June  29,  1862. 

Savage's  Station,  Va.,  June  29,  1862. 

"White  Oak  Swamp  (G-lendale  or  Charles  City  Cross  Roads), 
Va.,  June  30,  1862. 

Malvern  Hill,  Va.,  July  1,  1862. 

Boonsborough,  Md.,  September  15,  1862. 

Antietam,  Md.,  September  17,  1862. 

Snicker's  Gap,  Va.,  November  2,  1862. 

Fredericksburg,  Va.,  December  13,  1862. 

Chancellorsville,  Va.,  May  1-5,  1863. 

Gettysburg,  Pa.,  July  2,  3,  1863. 

Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  2-12,  1864. 

Siege  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  16  to  July  26;  July  30  to 
August  12;  August  21  to  December  7,  1864;  December  10, 
1864,  to  April  2,  1865. 

Jerusalem  Plank  Road,  Va.,  June  22,  1864. 

Deep  Bottom,  Va.,  July  27,  August  16,  1864. 

Ream's  Station,  Va.,  August  25,  1864. 

Reconnoissance  to  Hatcher's  Run,  Va.,  December  8,  9,  1864. 

Fort  Stedman,  Va.,  March  25,  1865. 

Dinwiddie  Court  House,  Va.,  March  31,  1865. 

Sailor's  Creek,  Va.,  April  6,  1865. 

Farmville,  Va.,  April  7,  1865. 

surgeons. 

Luther  M.  Knight,  M.  D.,      John  W.  Bucknam,  M.  D., 
William  Child,  M.  D. 

assistant  surgeons. 

John  W.  Bucknam,  M.  D.,      Don  A.  Robinson,  M.  D., 
William  Child,  M.  D.,  Charles  M.  Trask,  M.  D. 

John  Wheeler,  M.  D. 

(not  mustered), 


62  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

FIFTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


Luther  M.  Knight,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Franklin,  N.  H. 

Knight.  Luther  M.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Franconia;  age  49;  res.  Franklin; 
app.  Surg.  Sept.  13,  '61;  must,  in  Oct.  26,  '61;  resigned  May  28,  '63. 
Died  Feb.  3,  '87,  Franklin.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  247.) 

Surgeon  Luther  M.  Knight  was  born  in  Franconia,  N.  H., 
April  11,  1810,  and  was  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Abigail 
(Knapp)  Knight.  His  early  education  was  received  in  the 
common  schools  and  at  New  Hampton  Academy.  He  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  in  Franconia  with  Dr.  Colby 
as  a  preceptor,  and  attended  lectures  at  Dartmouth  Medical 
College,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1834.  He  first  located  in 
Thornton,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  ten  years,  afterwards 
removing  to  Franklin,  N.  H.,  in  1845,  where,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  the  time  passed  in  the  army,  he  remained  until 
his  death. 

He  early  attained  high  rank  in  the  profession  and  for  fifty 
years  did  a  large  and  successful  practice.  He  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  while  residing  in 
Thornton,  was  its  president  in  1878  and  remained  a  member 
until  his  death.  He  represented  the  tovm  of  Franklin  in  the 
legislature  in  1854  and  1855.  He  was  also  an  Odd  Fellow  and 
a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church  at  Franklin.  The 
regimental  historian.  Dr.  Child,  gives  the  following  record  of 
the  services  of  Surgeon  Knight,  as  well  as  paying  a  fitting 
tribute  to  his  private  and  professional  character : 

"In  September,  1861,  he  was  commissioned  surgeon  of  the 
Fifth  Regiment  and  continued  in  the  service  until  late  in 
1863,  when  impaired  health  compelled  his  resignation.  Sur- 
viving veterans  of  the  old  Fifth  will  readily  recall  to  memory 
his  well  known  figure  mounted  on  his  beautiful  white  mare, 
riding  from  one  hospital  to  another,  looking  to  the  welfare  of 
the  disabled  boys  and  inspecting  the  sanitary  condition  of  the 


FIFTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS,  63 

camps.  He  was  early  promoted  to  brigade  surgeon  and  subse- 
quently to  chief  medical  officer  of  the  First  Division,  Second 
Army  Corps,  on  the  staff  of  Ma j. -Gen.  "W.  S.  Hancock,  and 
gained  an  enviable  record  for  skill,  bravery  and  efficiency. 

"When  he  first  tendered  his  resignation  his  superior  offi- 
cers, from  regimental  to  corps  headquarters,  were  reluctant 
to  accept,  and  endorsed  his  application,  advising  that  'this 
officer,  efficient  and  faithful,  be  granted  an  indefinite  leave 
of  absence  and  his  valuable  services  thereby  be  not  lost  to  the 
service. '  But  Manassas,  Fair  Oaks,  the  Chickahominy  swamps, 
Malvern  Hill,  Antietam  and  Fredericksburg  had  done  their 
work,  and  his  enfeebled  system  refused  to  respond  to  further 
demands  for  active  service. 

"For  many  years  after  the  war  he  held  the  position  of  exam- 
ining surgeon  for  the  pension  bureau.  He  w^as  a  member 
of  the  George  F.  Sweatt  Post,  No.  38,  G.  A.  E.,  Franklin, 
and  took  great  interest  in  the  welfare  of  that  organization. 
He  was  proud  of  his  connection  with  the  Fifth  and  any  com- 
rade, no  matter  what  his  rank,  w^as  assured  of  a  hearty  wel- 
come at  his  hospitable  home  in  Franklin.  To  them  he  never 
wearied  of  rehearsing  the  oft-told  tale  of  the  Potomac  cam- 
paigns, and  his  hand,  purse  and  influence  were  always  ready 
to  assist  a  deserving  and  needy  comrade. 

"Surgeon  Knight  was  married  in  1842  to  Miss  Charlotte  C, 
daughter  of  James  P.  and  Mary  G.  Tilton,  whom  he  survived 
scarcely  two  years.  Of  his  four  children,  the  eldest,  Edwin 
A.  Knight,  entered  the  service  as  hospital  steward  in  the  same 
regiment  as  his  father,  and  served  until  the  end  of  the  war. 
He  succeeded  his  father  as  a  practitioner  of  medicine  and 
resides  at  Newton,  IMass. 

"Surgeon  Knight  died  at  his  home  in  Franklin,  February  3, 
1887,  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  years.  Dr.  J.  J.  Berry  of 
Portsmouth,  in  a  beautiful  eulogy  of  the  deceased,  delivered 
before  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  said : 

"  'Seldom  has  this  society  been  called  upon  to  pay  tribute 
to  the  memories  of  so  many  departed  ones  and  to  bring  hither 
its  willing  gifts  of  rosemary  for  those  who  have  gone  down 


64  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN    THE   REBELLION. 

into  the  dark  valley.  Dr.  Knight  was  one  of  the  oldest  and 
best  known  of  the  physicians  of  this  society,  and  one  who 
was  held  in  universal  respect.  His  high  professional  acquire- 
ments and  his  wealth  of  experience,  which  he  was  enabled  to 
present  on  all  occasions,  rendered  him  a  valuable  friend  and 
counselor.  He  was  a  man  of  high  moral  courage  and  con- 
victions. He  was  a  friend  of  the  poor  and  needy,  a  shining 
light  of  a  profession  for  which  he  made  so  many  personal 
sacrifices  and  an  honor  to  this  society  which  mourns  his  loss. ' ' 
' '  Comrade  Knight  lies  still  in  death  by  the  side  of  his  com- 
panion on  the  banks  of  the  beautiful  Pemigewasset  at  Frank- 
lin, but  his  precious  memory  is  forever  fragrant  in  the  hearts 
of  his  children,  and  liis  surviving  friends,  and  neighbors 
treasure  with  affection  a  remembrance  of  the  kind  physician 
and  faithful  citizen.  Husband,  father,  friend,  patriot,  hail 
and  farewell!" 


John  Wingate  Bucknam,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Somersworth,  N.  H. 

Bucknam,  John  W.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Lancaster;  age  27;  res.  Lancas- 
ter; app.  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  22,  '61;  must,  in  Oct.  26,  '61;  app.  Surg. 
June  1,  '63;  disch.  Oct.  26,  '64.  Died  Dec.  18,  '70,  Somersworth, 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  219.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Lancaster,  N.  H., 
December  4,  1833,  and  was  the  son  of  Edwards  and  Sarah 
Brackett  (Weeks)  Bucknam.  He  came  of  excellent  New 
England  stock  and  his  ancestors  served  in  the  Revolution. 
He  received  his  preliminary  education  at  the  common  schools, 
at  Lancaster  Academy  and  Newbury  (Vt.)  Seminary.  He 
commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in  1856  at  Lancaster,  N.  H., 
with  Dr.  John  W.  Barney  as  preceptor.  This  was  continued 
at  Hanover  with  the  late  Prof.  Dixi  Crosby  and  other  mem- 
bers of  the  medical  faculty  of  Dartmouth  Medical  College. 
He  attended  medical  lectures  at  Hanover  and  Burlington,  Vt., 
and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  Dartmouth  Medical  College 
in  the  class  of  1860.     He  commenced  the  practice  of  medi- 


FIFTH   NEW    HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS.  65 

cine  in  Guildhall,  Vt.,  removing  to  Lancaster  in  1861,  and  in 
1865  removed  to  Great  Falls,  now  the  city  of  Somersworth, 
N.  H. 

He  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Fifth  New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteers  October  21,  1861,  and  was  promoted  to  the 
office  of  surgeon  of  this  regiment  June  1,  1863.  He  was 
with  the  regiment  in  every  engagement  during  his  term  of 
service.  Colonel  Cross  of  the  Fifth  Regiment  was  mortally 
wounded  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  Surgeon  Bucknam  took 
care  of  him  and  was  with  him  when  he  died.  He  made  ar- 
rangements for  the  removal  of  his  body  to  New  Hampshire. 
His  biographer  says  of  him  in  the  "Transactions  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Medical  Society,"  of  which  Dr.  Bucknam  was  an 
honored  member,  that: 

"The  brave  men  under  his  medical  and  surgical  inspection 
often  speak  of  him  with  warm  affection,  as  a  kind  and  at- 
tentive advisor,  and  well  adapted,  both  by  his  knowledge  and 
constant  solicitude  for  their  welfare,  for  campaign  work. 
He  was  ever  ready  to  alleviate  pain  and  willing  to  administer 
to  the  sufferings  of  those  under  his  charge.  He  had  no  favor- 
ites, but  every  one  in  need  of  his  services  was  treated  with 
attention  and  skill.  While  in  this  field  of  action  he  contracted 
chronic  diarrhcea  and  this  continued  to  afflict  him,  more  or 
less,  after  he  left  the  army. 

"As  a  physician  he  was  successful — a  man  of  good  judg- 
ment and  judicious  in  the  means  employed  to  thwart  the 
ravages  of  diseased  action." 

Surgeon  Bucknam  died  in  Somersworth,  December  18,  1870, 
at  the  age  of  thirty-seven  years,  just  as  he  was  entering  upon 
a  life  of  usefulness. 

Married  June  12,  1861,  to  Annie  Celia  Buckland  of  Ware- 
house Point,  Conn.  Mrs.  Bucknam  was  ill  at  the  time  of  the 
Doctor's  death  and  died  nearly  at  the  same  time,  as  she  was 
buried  only  five  days  after  her  husband. 

Children :  One,  Annie  Weeks  Bucknam. 


66  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

William  Child,  M.  D, 

Piermont,   N.    H. 

Child,  William.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Bath;  age  28;  res.  Bath;  cred.  Bath; 
app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  13,  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  19,  '62;  app.  Asst. 
Surg,  to  date  Aug.  13,  '62,  Surg.  Oct.  28,  '64;  must,  out  June  28, 
'65.  P.  0.  ad.,  Concord,  N.  H.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  222.) 

Surgeon  William  Child  was  born  in  Bath,  N.  H.,  February 
4,  1834,  the  son  of  D wight  Pennel  and  Nancy  (Morse)  Child. 
His  grandfather  was  John  Child,  born  in  1766  in  Thompson, 
Conn.,  and  his  grandmother  was  Martha  Hutchins,  born  in 
1773  in  Haverhill,  Mass.  His  father  was  a  direct  descendant 
of  Dorothy  Dwight,  a  daughter  of  one  of  the  Dwights  of 
educational  fame.  His  mother  was  a  near  relative  of  Professor 
Morse,  the  inventor  of  the  magnetic  telegraph,  and  his  ma- 
ternal grandmother  was  a  sister  of  the  Rev.  Jedediah  Morse, 
the  father  of  American  geography.  Dr.  Child  was  reared  on 
one  of  the  fine  hill  farms  in  the  western  part  of  the  town  of 
Bath,  a  farm  which  had  been  owned  and  occupied  by  his 
grandfather  and  which  is  still  owned  by  his  brother,  John  D. 
Child.  Amid  physical  surroundings  among  the  finest  in 
Northern  New  Hampshire,  he  lived  the  life  of  the  average 
farmer's  boy  until  the  age  of  sixteen  when  he  entered  upon 
a  four  years'  course  at  Bath  Academy,  three  miles  distant 
from  his  home,  walking  to  and  from  his  school  each  day.  He 
pursued  and  finished  the  regular  college  preparatory  course 
under  the  tuition  of  such  instructors  as  the  Rev.  Edward 
Cleveland,  Nathan  Lord,  Jr.,  and  the  late  Chief  Justice  A.  P. 
Carpenter.  Prevented  by  circumstances  from  pursuing  a  col- 
lege course,  he  began  in  1854  the  study  of  medicine  with  David 
B.  French,  M.  D.,  at  Bath,  and  during  the  next  three  years 
attended  two  courses  of  lectures  at  the  medical  department  of 
Dartmouth  College  and  one  at  Bowdoin.  Previous  to  taking 
his  medical  degree  at  Dartmouth  in  1857,  he  served  six  months 
in  the  Deer  Island  Hospital,  Boston,  and  six  months  in  a  New 
York  City  dispensary,  also  taking  a  full  course  in  anatomy  in 


FIFTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  67 

that  city.  After  taking  his  degree,  he  was  with  Dr.  John 
McNab  of  Wells  River,  Vt.,  until  October,  1857,  when  he 
opened  an  office  at  Bath,  his  native  town,  where  he  practiced 
his  profession  for  twenty-six  years,  interrupted  only  by  his 
three  years '  service  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  with  the  Fifth 
New  Hampshire  Volunteers.  In  1883  he  removed  to  New 
Hampton,  N.  H.,  in  order  to  promote  the  education  of  his 
children  and  practiced  his  profession  there  for  thirteen  years, 
having  charge  in  the  meantime  for  nearly  ten  years  of  ' '  Hous- 
ton Narcotic  Cure"  at  Concord  and  at  Milford,  N.  H.,  and 
for  a  time  at  Watertown,  Mass. 

August  13,  1862,  he  was  commissioned  as  second  assistant 
surgeon  of  the  Fifth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers, 
and  was  subsequently  promoted  surgeon  of  the  same  regi- 
ment. He  served  for  nearly  three  years,  until  the  end  of  the 
war,  a  service  which  was  a  notable  one,  as  must  be  evident 
from  the  history  of  that  famous  regiment.  Some  of  the  time 
he  was  absent  from  the  regiment  on  detail  service.  He  served 
three  months  in  a  hospital  on  the  battlefield  of  Antietam ;  one 
month  in  hospital  after  the  battle  of  Gettysburg;  six  months 
in  prisoners-of-war  camp  at  Point  Lookout,  i\Id.,  and  while 
there  examined  prisoners  of  war  to  be  recruited  into  the 
United  States  service.  He  did  field  service  at  the  battles  of 
South  ^Mountain,  Antietam,  Fredericksburg,  Chancellorsville, 
Brandy  Station,  Gettysburg,  Cold  Harbor,  Petersburg,  during 
the  whole  siege,  at  Deep  Bottom,  Charles  City,  Ream's  Sta- 
tion and  Hatcher's  Run;  was  frequently  detailed  to  accom- 
pany difficult  and  dangerous  expeditions.  At  the  close  of  the 
war  he  was  division  surgeon  of  the  First  Division,  Second 
Army  Corps.  He  was  honorably  discharged  with  his  regi- 
ment June  29,  1865,  having  served  two  years,  ten  months  and 
sixteen  days.  It  was  during  the  winter  of  1863- '64  that  the 
Fifth  Regiment  was  on  duty  at  Point  Lookout,  Md.  There 
w^ere  thirteen  thousand  Confederate  prisoners  in  camp  here 
and  Dr.  Child  was  in  charge  of  the  hospital,  having  fifteen 
hundred  sick  reported  each  week.    He  had  as  assistants  eight 


68  SUEGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Confederate  surgeons — good  men.  At  the  same  time  he  ex- 
amined upwards  of  eight  hundred  of  these  prisoners  who  were 
recruited  into  the  United  States  service. 

After  the  war  Dr.  Child  resumed  his  practice  at  Bath  and 
entered  upon  the  quiet  duties  of  citizenship,  and  never  sought 
political  preferment,  but  was  twice  elected  to  the  state  legis- 
lature from  his  native  town  and  also  filled  various  to^vn  offices. 
He  has  been  an  active  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  of  New  Hamp- 
shire and  has  been  often  called  upon  by  his  comrades  to  of- 
ficiate as  orator  on  Memorial  Day.  Since  1880  he  has  served 
G.  A.  R.  posts  as  orator  of  the  day  once  each  year,  sometimes 
twice  and  once  at  three  different  places  the  same  day.  He  has 
served  more  than  twenty  years  as  single  examining  surgeon 
or  as  one  of  a  board  of  examiners  for  United  States  pen- 
sioners. He  is  the  historian  of  his  regiment  and  has  told  its 
immortal  story  in  the  600-page  octavo  volume  brought  out  in 
1893,  profusely  illustrated,  an  invaluable  addition  to  the  mil- 
itary history  of  the  state.  Dr.  Child  is  a  fraternal  member 
of  the  Masonic  order  and  during  his  military  service  was  an 
active  member  of  one  of  the  war  lodges.  Upon  the  formation 
of  the  Fifth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  a  dispensation  was 
granted  to  the  Masonic  members  of  the  organization  to  meet 
and  transact  business  as  a  lodge.  James  B.  Perry  was  the 
first  Worshipful  Master.  He  was  killed  at  Fredericksburg. 
In  November,  1863,  Dr.  Child  was  elected  Worshipful  Mas- 
ter, and  served  as  such  until  the  close  of  the  war.  Thirty-six 
applicants  were  received  in  this  Fifth  Regiment  lodge,  one 
from  the  state  of  Maryland.  Dr.  Child  is  not  only  a  Mason  but 
is  a  member  of  the  order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  the  G.  A.  R.  and 
is  also  a  Granger.  He  is  a  great-grandson  of  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolution  and  a  direct  descendant  of  a  soldier  in  the  Colonial 
service.  He  maintains  a  just  pride  in  his  own  military  record. 
It  is  no  small  thing  to  be  a  survivor  of  the  Fifth  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  was  with  his  regiment  in  thirteen  battles  and  in  as 
many  minor  engagements  and  expeditions.  He  was  with  the 
expedition  sent  to  learn  of  the  initial  movements  of  General 
Lee  in  the  Gettysburg  campaign.  He  was  present  at  the 
assassination  of  Lincoln. 


FIFTH   NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  69 

His  professional  life  has  been  in  the  main  the  quiet,  un- 
eventful one  of  the  country  practitioner.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  New  Hampshire  State  Medical  Society,  has  twice  been 
its  anniversary  chairman,  and  once  its  president.  He  has 
prepared  and  read  many  papers  before  the  society,  and  for 
years  was  an  active  participant  in  its  proceedings  and  dis- 
cussions, as  the  published  reports  of  the  transactions  of  the 
society  bear  testimony.  These  published  papers  show  that  he 
held  advanced  views  on  sanitary  matters,  had  little  faith  in 
drugs,  no  faith  in  so-called  disinfectants,  claiming  that  to  be 
"clean"  was  the  essence  of  modern  sanitation  and  surgery. 
He  held  strongly  to  the  theory  that  diseases  are  not  inherited. 
He  does  not  claim  to  have  made  discoveries  or  advancements; 
does  not  suppose  that  the  profession  has  arrived  at  perfection ; 
expects  that  there  will  be  much  greater  progress,  that  much 
useless  medical  and  surgical  lumber  will  be  abandoned  and 
that  we  shall  finally  have  a  practice  based  upon  knowledge  of 
the  human  body  and  mind  and  common  sense,  and  that  all 
"shades  and  shadows"  will  be  eliminated  from  the  profession. 

In  1895  he  purchased  a  farm  on  the  banks  of  the  Connecti- 
cut in  Piermont,  N.  H.,  where  he  now  resides,  having  aban- 
doned active  practice  on  account  of  disabilities  contracted  in 
the  war  of  1861- '65.  Here  among  haunts  and  scenes  similar 
to  those  of  his  boyhood  he  hopes  to  live  his  appointed  days. 

Dr.  Child  married,  first,  Caroline  Lang,  by  whom  he  had 
issue  of  William  Clinton,  born  1859,  died  1880;  Kate,  born 
1860 ;  Bernard  V.,  born  1862 ;  Susan  W.,  born  1865.  He  mar- 
ried, second,  Luvia  Lang,  daugter  of  Sherburn  Lang,  Esq., 
of  Bath,  by  whom  he  had  issue  of  John  L.,  born  1870;  James 
D.,  born  1875.  His  children  were  prepared  for  college  at  New 
Hampton  Institution.  Kate  and  Bernard  V.  took  courses  sub- 
sequently at  Oberlin,  O. ;  Susan  W.  was  graduated  at  "Welles- 
ley;  James  D.  at  Dartmouth,  class  of  1899;  and  John  L.  is 
business  manager  for  Lord  Bros.  IManufacturing  Company  at 
Tilton,  N.  H. 


70  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Don  Alonso  Eobinson,  M.  D. 
Coaticook,  P.  Q.,  Canada. 

Robinson,  Don  A.  F.  and  S.;  age  28;  res.  Milan;  app.  Asst.  Surg. 
Feb.  28,  '65;  must,  in  Apr.  25,  'G5;  must,  out  June  28,  '65.  (Rec- 
ord, Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  263.) 

Surgeon  Robinson  was  born  February  29,  1836,  in  West 
Charleston,  Vt.,  and  was  the  son  of  Elijah  and  Eliza  Ann 
(Smith)  Robinson,  a  grandson  of  Jasper  Robinson  of  the 
same  town.  He  received  his  preliminary  education  at  the 
common  schools  and  at  Derby  Academy,  Vermont;  took  up 
his  classical  education  with  private  teachers.  He  commenced 
his  professional  education  at  "West  Charleston,  Vt.,  in  1856 
under  the  direction  of  his  father.  Dr.  Elijah  Robinson.  This 
was  continued  by  a  course  of  medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth 
College  in  1858  and  a  second  course  at  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Vermont  in  1859,  and  he  was  grad- 
uated M.  D.  from  the  latter  institution  in  1859.  He  located 
in  Milan,  N.  H.,  in  January,  1860,  and  remained  there  until 
1866,  when  he  removed  to  Island  Pond,  Vt.  In  September, 
1874,  he  removed  to  Coaticook,  P.  Q.,  where  he  has  been  in 
the  practice  of  his  profession  ever  since. 

"While  a  resident  of  New  Hampshire  he  enjoyed  the  confi- 
dence of  the  people  of  the  town  in  which  he  resided,  being 
made  a  justice  of  the  peace  and  a  member  of  the  board  of 
education.  He  was  a  successful  practitioner  in  medicine,  be- 
ing a  good  student  and  progressive  in  his  work.  He  discov- 
ered a  method  of  arresting  severe  nasal  hemorrhage  by  com- 
pression of  the  submaxillary  arteries  in  the  year  1862,  and 
during  an  epidemic  of  diphtheria  in  the  year  1861  was  un- 
usually successful  in  the  use  of  mercurials.  The  Doctor  ob- 
serves: "That  the  above  methods  may  have  been  used  simul- 
taneous with  myself  by  other  physicians,  but,  if  so,  I  am  not 
aware  of  it." 

He  is  a  member  of  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons 
of  the  Province  of  Quebec ;  St.  Francis  Medical  Society  of  the 
Province  of    Quebec;    while    residing    in    Vermont    was    a 


FIFTH    NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  71 

member  of  the  State  Medical  Society  and  the  Orleans  County 
Medical  Society  of  Vermont ;  and  he  is  a  fraternal  member  of 
the  Masons  and  Odd  Fellows.  About  the  time  of  his  removing 
to  Canada,  he  took  a  post-graduate  course  in  clinical  and  di- 
dactic medicine  at  the  McGill  Medical  College,  Montreal. 

While  a  resident  of  New  Hampshire  he  was  appointed  as- 
sistant surgeon  of  the  Fifth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  and 
was  with  the  regiment  until  it  was  mustered  out  in  1865. 

Married,  December  25,  1864,  to  Sarah  M.  Noyes,  Norway, 
Me. 

Children,  three :  Winefred  Gertrude  and  Bernard  Noyes, 
and  Blanche  Louise,  deceased. 


Chakles  M.  Trask,  M.  D. 
Late  of  White  River  Junction,  Vt. 

Tbask,  Charles  M.  Co.  D.;  F.  and  S.;  b.  Brookfield,  Vt.;  age  24; 
res.  Stewartstown;  enl.  Nov.  28,  '61;  must,  in  Jan.  G,  '62,  as  Priv.; 
app.  Hosp.  Steward,  Feb.  8,  '63;  2  Asst.  Surg.  June  1,  '63;  disch. 
Dec.  27,  '64.  Died  June  27,  '91,  White  River  Junction,  Vt.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  274.) 

Surgeon  Trask  was  born  in  Brookfield,  Vt.,  November  30, 
1836,  and  was  the  son  of  William  and  Sarah  Mitchell  (Clark) 
Trask,  and  a  grandson  of  Hon.  William  Dodge  Trask,  an 
English  emigrant  settling  in  Beverly,  Mass.  His  preliminary 
education  was  received  in  the  common  schools  of  Vermont  and 
Derby  (Vt.)  Academy.  His  professional  education  com- 
menced in  the  spring  of  1857  at  Stewartstown,  N.  H.,  under 
the  direction  of  Dr.  Worthley  of  Stewartstown  and  Prof.  Wal- 
ter Carpenter  of  Burlington,  Vt.  He  attended  three  courses 
of  medical  lectures  in  Burlington  and  New  York  and  was 
graduated  M.  D.  from  the  medical  department  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Vermont  in  June,  1861. 

The  commencement  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  found  Dr. 
Trask  a  medical  student  in  the  town  of  Stewartstown,  from 
which  place  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  D,  Fifth  New 
Hampshire  Volunteers,  the  28th  of  November,  1861.     It  was 


72  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

understood  that  he  was  to  be  appointed  hospital  steward, 
but  for  various  reasons  he  did  not  receive  that  appointment 
until  February  8,  1863.  June  1,  1863,  he  was  commissioned 
second  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Fifth,  in  which  position  he 
served  until  mustered  out  of  the  service  December  27,  1864. 
After  more  than  three  years'  service  in  the  United  States 
Volunteers  he  returned  to  Stewartstown,  N.  H.,  where  he  prac- 
ticed medicine  for  two  years ;  he  then  removed  to  Wells  River, 
Vt.,  where  he  remained  until  1872,  when,  on  account  of  fail- 
ing health,  he  entered  the  drug  business  in  Boston.  In  1882 
he  removed  to  White  River  Junction,  Vt.,  carrying  on  the 
same  business  until  his  death,  which  occurred  June  27,  1891, 
from  disease  contracted  in  the  United  States  service. 

Married  in  the  spring  of  1866  to  Lewellen  Morrison,  who 
died  April  11,  1869 ;  and  in  1882  he  married  Susie  Stimpson, 
who  survived  him  and  now  resides  in  Massachusetts. 

No  children. 

His  biographer  says  of  him: 

"He  was  a  faithful,  noble  man  who  performed  every  duty 
without  a  murmur.  Probably  no  man  in  the  Fifth  did  his 
duty  more  fully,  without  any  desire  for  promotion,  sensa- 
tional attention  and  display,  than  did  Dr.  Traslv.  He  was 
honest,  able,  kind,  attentive  and  cheerful  under  all  circum- 
stances. As  a  physician  and  surgeon  he  possessed  all  those 
qualities  that  command  the  love  and  respect  of  officers  and 
men.  His  death  occurred  in  the  very  prime  of  life,  beloved 
and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  His  place  of  business 
was  always  the  resort  of  those  who  knew  him  best  in  the  ser- 
vice or  later  in  his  business  life.  He  was  made  a  Master 
Mason  at  Point  Lookout,  Md.,  in  the  winter  of  1863  and  1864, 
in  the  Masonic  lodge  belonging  to  the  Fifth  New  Hampshire 
Volunteer  Regiment,  by  his  friend  and  comrade  and  almost 
constant  tent-mate.  Dr.  William  Child,  then  Worshipful  Mas- 
ter of  the  lodge.  He  was  an  honest  man,  an  agreeable  com- 
panion and  a  true  patriot. ' ' 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

SIXTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY, 


By  Lyman  Jackman, 

Captain  of  the  Sixth  Regiment,  New  Hampshire  Volunteers, 
and  Historian. 

* '  The  Sixth  Regiment  was  organized  at  Keene,  in  November, 
1861,  the  men  coming  from  all  parts  of  the  state.  The  regi- 
ment camped  on  the  Cheshire  Fair  Ground,  about  a  mile  and 
a  half  out  from  the  city,  the  camp  being  called  '  Camp  Brooks. ' 
Company  B  was  the  first  on  the  ground,  reporting  November 
9.  The  men  were  mustered  in  November  27  to  30,  the  regi- 
mental organization  being  completed  on  the  thirtieth. 

"The  Sixth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  was  attached  to 
General  Casey's  Provisional  Brigade,  near  Washington,  D.  C, 
December  28,  1861;  General  Burnside's  Expedition  to  North 
Carolina,  January  6,  1862;  Fourth  Brigade,  Department  of 
North  Carolina,  March  6,  1862 ;  First  Brigade,  First  Division, 
Department  of  North  Carolina,  June,  1862;  First  Brigade, 
Second  Division,  Ninth  Army  Corps,  July  22,  1862;  District 
of  Kentucky,  Department  of  Ohio,  September  9,  1863;  on 
Veteran  Furlough,  January  16,  1864;  in  Ninth  Army  Corps, 
unassigned,  March,  1864;  Second  Brigade,  Second  Division, 
Ninth  Army  Corps,  April  20,  1864. 

' '  The  regiment  during  its  term  of  service  served  in  seventeen 
different  states;  meeting  all  the  requisitions  of  duty,  however 
onerous  or  perilous,  with  cheerful  and  ready  efficiency.  While 
it  is  not  asserted  that  the  Sixth  was  the  best  regiment  sent  out 
from  New  Hampshire,  the  claim  may  be  made,  and  can  be 


74  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

maintained,  that  it  was  equal  to  the  best.  Its  record  has 
added  a  brilliant  chapter  to  the  history  of  New  Hampshire's 
always  glorious  achievements  in  war. ' ' 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Camden,  N.  C,  April  19,  1862. 

Bull  Run,  Va.,  August  29,  30,  1862. 

Chantilly,  Va.,  September  1,  1862. 

South  Mountain,  Md.,  September  14,  1862. 

Antietam,  Md.,  September  17,  1862. 

White  Sulphur  Springs,  Va.,  November  15,  1862. 

Fredericksburg,  Miss.,  June  14  to  July  4,  1863. 

Jackson,  Miss.,  July  10-16,  1863. 

Wilderness,  Va.,  May  6,  1864. 

Spottsylvania,  Va.,  May  8-20,  1864. 

North  Anna  River,  Va.,  May  23-26,  1864. 

Totopotomoy,  Va.,  May  30,  31,  1864. 

Bethesda  Church,  Va.,  June  2,  3,  1864. 

Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  4-12,  1864. 

Siege  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  16,  1864,  to  April  3,  1865. 

Mine  Explosion,  Petersburg,  Va.,  (assault)  July  30,  1864. 

Weldon  Railroad,  Va.,  August  20-22,  1864. 

Poplar  Springs  Church,  A^a.,  September  30,  October  1,  1864. 

Hatcher's  Run,  Va.,  October  27,  1864. 

Petersburg,  Va.,  April  1,  2,  1865. 

SURGEONS. 

William  A.  Tracy,  M.  D.,       Sherman  Cooper,  M.  D., 
James  H.  Noyes,  M.  D. 

assistant  surgeons. 

Sherman  Cooper,  M.  D.,  James  P.  Walker,  M.  D. 

James  H.  Noyes.  M.  D.,  (not  mustered), 

Marshall  L.  Brown,  M.  D.,  Elihu  P.  Pierce,  M.  D. 


SIXTH    NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  75 

SIXTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


William  Azro  Tracy,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Nashua,  N.  H. 

(6  N.  H.  V.) 

Tbact,  William  A.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Tunbridge,  Vt.;  age  35;  res. 
Nashua;  app.  Surg.  Oct.  25,  'Gl;  must,  in  Nov.  28,  '61;  resigned 
March  15,  '63.  See  Miscel.  Organizations.  (Record,  Ayling's  Reg- 
ister, 1895,  p.  341.) 

(Miscel.  Organizations.) 

Tbacy,  William  A.  U.  S.  V.;  b.  Tunbridge,  Vt;  age  37;  res.  Nashua; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  7,  '62.  Died  Mar.  15,  '04,  Nashua.  See  6  N. 
H.  V.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1081.) 

Surgeon  Tracy  was  born  May  3,  1826,  in  Tunbridge,  Vt., 
and  was  the  son  of  Elisha  Lily  and  Laura  A.  (Peabody) 
Tracy,  and  grandson  of  Cyrus  Tracy.  His  preliminary  edu- 
cation was  received  in  the  common  schools  and  academies  of 
Vermont,  and  his  professional  education  commenced  in  1849 
under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Charles  B.  Chandler  at  Tunbridge, 
Vt.  He  attended  medical  lectures  at  Castleton,  Vt.,  Boston, 
Mass.,  Dartmouth  Medical  College  and  the  Vermont  ]\Iedical 
School  at  Woodstock,  Vt.,  graduating  from  the  latter 
September  24,  1852.  He  located  for  the  practice  of  medicine 
in  Hollis,  X.  H.,  in  1852,  but  removed  to  Nashua  prior  to  the 
War  of  the  Rebellion.  Doctor  Tracy  was  appointed  surgeon 
of  the  Sixth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  November  28,  1861, 
and  resigned  ]\Iarch  15,  186.3.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  his 
letter  tendering  his  resignation : 

"Hd.  Qrs.  6thN.  H.  Vols. 

"Newport  News,  Va., 
"March  10,  1863. 

"I  respectfully  resign  my  commission  as  Surgeon  6th  N.  H. 
Vols,  on  account  of  prolonged  and  increasing  disability. 
"I  am, 

"Very  resply, 

"Wm.  a.  Tracy, 

"Surgeon  6th  N.  H.  Vols." 


76  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

His  resignation  was  accepted  and  he  returned  to  Nashua. 
At  the  time  of  his  resignation  he  was  acting  brigade  surgeon 
at  Newport  News,  Va.  After  his  return  to  Nashua,  his  health 
somewhat  improved,  and  the  records  of  the  surgeon-general's 
office  show  that  Surgeon  Tracy  again  tendered  his  services  to 
the  government  and  was  nominated  by  the  president  and  his 
name  sent  to  the  senate  for  appointment  as  assistant  surgeon  of 
volunteers  with  the  rank  of  captain,  January  11,  1864,  to  date 
from  December  7,  1863.  This  nomination  was  confirmed  by  the 
senate  March  30,  1864,  and  his  commission  was  made  out  April 
12,  1864,  and  forwarded  through  the  office  of  the  surgeon- 
general  April  12,  1864.  On  April  18,  1864,  this  department 
was  informed  that  Dr.  Tracy  had  died  at  Nashua,  N.  H,, 
March  15,  1864. 

Surgeon  Tracy  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Med- 
ical Society,  and  for  a  period  prior  to  his  entering  the  army 
was  city  physician  of  the  City  of  Nashua.  He  was  also  a 
fraternal  member  of  Rising  Sun  Lodge  of  Masons  in  the  City 
of  Nashua. 

Married,  May  1,  1853,  Mariah  Gould. 

Children,  three:  Mary  Louisa,  William  Hamilton  and 
William  Azro. 


Sherman  Cooper,  M.  D. 
Westfield,  N.  J. 

CooPEK,  Sherman.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Cornish;  age  29;  res.  Claremont; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  17,  '61;  must,  in  Nov.  28,  '61;  app.  Surg.  Mar. 
20,  '63;  must,  out  Nov.  27,  '64.  P.  O.  ad.,  Westfield,  N.  J.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  298.) 

Surgeon  Cooper  was  the  son  of  Hon.  Lemuel  Cooper,  and 
was  born  in  Croydon  August  20,  1833.  He  received  an 
academic  education,  graduating  from  the  Kimball  Union 
Academy  at  Meriden,  N.  H.,  in  1855,  received  the  degree  of 
M.  D.  at  the  University  of  Vermont  in  1857.  He  immediately 
took  the  position  of  deputy  resident  physician  of  Blackwell's 
Island  Hospital,  and  attended  lectures  at  the  New  York  Med- 
ical College.     Leaving  there,  he  settled  in  Claremont  in  1858 


SIXTH    NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  77 

and  entered  the  array  as  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Sixth  Regi- 
ment New  Hampshire  Volunteers  October  17,  1861,  and  w^as 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  surgeon  in  March,  1863.  At  the  end 
of  three  years '  service,  he  returned  to  Claremont  and  resumed 
the  practice  of  his  profession.  Afterwards  removed  to  West- 
field,  N.  J.,  where  he  has  been  in  practice  ever  since. 

During  the  "War  of  the  Rebellion,  as  surgeon  and  assistant 
surgeon  of  the  Sixth  Regiment,  he  was  present  at  every  engage- 
ment in  which  the  regiment  participated,  until  he  was  mus- 
tered out  in  November,  1864.  , 

Married  Celia  Purson,  Westfield,  N.  J.,  June  23,  1869. 


James  H.  Notes,  M.  D. 
Ogden,  Iowa. 

(6  N.  H.  V.) 

Notes,  James  H.  Non-Com.  Staff  and  F.  and  S.;  age  25;  res. 
Nashua;  enl.  Nov.  29,  '61;  must,  in  Nov.  29,  '61,  as  Hosp.  Steward; 
app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  May  13,  '62;  captd.  Sept.  1,  '62,  Chantilly,  Va.; 
released  Sept.  9,  '62;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Mar.  20,  '63;  Surg.  Jan.  2, 
'65;  must,  out  July  17,  '65.  Supposed  identical  with  James  H. 
Noyes,  Co.  B,  4  N.  H.  V.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  326.) 

(4  N.  H.  V.) 

Notes,  James  H.  Co.  B.;  b.  Gardner,  Mass.;  age  25;  res.  Nashua; 
enl.  Sept.  16,  '61;  must,  in  Sept.  18,  '61,  as  Priv. ;  disch.  disab.  Oct. 
19,  '61,  Annapolis,  Md.  Supposed  identical  with  James  H.  Noyes, 
Non.-Com.  Staff,  6  N.  H.  V.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p. 
188.) 

Surgeon  Noyes  of  the  Sixth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  was 
born  in  G-ardner,  Mass.,  July  20,  1835,  and  was  the  son  of 
Henry  J.  and  Jane  L.  (Gates)  Noyes.  He  received  his  pre- 
liminary education  at  the  common  schools  of  Gardner,  Mass., 
a  short  time  at  Burr  Seminary,  Vermont,  and  three  years'  at- 
tendance at  Appleton  Academy,  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.  Com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  in  1857,  at  Hollis,  N.  H.,  with 
Dr.  Henry  Boynton,  now  of  Woodstock,  Vt.,  afterwards  assist- 
ant surgeon  of  the  Seventh  New  Hampshire  Volunteers;  con- 
tinued the  same  at  Nashua,  N.  H.,  in  1858,  with  Dr.  J.  G. 


78  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Graves.  Attended  medical  lectures  at  the  University  of  Ver- 
mont and  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  New 
York  City,  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  latter  in  1860. 
Commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  a  few 
months  after  graduating,  and  removed  to  Clarence,  Iowa,  the 
first  year  after  the  war.  Located  at  Ogden,  Iowa,  in  1866, 
where  he  has  been  in  the  active  practice  of  medicine  ever  since. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  District  and  State  Medical  Societies 
of  Iowa,  and  at  the  present  time,  1900,  is  serving  as  mayor  of 
the  City  of  Ogden,  Iowa.  He  has  been  president  of  the  Dis- 
trict Medical  Society  and  health  officer  of  the  City  of  Ogden 
for  the  last  twenty  years.  Is  a  fraternal  member  of  the  Odd 
Fellows  and  Masons. 

His  service  with  the  Sixth  New  Hampshire  commenced  with 
an  enlistment  November  21,  1861,  in  which  he  served  as  hos- 
pital steward,  and  was  appointed  second  assistant  surgeon 
May  13,  1862.  In  that  capacity  was  captured  at  Chantilly, 
Va.,  (second  battle  of  Bull  Run,)  remaining  a  prisoner  a  few 
days.  He  was  appointed  first  assistant  surgeon  March  20, 
1863,  and  commissioned  surgeon  of  the  Sixth  New  Hampshire 
Regiment  January  2,  1865,  and  was  mustered  out  of  the  ser- 
vice July  17,  1865.  He  was  in  nearly  all  the  battles  in  which 
the  regiment  took  any  part. 

Married,  in  1866,  to  Sarah  F.  Stone  of  Nashua,  N.  H. 

One  child,  Mary  S.  Noyes. 

The  following  is  a  beautiful  tribute  to  his  courage  and  devo- 
tion to  the  men  in  his  regiment,  which  was  contributed  by  one 
of  his  comrades,  Captain  Jones  of  Company  F : 

"He  was  one  of  the  most  faithful  men  I  ever  knew,  also 
one  of  the  most  fearless.  Whenever  there  was  a  fight,  he  was 
always  at  the  front,  administering  to  the  wants  of  the 
wounded.  It  used  to  be  a  joke  with  the  boys  that  he  was 
always  on  the  picket  line  looking  for  a  patient.  He  was  young 
and  had  not  practiced  much  before  entering  the  service,  but 
he  made  himself  a  very  useful  man  and  was  much  admired 
for  his  great  courage  and  devotion  to  the  men  of  his  regi- 
ment. He  served  his  country  in  time  of  need  faithfully  and 
to  the  best  of  his  ability,  and  enjoyed  the  respect  and  love 
of  his  comrades." 


SIXTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  79 

JVLvRSHALL  Lebanon  Brown,  M.  D. 
Allston,  Mass. 

Bbowx,  Marshall  L.  Co.  E;  b.  New  Ipswich;  age  24;  res.  Keene; 
enl.  Nov.  12,  '61;  must,  in  Nov.  28,  '61,  as  Priv.;  app.  Hosp.  Stew- 
ard Jan.  2,  '63;  re-enl.  and  must,  in  Dec.  29,  '63;  app.  Asst.  Surg. 
June  1,  '65;  must,  out  July  17,  '65.  P.  0.  ad.,  Allston,  Mass.  (Rec- 
ord, Ayling's  Register,  1S95,  p.  293.) 

Surgeon  Brown  was  born  April  18,  1837,  in  New  Ipswich, 
N.  H.,  and  was  the  son  of  Lebanon  and  Marenda  (Blanchard) 
Brown,  and  a  grandson  of  Abner  Brown  of  New  Ipswich,  N. 
H.  Received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  and 
high  schools  and  at  the  Keene  Academy,  and  was  graduated 
from  the  scientific  department  of  Dartmouth  College  in  1861 ; 
he  afterwards  attended  classical  courses  in  Paris  and  Vienna. 
Commenced  the  study  of  medicine  while  in  the  scientific  school 
with  Dr.  A.  B.  Crosby  of  Hanover,  attended  medical  lectures 
at  the  Dartmouth  iMedical  College  and  was  graduated  from 
the  same  in  1866.  Commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in 
the  army  in  1864  and  1865,  being  hospital  steward  in  1864, 
and  promoted  to  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Sixth  New  Hamp- 
shire in  1865.  A  summary  of  his  service  as  a  United  States 
Volunteer  would  be  as  a  private  and  acting  hospital  steward 
from  November,  1861,  until  his  re-enlistment  in  1864,  after 
which  he  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  in  June,  1865,  and 
mustered  out  in  July,  1865. 

Since  the  war.  Surgeon  Brown  has  been  in  practice  in 
Winchendon,  Mass.,  six  years,  Natick,  Mass.,  six  years,  and  in 
Boston  eighteen  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  ^Massachusetts 
Medical  Society,  Boston  Gynecological  Society,  Cambridge  So- 
ciety for  Medical  Improvement.  Has  written  various  articles 
for  different  societies,  that  have  been  published.  He  has 
been  much  interested  in  the  work  of  veterans'  organizations 
and  is  surgeon  of  John  A.  Logan  Post,  No.  186,  G.  A.  R.,  De- 
partment of  Massachusetts ;  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church 
and  society  in  Allston,  Mass.,  as  well  as  of  the  Home  Circle 
connected  with  this  church. 


80  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

In  regard  to  his  early  education,  Dr.  Brown  says  of  himself : 

"Previous  to  entering  college,  gave  four  years  in  learning 
the  printer's  trade  in  the  office  of  the  New  Hampshire  States- 
man of  Concord,  N,  H." 

Married,  November  10,  1869,  Helen  Adams  Childs,  daugh- 
ter of  Capt.  Oliver  Adams,  Winchendon,  Mass. 

Three  children :  Mary  Francis,  Fidelia  Adelaide  and  Helen 
Adams  Brown. 


Elihu  Proctor  Pierce,  M.  D. 
Springfield,  Mass. 

Pierce,  Elihu  P.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Winchester;  age  28;  res.  Manches- 
ter; app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  Mar.  11,  '64;  must,  in  Mar.  12,  '64;  must, 
out  July  17,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Springfield,  Mass.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  328.) 

Surgeon  Pierce  was  born  in  Winchester,  N.  H.,  June  4, 
1836,  and  was  the  son  of  Hosea  and  Verlina  (Putnam)  Pierce. 
He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools 
of  Winchester,  N.  H.,  with  an  academic  education  received 
at  Westmoreland,  Vt.,  and  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass.  He  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  with  his  father.  Dr.  Hosea 
Pierce,  at  Winchester  in  1854,  attending  medical  lectures  at 
Woodstock,  Vt.,  and  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  graduating  after  four 
courses  of  lectures  at  the  Berkshire  Medical  College,  Pittsfield, 
Mass.,  in  1857.  He  first  located  in  Winchester,  N.  H.,  in  1858, 
where  he  remained  one  year,  and  then  removed  to  Fitzwilliam, 
N.  H.,  where  he  remained  eighteen  months.  Entered  United 
States  service  as  contract  surgeon  June  2,  1862,  and  was  in 
the  field  in  West  Tennessee,  Northern  Mississippi  and  Ala- 
bama until  May,  1863.  March  11,  1864,  was  commissioned 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  Sixth  New  Hampshire  Regiment,  and 
was  discharged  with  the  regiment  July  17,  1865.  Returning 
to  Winchester,  N.  H.,  he  remained  there  from  August,  1865, 
until  1877,  when  he  located  in  Northfield,  Mass.,  where 
he  remained  until  1885,  since  which  time  he  has  been  in 
Springfield,  Mass. 


SIXTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  81 

He  is  a  member  of  E.  K.  Wilcox  Post,  No.  16,  G.  A.  R., 
Springfield,  Mass.,  also  a  member  of  Philesian  Lodge,  No.  40, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Winchester,  N.  H. 

Married,  in  1878,  Mrs.  Emma  E.  Scknell. 

One  child,  Hosea  Dean  Pierce. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

SEVENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


By  Henry  F.  W.  Little, 

Second  Lieutenant,  Seventh  Re^ment  New  Hampshire  Volun- 
teers, and  Historian  of  the  Regiment. 

*'The  recruitment  and  organization  of  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment was  somewhat  different  from  that  of  any  other  force 
raised  in  the  state  during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  of  1861. 
Although  the  regiment  was  credited  to  New  Hampshire,  the 
authority  to  accept  and  provide  for  recruits,  and  the  privilege 
to  make  all  official  appointments,  was  by  direction  of  the  War 
Department  at  Washington,  D.  C,  under  date  of  September 
2,  1861,  vested  in  Joseph  C.  Abbott,  who,  at  the  commencement 
of  the  war  and  for  some  years  previous,  had  been  adjutant- 
general  of  the  state,  and  who,  desiring  active  service,  had 
made  application  to  the  secretary  of  war  to  raise  a  regiment 
of  infantry.  The  acceptance  of  this  regiment  was  with  the 
distinct  understanding  that  the  War  Department  would  revoke 
the  commissions  of  all  officers  who  might  be  found  incompetent 
for  the  proper  discharge  of  their  duties,  and  one  of  the  re- 
quirements was  that  the  regiment  should  be  ready  for  march- 
ing orders  thirty  days  subsequent  to  September  9,  1861. 

"It  was  the  understanding  from  the  outset  that  the  gov- 
ernor and  council  would  commission  such  officers  as  were  des- 
ignated by  General  Abbott,  he  waiving  the  position  of  colonel 
only  on  the  condition  that  it  should  be  given  to  some  graduate 
of  West  Point.     The  colonelcy  was  accordingly  bestowed  on 


SEVENTH   NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  83 

First  Lieut.  Haldimand  S.  Putnam  of  the  United  States  Topo- 
graphical Engineers,  who  was  considered  the  ablest  and  most 
accomplished  soldier  commissioned  from  New  Hampshire. 
Gen.  Joseph  C.  Abbott  was  commissioned  as  lieutenant-colonel ; 
Daniel  Smith  of  Dover,  as  major;  Andrew  H.  Young  of  the 
same  city,  as  quartermaster;  Thomas  A.  Henderson,  also  of 
Dover,  as  adjutant;  Dr.  W.  W.  Brown  of  Manchester,  as  sur- 
geon; and  R€V.  J.  C.  Emerson  of  Fisherville  (now  Penacook), 
as  chaplain.  The  captains  and  subalterns  were  selected  where 
they  could  best  contribute  to  the  speedy  enlistment  of  the 
men.  The  organization  was  fairly  completed  and  the  officers 
and  men  all  mustered  into  service  by  December  14;  and  on 
the  14th  of  January,  1862,  the  regiment  left  New  Hampshire 
under  orders  to  proceed  to  New  York  City. 

!jF  ^  -SF  ^  -w-  IP 

"The  first  experience  of  the  Seventh  was  as  different  from 

that  of  other  regiments  as  the  manner  of  its  organization.     It 

had  already  spent  a  month  in  camp  at  Manchester  since  its 

completion  engaged  in  drill,  and  upon  its  arrival  in  New  York, 

the  morning  after  its  departure,  it  was  ordered  into  quarters 

at  White  Street  barracks,  where  it  passed  another  month  of 

comparative  inactivity,  relieved  only  by  an  occasional  dress 

parade  or  drill  in  one  of  the  city  squares. 

*  ^->  *  #  *  * 

"Three  hundred  and  twenty  men  and  twenty-two  officers 
returned.  Of  these,  less  than  one  hundred  were  among  those 
who  left  the  state  in  1861.  Of  the  original  field  and  staff  only 
one  remained.  The  first  colonel  and  the  second  lieutenant- 
colonel  had  fallen  in  battle. 

"As  soon  as  possible  the  regiment  was  paid  and  the  men  at 
once  proceeded  to  their  homes,  separating,  after  a  long  and 
arduous  service,  never  again  to  feel  the  old  familiar  touch  of 
'elbow  to  elbow';  and  with  saddened  hearts  comrade  bade  fare- 
well to  comrade,  and  the  noble  ranks  of  the  old  Seventh  Regi- 
ment were  broken  for  the  last  time,  never  again  to  be  re- 
formed, and  the  organization  of  one  more  of  New  Hampshire's 
gallant  regiments    ceased    to    exist — except  in  history.     The 


84  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

people  of  our  state  will  ever  hold  in  grateful  remembrance  the 
names  of  the  noble  patriots  recorded  on  these  rolls,  and  will 
carefully  preserve  and  guard  the  war-worn  and  tattered  flags 
of  our  old  command  returned  to  the  state." 

The  regiment  had  a  varied  experience,  as  will  be  shown  in 
the  following  assignments: 

' '  The  Seventh  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  was  at  Fort  Jef- 
ferson, Fla.,  March  9  to  June  16,  1862 ;  at  Port  Royal  Island, 
S.  C,  June  22  to  September  1,  1862;  at  St.  Augustine,  Fla., 
September  3,  1862,  to  May  10,  1863  (five  companies  under 
Colonel  Putnam  were  attached  to  Second  Brigade,  Terry's 
Division,  Tenth  Army  Corps,  April  4  to  12,  1863)  ;  at  Fernan- 
dina,  Fla.,  May  10  to  June  7,  1863;  at  Hilton  Head,  S.  C, 
June  8  to  16,  1863;  attached  to  First  Brigade,  Vogdes'  Divi- 
sion, Tenth  Army  Corps,  June  20,  1863 ;  Third  Brigade,  First 
Division,  Tenth  Army  Corps,  July  19,  1863 ;  First  Brigade, 
First  Division,  Tenth  Army  Corps,  November  23,  1863 ;  with 
United  States  forces  at  St.  Helena  Island,  District  of  Hilton 
Head,  S.  C,  December  21,  1863,  to  February  4,  1864 ;  attached 
to  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  District  of  Florida,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1864;  Third  Brigade,  First  Division,  Tenth  Army 
Corps,  April  23,  1864;  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  Tenth 
Army  Corps,  May  3,  1864;  Second  Brigade,  First  Division, 
Twenty-fourth  Army  Corps,  December  4,  1864;  Second  Bri- 
gade, First  Division,  Tenth  Army  Corps,  March  27,  1865." 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Morris  Island,  S.  C,  July  10,  1863. 
Fort  Wagner,  S.  C,  (first  assault)  July  11,  1863. 
Fort  Wagner,  S.  C,  (second  assault)  July  18,  1863. 
Siege  of  Fort  Wagner. 

Morris  Island,  S.  C,  July  10  to  September  6,  1863. 
Siege  of  Fort  Sumter,  S.  C,  September  7  to  December  20, 
1863. 

Olustee,  Fla.,  February  20,  1864. 
Chester  Station,  Va.,  May  9,  1864. 
Dempster  Hill  (or  near  Chester  Station),  Va.,  May  10,  1864." 


SEVENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  85 

Drewry's  Blufle,  Va.,  May  13-16,  1864. 

Bermuda  Hundred,  Va.,  May  18,  20,  21,  June  2-4,  18,  1864. 

Near  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  9,  1864. 

Ware  Bottom  Church,  Va.,  June  16,  1864. 

Deep  Bottom,  Va.,  August  16,  1864. 

Siege  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  August  24  to  September  28,  1864, 

New  Market  Heights,  Va.,  September  29,  1864. 

Near  Richmond,  Va.,  October  1,  1864. 

New  Market  Road  (or  near  Laurel  Hill,  or  near  Chafiin's 
Farm),  Va.,  October  7,  1864. 

Darbytown  Road,  Va.,  October  13,  27,  28,  1864. 

Fort  Fisher,  N.  C,  January  15,  1865. 

Half  Moon  Battery,  Sugar  Loaf  Hill,  near  Federal  Point, 
N.  C,  January  18,  19,  1865. 

Sugar  Loaf  Battery,  N.  C,  February  11,  1865. 

Wilmington  (or  Northeast  Ferry),  N.  C,  February  22,  1865. 

surgeons. 
William  W.  Brown,  M.  D.,     Sylvanus  Bunton,  M.  D. 

assistant  surgeons. 

Henry  Boynton,  M.  D.,  Moses  S.  Wilson,  M.  D., 

Daniel  A.  Wendall,  M.  D.,      Sylvanus  Bunton,  M.  D., 
William  H.  Smart,  Jr.,  M.  D.,George  T.  Perry,  M.  D. 


SEVENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


William  Whittier  Brown,  A.  M.,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Bbow.v,  Wiixiam  W.  F.  and  S. ;  b.  Vershire,  Vt.;  age  57;  res.  Man- 
chester; app.  Surg.  Oct.  19,  'CI;  must,  in  Dec.  14,  '61;  resigned 
July  22,  '64.  Died  Jan.  6,  '74,  Manchester.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  360.) 

Surgeon  Brown  was  born  in  Vershire,  Vt.,  in  1805.     He 
attended  the  common  schools  of  this  town;  the  academies  of 


86  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN    THE   REBELLION. 

Bradford  and  Randolph,  Vt.,  and,  in  1825,  lie  attended  the 
academy  in  Hudson,  N.  Y.  He  taught  school  in  New  York 
state  in  1827  and  in  1828,  and,  at  the  age  of  twenty-three, 
began  the  study  of  medicine  with  John  Poole,  M.  D.,  at  Brad- 
ford, Vt.  He  attended  medical  lectures  at  Hanover  and  was 
graduated  from  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  1830.  He 
located  at  once  in  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Poplin,  now 
Fremont,  N.  H.,  and  remained  in  this  town  until  1835,  when 
he  removed  to  Chester,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  ten  years, 
enjoying  the  confidence  of  the  people  and  having  an  extensive 
practice. 

Desiring  to  supplement  his  early  education  by  further  study 
and  observation  by  the  practice  of  others,  that  would  now  be 
termed  a  post-graduate  course,  he  visited  New  York  in  1843 
and  attended  a  course  of  lectures,  diligently  following  the 
best  clinical  teachers  through  the  hospitals.  In  1846  he  moved 
to  Manchester,  and  soon  had  an  extensive  practice,  many  of 
his  old  patrons  in  Chester  and  the  neighboring  towns  having 
removed  to  the  city  before  him,  and  many  more  still  insisting 
that  he  should  be  their  medical  adviser  when  in  physical  dis- 
tress. 

He  was  appointed  surgeon  of  the  Seventh  New  Hampshire 
Volunteers  October  19,  1861,  and  served  until  July  22,  1864, 
when  he  was  obliged  to  resign  on  account  of  ill  health.  He 
had  malarial  fever,  followed  by  chronic  diarrhoea,  and  his 
health  was  never  so  vigorous  after  as  it  was  before  his  army 
service.  He  also  received  an  injury  for  which  he  might  have 
readily  obtained  a  permanent  pension,  but  he  never  applied 
for  it.  He  was  appointed  pension  examining  surgeon  in  Man- 
chester, but  resigned  ere  long  on  account  of  the  smallness  of 
the  fees  allowed. 

He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  A.  M.  in  1872  from 
Dartmovith  College,  a  merited  compliment  to  his  professional 
ability,  patriotism,  business  capacity  and  personal  worth.  He 
became  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  in 
1836  and  was  its  president  in  1869.  He  was  very  constant  in 
his  attendance  and  his  biographer  says  of  him: 


SEVENTH    NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  87 

"As  a  practitioner  he  was  eminently  good.  Although  'a 
member  of  the  old  school,'  he  was  on  the  alert  for  improved 
methods  of  practice,  and  he  employed  the  new  remedies  as 
soon  as  they  were  proved  to  be  really  such.  He  had  great 
faith  in  energetic  treatment  when  the  symptoms  were  severe, 
and  in  medicine  judiciously  administered.  He  did  not  sit 
down  with  folded  arms  and  wait  to  see  if  nature  would  not, 
by  and  by  and  some  how  or  other,  do  something.  He  believed 
he  could  aid  her  efforts,  and  yet  he  was  careful  to  follow  and 
not  to  thwart  her  methods.  He  stated  his  opinion  on  this 
point  very  plainly  in  his  address  to  the  society  when  he  was 
president,  and  cited,  in  proof,  a  case  of  pneumonia  in  which 
very  prompt  relief  was  given  by  a  full  bleeding,  and  he  has 
related  other  cases  to  the  writer  of  this  to  prove  that  in  some 
cases  of  pneumonia  and  puerperal  convulsions  venesection  is 
an  invaluable  remedy. ' ' 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Washington  Lodge  of  Masons;  of 
the  Grand  Army  Post  of  Manchester,  a  director  in  national  and 
savings  banks,  and  was  universally  beloved  by  the  citizens 
generally.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  resolutions  adopted 
by  the  Louis  Bell  Post,  No.  3,  G.  A.  R. : 

"  IVIanchester,  Jan.  6,  1874. 

"Whereas,  In  the  mysterious  dispensation  of  Divine  Provi- 
dence it  has  pleased  Almighty  God  to  remove  from  our  midst 
our  friend  and  comrade,  William  W.  Brown,  surgeon  of  the 
Post,  therefore, 

"Resolved,  That  in  his  death  our  organization  has  lost  a 
beloved  and  faithful  comrade,  whose  loyalty  and  devotion  to 
his  country's  cause  shone  brightly  in  the  darkest  days  of  her 
history. 

"Resolved,  That,  recognizing  the  irreparable  loss  of  a  de- 
voted husband,  we  tender  to  the  widow  our  heart-felt  sym- 
pathy, and  earnestly  pray  that  the  God  of  the  widow  may 
strengthen  and  sustain  her  in  this  hour  of  trial,  feeling  that 
human  sympathy  is  of  but  little  avail. 


88  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN  THE   REBELLION. 

"Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  published 
in  the  daily  papers  of  our  city." 

He  died  January  6,  1874,  at  the  age  of  68  years. 

Married,  first,  Miss  Jackson ;  second,  Miss  Olive  Lawrence ; 
no  children ;  third,  Caroline  Gerrish ;  fourth,  Kebecca  Gerrish 
Ames. 

Two  sons,  Charles  Brown,  died  in  the  army,  and  William 
Brown,  died  in  Manchester  soon  after  he  returned  from  the 
army. 

May  12,  1846,  Dr.  Brown  married,  fifth,  Martha  Wheeler 
Ames. 

Children,  three:  George  Ames,  born  in  Manchester,  April 
29,  1848,  died  April  13,  1849 ;  Frederic  Whittier  Brown,  born 
April  29,  1853,  died  February  20,  1855;  and  Grace  Foster, 
born  August  7,  1857,  died  October  15,  1862. 

Martha  Wheeler  Ames,  born  December  24,  1823,  died 
November  27,  1895.  Mrs.  Brown  bequeathed  to  Dartmouth 
Medical  College  $26,000,  and  the  same  to  the  Children's  Home 
in  Manchester. 


Sylvanus  Bunton,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Mont  Vernon,  N.  H. 

(7  N.  H.  V.) 

Bunton,  Stlvanus.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Allenstown;  age  52;  res.  Man- 
chester; app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  June  24,  '64;  must,  in  July  21,  '64;  app. 
Surg.  Aug.  24,  '64;  must,  out  July  20,  '65.  Died  Aug.  13,  '84,  Mont 
Vernon.     See  2  N.  H.  V.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  360.) 

(2  N.  H.  V.) 

Bunton,  Sylvanus.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Allenstown;  age  50;  res.  Man- 
chester; cred.  Manchester;  app.  July  29,  '62;  must,  in  July  29,  '62, 
as  2  Asst.  Surg.;  must,  out  June  21,  '64.  See  7  N.  H.  V.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  36.) 

Surgeon  Sylvanus  Bunton  was  born  in  Allenstown,  N.  H., 
March  8,  1812,  and  was  the  son  of  Andrew  and  Lavinia 
(Holden)  Bunton.  His  family  was  of  Scotch-Irish  deriva- 
tion, and  was  undoubtedly  represented  among  the  stalwart 
defenders,  in  the  early  times,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.     The 


SEVENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  89 

grandfather  of  Dr.  Bunton  enlisted  as  a  soldier  early  in  the 
Kevolutionary  War ;  was  present  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill, 
and  was  afterwards  killed  at  the  battle  of  White  Plains,  in 
1776.  Dr.  Bunton 's  mother  was  the  daughter  of  David 
Holden,  who  served  as  a  first  sergeant  during  the  French  and 
Indian  War  before  the  Revolution,  and  who  settled  in  Town- 
send,  Mass.,  but  afterwards  removed  to  Hollis,  N.  H. 

Doctor  Bunton  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  Goffstown,  N.  H.,  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  went 
to  Quincy,  Mass.,  and  learned  the  trade  of  stone-mason,  and 
during  his  apprenticeship  taught  in  district  schools  in  winter. 
About  this  time  a  severe  attack  of  typhoid  fever  prostrated 
him  so  that  he  was  obliged  to  abandon  the  hard  manual  labor 
incumbent  upon  the  stone-mason's  trade,  and  in  the  fall  of 
1833  he  attended  Pembroke  Academy  (N.  H.),  for  the  purpose 
of  preparing  himself  for  college.  In  1836  he  entered  Dartmouth 
College  and  was  graduated  in  1840.  Impaired  health  at  that 
time  necessitated  a  change  of  climate,  and  in  1841  he  went  to 
Georgetown,  D.  C.,  and  for  several  years  was  a  teacher  in 
select  classical  schools  at  Georgetown,  D.  C,  Eldridge  Land- 
ing and  Queen  Anne,  Anne  Arundel  county,  Md.  While  at 
the  latter  place  he  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  at  the 
Washington  University  of  Baltimore,  Md.  Here  he  was  grad- 
uated in  1845  and  was  elected  a  resident  physician  to  their 
hospital,  fulfilling  these  duties  for  more  than  a  year. 

Returning  to  New  Hampshire  in  1846,  he  was  married  on 
the  seventeenth  of  December  of  that  year  to  Clara  Elnora, 
daughter  of  Josiah  and  Lucy  ( Jewett)  Conant  of  Hollis,  N.  H., 
and  located  in  Manchester,  N.  II.,  where  he  established  a  large 
practice,  and  also  held  many  of  the  responsible  offices  of  the 
city  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 
While  residing  in  Manchester,  he  became  connected  with  the 
state  militia,  and  as  early  as  1848  was  commissioned  as  sur- 
geon of  the  Ninth  Regiment,  with  the  rank  of  major,  which 
position  he  held  for  two  years. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  his  pa- 
triotism led  him  to  volunteer  his  services  to  the  national  cause; 


90  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE  REBELLION. 

he  was  commissioned  by  Governor  Berry,  July  29,  1862,  as 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  Second  New  Hampshire  Volunteers, 
with  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant,  and  at  once  started  for  the 
front;  but  on  reaching  Washington  he  was  detained  by  the 
surgeon-general  and  was  put  on  duty  at  the  Mount  Pleasant 
General  Hospital,  where  he  remained  for  several  months,  car- 
ing for  the  wounded  from  the  battlefields  of  Antietam  and 
South  Mountain.  In  December,  1862,  he  finally  joined  his 
regiment  near  Fredericksburg,  and  was  closely  identified  with 
the  active  service  of  the  Second  New  Hampshire  until  June, 
1864.  After  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  he  remained  at  that  place 
for  a  number  of  weeks  on  detached  hospital  duty,  finally  rejoin- 
ing his  regiment  at  Point  Lookout,  Md.,  where  a  large  camp 
for  Confederate  prisoners  of  war  had  been  established.  To 
Doctor  Bunton  was  assigned  the  organization  of  the  medical 
department  of  this  prison  camp,  and  for  several  months  he 
was  its  surgeon-in-chief.  A  smallpox  epidemic  of  a  virulent 
form  broke  out  about  this  time  among  the  prisoners,  and  by 
reason  of  his  previous  experience,  especially  with  that  disease 
while  in  Baltimore,  Dr.  Bunton  was  relieved  from  duty  at  the 
prison  camp  and  placed  in  charge  of  the  smallpox  hospital, 
where  he  continued  until  the  ravages  of  the  disease  had  ceased. 

In  May,  1864,  he  rejoined  his  regiment  in  Virginia,  partici- 
pating with  them  in  the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  and  upon  the 
expiration  of  the  three  years'  term  of  the  regiment  he  was 
nmstered  out  of  the  service  and  returned  to  New  Hampshire. 
He  was  immediately  appointed  by  Governor  Gilmore  as  assist- 
ant surgeon  of  the  Seventh  New  Hampshire,  June  24,  1864, 
and  upon  the  resignation  of  Surgeon  William  W.  Brown,  he 
was  promoted  to  surgeon  with  the  rank  of  major,  to  date  from 
August  24,  1864.  He  was  with  the  regiment  during  the  re- 
mainder of  its  service,  and  was  mustered  out  of  service  with 
his  regiment,  July  20,  1865,  at  Goldsboro,  N.  C. 

Upon  returning  North  after  the  war,  he  located  in  Hollis, 
N.  H.,  where  he  resided  for  about  two  years,  and  then  removed 
to  Mont  Vernon,  N.  H.,  where  he  continued  in  the  active  prac- 


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tice  of  his  profession  until  failing  health  and  disability,  occa- 
sioned by  his  army  service,  compelled  him  to  retire.  His  wife 
died  at  ]\Iont  Vernon  in  1873,  and  he  was  subsequently  mar- 
ried, in  1874,  to  Miss  Sarah  Jane,  daughter  of  James  Thompson 
and  Sally  (Gillis)  Trevitt,  of  that  town,  who  survives  him. 

His  death  occurred  August  13,  1884,  of  paralysis.  A  son  also 
survives  him,  Henry  S.  Bunton,  who  served  as  hospital  stew- 
ard of  the  Seventh  New  Hampshire  during  the  latter  part  of 
its  service,  and  now  resides  at  Hyde  Park,  Mass. 

Dr.  Bunton  was  a  man  of  humane  and  benevolent  disposi- 
tion, which  qualities  were  peculiarly  marked  in  his  con- 
scientious discharge  of  his  duties  during  his  army  service. 
Every  member  of  the  Seventh  New  Hampshire  will  remember 
the  kind  and  fatherly  devotion  shown  by  him  in  administering 
to  their  wants,  and  his  self-sacrifice  and  kindness  shown  in 
behalf  of  the  sick  and  wounded  Avill  never  be  forgotten.  To 
them  he  invariably  displayed  the  utmost  devotion. 

While  at  Point  Lookout,  Md.,  he  was  highly  respected  and 
beloved  by  the  Confederate  prisoners  who  came  under  his  care, 
and  for  years  after  the  war  and,  in  fact,  during  the  remainder 
of  his  life,  he  was  in  constant  receipt  of  letters  from  different 
parts  of  the  South,  expressive  of  the  affection  and  regard  in 
which  he  was  held  by  those  whom  he  had  befriended  in  a  pro- 
fessional way,  and  whom  he  had  so  kindly  cared  for  in  sickness, 
while  they  were  prisoners  of  war.  He  was  a  man  of  sincere 
religious  convictions  and  of  unquestioned  integrity.  Indeed, 
the  estimation  in  which  he  was  held  by  those  who  knew  him 
best  may  be  fully  expressed  in  the  words,  "He  was  a  true. 
Christian  gentleman." 


Henry  Boynton,  A.  M.,  M.  D. 
Woodstock,  Vt. 

Boynton,  Henry.  F  and  S. ;  b.  Pepperell,  Mass.;  age  35;  res.  Wood- 
stock, Vt;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  15,  '61;  must,  in  Dec.  14,  'Gl;  re- 
signed Jan.  4,  '64.  P.  O.  ad.,  Woodstock,  Vt.  (Record,  AyUng's 
Register,  1895,  p.  358.) 


92  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Surgeon  Boynton  was  born  in  Pepperell,  Mass.,  December 
2,  1823,  and  was  the  son  of  Isaac  and  Sybil  (Lawrence)  Boyn- 
ton. His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  common 
schools  and  at  Pepperell  and  Townsend  Academies,  Mass.,  with 
a  short  period  at  Black  River  Academy,  Vermont.  Was  in 
Williams  and  Dartmouth  Colleges  for  two  years,  when  he 
dropped  a  classical  course  and  commenced  the  study  of  medi- 
cine at  Pepperell,  Mass.,  in  1849,  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
Nehemiah  Cutter,  and  afterwards  with  Prof.  Benjamin  Rush 
Palmer,  president  of  the  Vermont  College  of  Medicine,  at 
Woodstock,  Vt.  He  attended  four  courses  of  lectures,  three 
of  them  being  at  the  Vermont  College  of  Medicine  and  one  at 
the  Pittsfield  College,  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  and  was  graduated 
M.  D.  from  the  Vermont  Medical  College  in  June,  1852.  He 
commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Hollis,  N.  H.,  in  April, 
1854,  and  was  in  that  place  at  the  commencement  of  the  war. 
He  was  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Seventh  New  Hampshire  Vol- 
unteers from  September,  1861,  to  March,  1864. 

The  regiment  was  first  ordered  to  Fort  Jefferson,  on  the  Dry 
Tortugas  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  Smallpox  having  broken 
out  on  shipboard  during  the  voyage  from  New  York,  Dr. 
Boynton  was  detailed,  soon  after  arriving  at  Fort  Jefferson, 
to  open  a  hospital  camp,  and,  after  obtaining  leave  to  occupy 
one  of  the  coral  islands  in  the  vicinity,  he  had  his  men  trans- 
ported there,  forty  or  more  in  number,  water  and  fuel  scarce, 
sand  and  hot  sun  plenty,  no  shelter  but  pieces  of  canvas  set  up 
on  stakes  to  cover  one  man,  on  the  sand.  Here  it  was  neces- 
sary to  minister  to  mind  and  body,  v/rite  the  home  letters  and 
read  the  simple  burial  service,  when  the  soldier  was  borne  to 
the  little  line  of  graves  by  the  shore  at  the  landing.  But  so 
successful  was  the  open  air  treatment  that  the  actual  per- 
centage of  recovery  of  the  smallpox  patients  under  his  charge 
is  said  to  have  exceeded  any  former  record,  either  in  this  coun- 
try or  Europe.  Later,  he  was  ordered  to  St.  Augustine  as 
health  officer. 

At  Fort  Jefferson,  while  in  charge  of  this  hospital,  which 
was  a  desolate  place,  there  is  a  tradition  that  the  seagulls  from 


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Bird  Key  and  the  turtles  found  upon  the  shores  furnished  a 
portion  of  the  food  supplies,  and  conch  shells,  which  are  to 
be  picked  up  almost  everywhere  in  that  section,  made  fine 
crockery  in  which  to  serve  the  same. 

In  1862  and  1863,  while  at  St.  Augnstine,  Fla.,  was  ap- 
pointed by  General  David  Hunter,  department  commander, 
commissioner  to  transfer  rebel  families  across  the  line,  and 
was  in  hospital  ser\ace  during  the  summer  of  1862  and  1863, 
at  Beaufort,  S.  C. 

Dr.  Boynton  was  on  Morris  Island,  with  his  ambulance  corps, 
during  the  fearful  storming  of  Fort  Wagner,  and  acted  as 
operating  surgeon  for  ten  days  after  that  battle. 

In  the  autumn  of  1863,  he  came  North  on  his  first  furlough, 
but  was  seized  with  congestive  chills,  and  after  an  extension 
was  finally  obliged  to  apply  for  a  discharge.  He  contracted 
a  form  of  malarial  poison  from  the  marshes  around  Beaufort, 
from  which  he  suffered  the  remainder  of  his  life,  and  which 
finally  caused  his  death. 

He  removed  to  Woodstock,  Vt.,  at  the  close  of  the  war  and 
has  made  that  his  home  ever  since.  He  took  a  post-graduate 
course  in  New  York  in  1872,  and  has  given  much  attention  to 
educational  matters,  being  a  member  of  the  New  England 
Educational  League.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Vermont  State 
Medical  Society,  of  the  White  River  Vallej'^  Medical  Society 
and  corresponding  member  of  the  New  England  Gynecological 
Society,  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Vermont  legislature 
for  three  terms,  commissioner  of  the  insane,  and  examiner  and 
supervisor  of  the  State  Normal  Schools  of  Vermont,  also  mem- 
ber of  Pension  Examining  Board  of  Surgeons  for  Woodstock 
district. 

He  has  traveled  extensively,  having  twice  spent  considerable 
time  in  Europe,  traveling  through  England,  Ireland,  Scotland 
and  Wales,  Holland,  Belgium,  France,  Germany,  Switzerland, 
Italy  and  Greece. 

In  1889,  Dr.  Boynton  received  an  honorary  degree  of  A.  M, 
from  Dartmouth  College.  Dr.  Boynton  gave  lectures  on 
"Gettysburg,"  "From  Marathon  to  Waterloo,"  and  Vesuvius 


94  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

and  Pompeii,"  "From  the  Thames  to  the  Tiber,"  and  "Rome 
and  Her  Ruins,"  which  were  always  well  received.  An  il- 
lustrated sketch  of  Woodstock,  Vt.,  was  published  in  the  New 
England  Magazine,  and  a  monograph  on  General  Stark  at 
Bennington  by  Dr.  Boynton  was  published  in  the  Granite 
Monthly. 

Married,  June,  1854,  Sarah  W.  Gushing  of  Woodstock,  Vt. 

Children,  two:  John  Henry,  died  May  22,  1898,  and  Sybil 
Verona  Boynton. 

Died  at  Woodstock,  January  30,  1905,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
one. 


Daniel  Arthur  Wendell,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Dover,   N.   H. 

(7  N.  H.  V.) 

Wendell,  Daniel  A.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Dover;  age  24;  res.  Dover;  app. 
Asst.  Surg.  May  5,  '64;  not  must.  Died  Mar.  27,  '71,  Dover.  See 
4  N.  H.  V.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  398.) 

(4  N.  H.  V.) 

Wendell,  Daniel  A.  Co.  F;  b.  Dover;  age  22;  res.  Dover;  enl.  Sept. 
20,  '61,  as  Priv.;  tr.  to  Co.  G,  Sept.  1,  '62;  disch.  Sept.  26,  '64,  Con- 
cord, tm.  ex.  See  7  N.  H.  V.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p. 
201.) 

Surgeon  Wendell  was  born  August  26,  1839,  in  Dover,  and 
w&s  the  son  of  Daniel  H.  and  H.  J.  ( Jenness)  Wendell.  Mrs. 
Wendell  was  a  daughter  of  Deacon  Solomon  Jenness  of  Dover. 
Dr.  Wendell's  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the 
schools  of  Dover,  graduating  from  the  Dover  High  School 
July,  1857,  and  subsequently  attended  the  literary  institute  at 
New  London  and  the  New  Hampshire  Conference  Academy  at 
Northfield,  now  the  town  of  Tilton,  and  a  term  at  an  academy 
at  Fort  Edward,  New  York.  In  1859,  he  took  his  examination 
to  enter  college  in  the  sophomore  year,  but  gave  this  up  and 
commenced  the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  A.  H.  J.  Buzzell, 
afterwards  surgeon  of  the  Third  New  Hampshire.  In  1860, 
he  attended  a  course  of  lectures  at  the  medical  department  of 
Dartmouth  College.     September  20,  1861,  Surgeon  Wendell 


SEVENTH   NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  95 

enlisted  in  the  Fourth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  as  hospital 
steward.  The  regiment  rendezvoused  at  Manchester,  N.  H., 
and  was  afterwards  in  camp  at  Washington,  Annapolis  and 
Fortress  Monroe,  and  August  29,  1861,  was  attached  to  the 
naval  fleet  under  the  command  of  General  Sherman  and  was 
placed  upon  the  Baltic  and  assigned  to  duty  at  Hilton  Head, 
S.  C.  From  a  diary  kept  by  Surgeon  Wendell,  it  seems  that 
the  fleet  encountered  very  bad  weather  and  found  it  difficult 
to  make  a  landing,  which  was  only  accomplished  after  a  bom- 
bardment of  several  forts  and  earthworks  about  Port  Eoyal. 
A  landing  wias  efi:'ected  November  7,  1861.  The  historian  of 
the  Fourth  Regiment  says: 

"Here  upon  the  sands  on  the  beach  of  Hilton  Head,  close 
to  the  roaring  surf,  the  regiment  remained  for  three  months, 
varying  the  monotony  of  camp  life  by  an  expedition  to  Tybee 
island  on  the  third  of  December.  On  the  twenty-sixth  of 
January  the  regiment  embarked  on  ships  and  started  for  the 
expedition  on  the  Southern  coast.  It  took  part  in  the  capture 
of  Fernandina,  Jacksonville  and  St.  Augustine.  Seven  com- 
panies garrisoned  at  St.  Augustine,  while  the  other  three  com- 
panies remained  at  Jacksonville  during  part  of  the  sununer. ' ' 

The  diary  of  Surgeon  Wendell  shows  that  the  regiment 
landed  at  Fernandina,  Fla.,  JNIarch  6,  1862.  On  the  eighth, 
he  says,  "The  regiment  left  here  this  morning  for  St.  Johns 
river.  I  am  left  here  at  Fernandina  in  charge  of  all  our 
sick  and  am  using  the  former  abode  of  Colonel  Dale  for  a 
hospital,  which  makes  splendid  quarters." 

The  regiment  remained  in  Florida  a  part  of  the  summer  and 
came  back  to  Beaufort,  S.  C,  in  September.  The  doctor 
shared  the  fortunes  of  the  regiment  during  the  bombardment 
of  Fort  Wagner,  Fort  Moultrie  and  Fort  Sumter,  much  of 
the  time  doing  the  duty  of  an  assistant  surgeon.  In  December, 
1863,  the  regiment  went  from  Hilton  Head,  S.  C,  to  St.  Augus- 
tine, Fla.,  where  Surgeon  Wendell  remained  until  the  follow- 
ing March.  His  diary  says:  "March  eighteenth  received  a 
furlough  from  the  pleasantry  of  war  for  three  months  to  at- 
tend medical  lectures. ' '     He  immediately  came  to  New  Harap- 


96  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

shire  and  entered  the  medical  class  of  Bowdoin  College,  Maine. 
On  the  sixth  of  May,  he  says:  "Received  letters  from  home 
informing  me  that  I  had  been  commissioned  assistant  surgeon 
of  the  Seventh  New  Hampshire  Regiment,  and  on  the  sixteenth 
of  May  left  Dover  for  Fortress  Monroe.  On  the  twenty- 
second  of  May  reported  to  Col.  Abbott  of  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment at  Bermuda  Hundred,  and  learned  that  it  had  been  so 
reduced  in  numbers  that  I  could  not  be  mustered  as  an  assist- 
ant surgeon."  He  was  assigned  to  duty  at  White  House 
Landing,  in  the  Eighteenth  Army  Corps  Hospital.  At  this 
time.  White  House  Landing  being  the  base  of  supplies  for 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  all  the  sick  and  wounded  going 
to  the  rear  came  to  that  point.  He  continued  duty  at  this 
point  until  the  twentieth  of  September,  when  he  was  granted  a 
short  leave  of  absence  and  went  home  for  two  weeks.  October 
13,  1864,  he  again  went  to  the  front  and  on  the  nineteenth 
made  a  contract  with  General  Butler,  whose  headquarters  were 
on  the  north  side  of  the  river,  as  acting  assistant  surgeon,  U. 
S.  A.,  and  was  assigned  to  duty  in  the  general  hospital  of  the 
Army  of  the  James.  He  continued  on  duty  at  this  point  until 
May  20,  1864,  when  he  was  assigned  to  duty  with  the  army  in 
front  of  Petersburg,  Va.  September  26,  1865,  he  was  assigned 
to  duty  at  an  outpost  of  that  city.  November  8,  1865,  he  was 
ordered  to  report  at  Richmond,  Va.,  and  there  being  no  further 
duty.  Surgeon  Wendell  was  honorably  discharged,  having  been 
four  and  one-half  years  in  the  service  of  the  United  States. 

He  reached  home  in  December  and  during  the  winter  and 
spring  took  up  his  medical  work,  attended  lectures  at  the  med- 
ical department  of  Bowdoin  College  and  received  his  degree 
in  June,  1866.  In  August,  1865,  he  opened  an  office  in  Taun- 
ton, Mass.,  and  practiced  medicine  with  good  success  in  that 
city  for  nearly  three  years,  was  universally  respected,  and 
took  an  active  part  in  the  work  of  the  Grand  Army  and  was 
surgeon  of  the  post  in  that  city. 

The  exposure  Avhich  he  had  endured  during  his  army  life 
had  laid  the  foundation  for    organic    disease    that  was  pro- 


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gressive  in  its  character,  and  the  doctor  was  obliged  to  relin- 
quish practice  of  his  profession  and  return  to  his  father's 
home  in  Dover,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  until  he  died,  March 
27,  1871,  at  the  age  of  thirty-one  years  and  seven  months. 

The  Dover  Inquirer,  March  30,  1871,  says:  "He  was  a 
studious  and  well-read  physician,  invariably  pleasant  and 
courteous  in  his  habits  and  highly  respected  by  all.  A  disease 
of  the  liver  contracted  in  the  army  was  the  cause  of  his  death. ' ' 

The  W.  H.  Bartlett  Post,  No.  3,  G.  A.  K.,  of  Taunton,  Mass., 
under  the  date  of  April  24,  1871,  passed  resolutions  of  con- 
dolence which  were  sent  to  the  irmnediate  friends  of  the  de- 
ceased, and  which  were  published  in  the  daily  Gazette  of 
Taunton,  Mass.    Surgeon  Wendell  never  married. 


William  Hutchins  Smart,  Jr.,  M.  D. 
Boston,  Mass. 

Smabt,  William  H.,  Jb.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Hopkinton;  age  28;  res.  Clare- 
mont;  app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  13,  '62;  must,  in  Aug.  27,  '62;  disch. 
disab.  Nov.  24,  '62.  P.  O.  ad.,  Boston,  Mass.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  392.) 

Surgeon  Smart  was  born  in  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  September 
28,  1833,  and  was  the  son  of  William  Hutchins  and  Nancy 
(Farrington)  Smart,  and  a  grandson  of  Col.  Benning  Smart 
of  New  Hampshire.  His  preliminary  education  was  received 
in  the  district  schools  and  private  instruction.  His  father 
being  a  physician,  he  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  under 
his  father's  direction,  also  with  Dr.  Timothy  Haynes,  Dr. 
Chadbourne  of  Concord  and  Prof.  Middleton  Goldsmith  of 
Castleton,  Vt.  He  attended  four  courses  of  medical  lectures 
at  Castleton  Medical  College,  Vermont,  and  also  at  Bellevue 
Medical  College  in  New  York.  He  was  graduated  M.  D.  from 
Castleton  Medical  College  November  26,  1857.  A  portion  of 
the  time  during  his  professional  studies  he  acted  as  teacher 
and  superintendent  of  public  schools.  His  professional  work 
in  civil  life  commenced  in  North  Conway,  N.  H.,  May  13, 


98  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

1858,  continuing  for  two  years.  He  was  at  Newcastle,  N.  H., 
eight  years,  Concord,  N.  H.,  two  years,  and  two  years  in  New 
York  City. 

His  military  service  began  in  the  Seventh  New  Hampshire 
Regiment,  when  he  was  appointed  second  assistant  surgeon, 
August  13,  1862,  and  discharged  on  account  of  disability 
November  24,  1862.  Aside  from  this  service  with  the  Seventh 
New  Hampshire  Regiment,  Dr.  Smart  was  a  contract  surgeon 
in  the  United  States  Army,  having  service  at  different  points, 
spending  considerable  time  as  quarantine,  health  and  custom- 
house officer  in  Portsmouth  harbor,  N.  H.  On  account  of 
impaired  vision  he  retired  from  the  United  States  service  in 
1868,  and  has  devoted  himself  to  other  pursuits  since  that  time. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  the  F.  and  A.  M. 
societies. 

Married,  May  12,  1858,  Helen  Mar  Handerson. 

Two  children  living :  Elizabeth  Parker,  who  married  Lucius 
Aurelius  Bigelow,  and  Annie  Wentworth  Smart. 

Grandchildren :  Lucius  Aurelius  Bigelow,  Jr.,  and  Edmund 
Clarence  Stedman  Bigelow. 


Moses  Stephens  Wilson,  M.  D. 
Salisbury,  N.  H. 

Wilson,  Moses  S.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Salisbury;  age  27;  res.  Salisbury; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Jan.  12,  '63;  must,  in  Jan.  12,  '63;  resigned  June 
17,  '64.  Died  Feb.  26,  '73,  Griggsville,  111.  (Record,  Ayling's  Reg- 
ister, 1895,  p.  400.) 

Assistant  Surgeon  Wilson  was  the  son  of  Thomas  W.  and 
Amanda  M.  (Sawyer)  Wilson,  and  was  born  in  Salisbury, 
N.  H.,  in  1836.  Received  his  preliminary  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  New  Hampshire ;  spent  two  years  in  a  drug 
store  in  Lowell,  Mass. ;  commenced  his  professional  education 
with  his  father  in  Salisbury;  attended  lectures  at  Dartmouth 
Medical  College,  at  Castleton,  Vt. ,  and  at  Harvard  Medical 
School,  and  was  graduated  from  the  latter  in  March,  1859, 


SEVENTH    NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  99 

Surgeon  "Wilson  was  a  grandson  of  Job  Wilson,  who  was  grad- 
uated Bachelor  of  Medicine  from  Dartmouth  Medical  College 
in  1804.  That  was  eight  years  before  it  was  able  to  confer  the 
degree  of  M.  D.,  and  was  the  seventh  class  in  the  medical  de- 
partment to  confer  degrees.  Job  Wilson  received  the  degree 
of  M.  D.  from  the  same  college  in  1823. 

From  the  History  of  Salisbury  is  obtained  the  following 
information : 

"Dr.  Moses  S.  Wilson  opened  an  office  in  Warner,  where  he 
continued  until  the  death  of  his  father  in  1861,  when  he 
returned  to  the  homestead  in  Salisbury,  where  he  remained 
until  his  appointment  as  assistant  surgeon  in  the  Seventh 
New  Hampshire  Regiment,  which  was  stationed  at  St.  Augus- 
tine, Fla.  His  health  failing,  he  resigned  in  the  summer  of 
1864,  and  in  the  following  September  removed  to  Galesburg, 
111.,  where  he  died  November  14,  1873.  Dr.  Wilson  was  thor- 
oughly at  home  with  his  business,  and  was  in  sympathy  with 
the  present  liberal  and  progressive  spirit  of  the  profession, 
and  charitable  in  his  expressions. ' ' 

Married,  November  28,  ,  Mary  S.,  daughter  of  Ira 

Harvey  of  Warner. 


George  Thompson  Perry,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Natick,  R.  I. 

Peeby,  George  T.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Warwick,  R.  I.;  age  25;  res.  Man- 
chester; app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  24,  '64;  must,  in  Sept.  18,  '64; 
must,  out  July  20,  '65.  P.  0.  ad.,  Naticli;,  R.  I.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  387.) 

Surgeon  Perry  was  born  in  Apponaug,  R.  I.,  February  18, 
1839,  and  was  the  son  of  William  Gorton  and  Nancy  Ann 
(Shrieves)  Perry,  and  a  grandson  of  George  C.  Perry.  Re- 
ceived his  preliminary  education  at  the  common  schools  and 
at  the  academies  at  Greenwich  (R.  I.),  Middleboro  (Mass.), 
and  New  London  ( N.  H. ) .  Commenced  his  professional  educa- 
tion in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  in  1859,  under  the  direction  of 
William  D.  Buck,  M.  D.,  Dr.  Valentine  Mott  and  Professor 


100  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

Barker  of  New  York.  Attended  medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth 
Medical  College  and  at  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College,  and 
was  graduated  from  the  latter  in  the  class  of  1864.  He  was 
appointed  second  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Seventh  New  Hamp- 
shire Regiment  from  Manchester,  August  24,  1864,  and  was 
mustered  out  with  the  regiment  July  20,  1865.  He  was 
located  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  for  three  years,  when  he  removed  to 
Natick,  R.  I.,  remaining  there  twenty  years. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Rhode  Island  Medical  Society; 
town  physician  of  Warwick,  R.  I.,  and  state  institutions  for 
eight  years ;  surgeon  of  the  Rhode  Island  state  militia  for  four 
years,  and  a  member  of  the  governor's  staff.  He  was  also 
state  senator  for  two  years ,  and  a  member  of  the  Masonic  and 
Odd  Fellows  fraternities. 

Died  August  28,  1892,  at  the  age  of  fifty-three  years.  Un- 
married. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

EIGHTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

(Known  as  First  Xew  Hampshire  Cavalry,  December  16, 
1863,  to  February  29,  1864,  and  as  Second  New  Hampshire 
Cavalry,  March  1  to  July  25,  1864.) 


By  the  late  John  M.  Stanyan, 

Captain  and  Historian  of  the  Eighth  Regiment   New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteers. 

"Enlistments  for  the  Eighth  Regiment  began  early  in  the 
month  of  September,  1861.  The  first  company  went  into 
'Camp  Currier'  at  Manchester,  N.  H.,  on  October  12,  and  on 
the  ninth  of  December  the  regiment  was  full.  On  January 
25,  1862,  it  was  transferred  from  'Camp  Currier'  to  Fort 
Independence  in  Boston  harbor.  On  February  16  six  com- 
panies, under  the  command  of  Col.  Hawkes  Fearing,  em- 
barked on  the  ship,  'E.  Wilder  Farley,'  destined  on  the 
'Butler  Expedition'  to  reach  Ship  island  in  Mississippi 
sound.  On  the  eighteenth  day  of  February  the  four  re- 
maining companies,  Lieut.-Col.  O.  W.  Lull  commanding, 
left  for  the  same  destination  on  the  ship,  'Eliza  and  Ella.' 
On  March  18,  1862,  the  first  named  arrived  at  Ship  island; 
and  on  March  29,  after  a  very  stormy  and  uncomfortable 
passage,  the  'Eliza  and  Ella'  anchored  at  the  rendezvous, 
and  the  regiment  pitched  its  camp  at  about  two  miles  from 
the  landing,  and  the  nearest  of  any  to  a  passable  drill  area 
on  a  sandy  patch. 

Near  the  close  of  the  year  1863,  the  exigencies  of  the  ser- 


102  SUKGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

vice  required  a  cavalry  corps  to  be  used  in  scouting  duty. 
''On  December  21  General  McMillan  issued  an  order,  detach- 
ing the  Eighth  from  his  brigade  in  order  that  it  be  changed 
into  cavalry.  Horses  and  saddles  had  been  drawn  on  the  thir- 
teenth, and  on  January  1,  at  Franklin,  talk  of  re-enlistment 
had  begun.  On  the  sixth  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  New 
Orleans  through  'snow  two  inches  deep.'  On  the  ninth,  at 
Brashear  City,  on  the  tenth  at  Algiers,  and  on  the  thirteenth 
at  Steam  Cotton  Press  in  New  Orleans. 

"February  19  General  Order  No.  25  was  issued,  directing 
that  the  names  of  battles,  'Georgia  Landing,'  'Bisland,' 
and  'Port  Hudson,'  be  inscribed  upon  the  regimental  colors. 
For  the  space  of  two  months  the  regiment  was  drilled  in  cav- 
alry tactics  for  eight  hours  a  day.  The  men  were  armed  with 
sabres,  Sharpe's  breech-loading  carbines  and  Remington  re- 
volvers. 

****** 

"On  March  2, 1864,  at  4  p.  m.,  the  regiment  crossed  the  river, 
and  on  the  sixth  reached  Labadieville,  passed  through  Thibo- 
deaux  on  the  seventh,  Tigerville  on  the  eighth,  and  reached 
Brashear  City  on  the  ninth,  there  remaining  until  the  thir- 
teenth. On  that  date  the  advance  force  of  cavalry  under  Gen. 
A.  L.  Lee  left  Franklin,  and  the  Second  New  Hampshire  Cav- 
alry with  it,  arrived  at  Alexandria  on  the  nineteenth.  It  then 
advanced  to  Bayou  Rapids,  where,  still  skirmishing  lightly 
with  the  enemy  daily,  the  regiment  remained  until  the  twenty- 
sixth.  It  then  marched  to  Henderson's  Hill,  on  the  twenty- 
ninth  moved  to  Cane  river,  and  on  the  thirtieth  entered  the 
town  of  Natchitoches,  still  driving  the  Confederates.  On  the 
second  of  April  it  made  a  reconnoissance  to  Crump 's  Hill,  re- 
turning at  night ;  and  on  the  third  and  fourth  advancing  to- 
wards Pleasant  Hill.  At  this  date  General  Lee  ordered  to  re- 
port to  Brigadier-General  Franklin  until  further  orders,  and 
the  cavalry  to  advance  towards  Shreveport.  General  Frank- 
lin refused  'to  support  Lee  with  a  brigade  of  infantry,'  and  on 


EIGHTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  103 

the  seventh  the  Second  New  Hampshire  Cavalry  reached  Wil- 
son 's  Farm,  where  a  sharp  engagement  ensued,  resulting  in  its 

holding  the  ground. 

****** 

''On  March  18,  1864,  General  Lee  was  relieved  of  his  com- 
mand, also  Colonel  Dudley,  General  Arnold  and  Colonel  Davis 
assuming  their  places.  The  duty  of  the  regiment  was  on 
picket  each  day.  On  the  eighteenth  Lieutenant-Colonel  Flan- 
ders returned  from  the  North  and  took  command.  April 
21  broke  camp  and  started  in  the  direction  of  Alex- 
andria. On  the  twenty-third  occurred  the  fight  at  Cane  river. 
The  Second  New  Hampshire  Cavalry  protected  the  column, 
fell  back  and  repulsed  the  enemy  at  Nonett's  Bluff;  and  at 
noon  on  the  twenty-fourth,  occupied  Henderson's  Hill,  and 
went  on  picket  line,  repulsed  attacks,  and  at  4  p.  m.  joined 
the  brigade  on  the  retreat  as  rear  guard.  This  was  continued 
without  intermission  until  April  29,  when  they  reached  the 
suburbs  of  Alexandria.  Instantly,  without  rest,  the  Second 
New  Hampshire  Cavalry  was  ordered  to  march  on  scout  across 
the  Red  river,  proceeded  in  that  direction  twenty-four  miles, 
and  had  a  brush  with  a  large  force  of  rebels,  estimated  at  two 
thousand,  imder  the  command  of  General  Liddell.  It  was  not 
until  Sunday,  May  9,  that  the  regiment  had  even  a  partial 
rest,  and  General  Arnold  officially  protested  against  such 
arduous  service. 

****** 

"On  May  24,  1864,  the  regiment  was  assigned  for  duty  as 
cavalry  in  the  Nineteenth  Army  Corps,  Col.  E.  J.  Davis,  First 
Texas  Cavalry,  commanding.  It  Avas  employed  in  scouting  on 
the  Atchafalaya  and  Mississippi  rivers.  On  June  10,  in  obedi- 
ence to  orders,  the  horses  were  turned  over  to  the  proper 
authorities,  preparatory  to  going  on  the  promised  veteran  fur- 
lough. On  the  fourteenth  all  the  troops  were  reviewed  by 
Maj.-Gen.  D.  E.  Sickles;  and  on  the  fifteenth,  by  order  of  the 
department  commander,  the  regiment  turned  over  all  arms  and 
eciuipraents,  and  started  on  the  sixteenth  for  New  Orleans, 


104  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

which  city  it  left  on  July  11,  arriving  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  on 
the  twenty-third.     On  the  twenty-fifth    official    orders    were 

issued,  returning  it  to  infantry  organization. 

*  mf  *  *  *  * 

"On  March  6,  1865,  the  battalion  was  ordered  back  to 
Natchez  to  do  provost  duty,  with  headquarters  at  the  court 
house. 

"The  news  of  the  capture  of  Richmond  and  the  surrender 
of  Lee  was  received  with  glad  enthusiasm,  and  a  triumphal 
procession  occurred ;  but  the  exultation  was  of  short  duration, 
for  soon  came  the  news  of  the  assassination  of  the  president, 
and  a  sad  column  passed  through  the  streets  following  the 
roll  of  the  muffled  drums,  while  the  great  guns  of  the  fort 
struck  the  half -hours  during  the  day. 

"On  October  17,  1865,  Special  Order  No.  6  v/as  issued. 
Extract:  'The  Eighth  New  Hampshire  Veteran  Battalion 
will  be  put  en  route  for  Vicksburg,  preparatory  to  its  muster- 
out. '  Accordingly,  on  October  29,  the  muster-rolls  having 
been  signed,  the  battalion,  under  the  command  of  Capt.  D. 
W.  King,  embarked  for  Cairo.  There  the  renmant  of  the 
Eighth  took  the  cars  for  home,  and  at  10  p.  m.  on  Tuesday, 
November  7,  reached  Concord,  N.  H.,  where  the  veterans  were 
received  by  Adjutant-General  Head,  and  Governor  Smyth 
welcomed  them  to  the  hospitalities  of  the  old  Granite  state. 
At '  Camp  Gilmore, '  on  November  9,  the  battalion  was  paid  off 
and  discharged. 

"This  closes  a  brief  account  of  the  campaigns  of  a  regi- 
ment that  passed  almost  the  whole  of  its  term  of  service 
in  an  extreme  southern  state,  its  record  of  time  being,  from 
its  muster-in  to  its  final  discharge,  three  years,  ten  months 
and  nineteen  days." 

Captain  Stanyan  says,  "This  sketch  would  be  incomplete 
if  it  failed  to  record  the  enforced  absence  of  fifty-five  mem- 
bers of  the  old  Second  New  Hampshire  Cavalry,  who  were 
captured  in  the  Red  River  campaign,  and  spent  six  months 
in  the  rebel  prison  at  'Camp  Ford,'  Tyler,  Texas.  Twenty- 
five  were  captured  on  April  8,  1864,  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads, 


EIGHTH    NEW    HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS.  105 

and  thirty  more  were  added  to  their  number  during  that 
campaign.  They  were  exchanged  on  October  23  and  rejoined 
the  regiment  at  Natchez,  Miss.,  on  November  13,  1864.  From 
there  expeditions  went  out  occasionally,  capturing  stores  and 
stock,  and  the  enemy  were  scarcely  ever  encountered." 

ASSIGNMENTS. 

"The  Eighth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  were  at  Ship 
island.  Miss.,  attached  to  First  Brigade,  Department  of  the 
Gulf,  March  18  to  May,  1862;  at  "Camp  Parapet,"  near 
Carrollton,  La.,  in  Department  of  the  Gulf,  May  to  October, 
1862;  attached  to  Reserve  Brigade,  Department  of  the  Gulf, 
October,  1862 ;  Second  Brigade,  Third  Division,  Department 
of  the  Gulf,  January-  13,  1863 ;  Second  Brigade,  Third  Di- 
vision, Nineteenth  Army  Corps,  August  29,  1863;  Fourth 
Brigade,  Cavalrj'  Division,  Department  of  the  Gulf,  January, 
1864;  on  Veteran  Furlough,  July,  1864  (the  men  who  did  not 
re-enlist  and  recruits  remaining  at  Carrollton,  La.)  ;  at 
Natchez,  Miss.,  in  District  of  Vicksburg,  September  to  De- 
cember, 1864. 

"The  Veteran  Battalion,  Eighth  New  Hampshire  Volun- 
teers, was  at  Natchez,  ^liss.,  January  1  to  October  28,  1865." 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Labadieville  (or  Georgia),  La.,  October  27,  1862. 

Bayou  Teche,  La.,  (Co.  B),  January  14,  1863. 

Port  Hudson,  La.,  March  14,  1863. 

Bisland,  La.,  April  12-14,  1863. 

Siege  of  Port  Hudson,  La.,  :\Iay  23  to  July  9,  1863. 

Sabine  Pass,  La.,  September  8,  1863. 

Henderson's  Hill  (or  Bayou  Rapides),  La.,  March  21,  1864. 

Natchitoches,  La.,  March  31,  1864. 

Crump's  Hill  (or  Piney  Woods),  La.,  April  2,  1864. 

Wilson's  Farm,  La.,  April  7,  1864. 

Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864. 

Monett's  Bluff  (or  Monett's  Ferry),  La.,  April  23,  1864. 

Cane  River,  La.,  April  24,  1864. 


106  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

Near  Alexandria,  La.,  April  25,  1864. 
Alexandria,  La.,  April  26,  1864. 
Near  Alexandria,  La.,  April  27  to  May  7,  1864. 
Snaggy  Point  (or  Pineville),  La.,  May  1,  1864. 
Governor  Moore's  Plantation,  La.,  May  2,  1864. 
Moreauville  (or  Mansura,  or  Marksville),  La.,  May  14-16, 
1864. 

Bayou  de  Glaize,  La.,  May  17,  1864. 
Yellow  Bayou,  La.,  May  18,  1864. 

SURGEONS. 

Samuel  G.  Dearborn,  M.  D.,    Andrew  J.  Thompson,  M.  D., 
Ellery  C.  Clarke,  M.  D. 

assistant  surgeons. 

William  B.  Reynolds,  M.  D.,  Ellery  C.  Clarke,  M.  D., 
(not  mustered,  see  2  U.  S.     Charles  A.  Moulton, 
Sharpshooters),     Hosea  H.  Smith,  M.  D., 
David  P.  Stowell,  M.  D. 


EIGHTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


Samuel  G.  Dearborn,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Nashua,  N.  H. 

(8  N.  H.  V.) 

Deaebobn,  Samxjel  G.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Northfield;  age  34;  res.  Milford; 
app.  Surg.  Oct.  15,  '61;  must,  in  Dec.  25,  '61;  resigned  Aug.  19,  '62. 
P.  O.  ad.,  Nashua.  See  18  N.  H.  V.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  419.) 

(18  N.  H.  V.) 

Deabbokn,  Samuel  G.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Northfield;  age  37;  res.  Milford; 
app.  Surg.  Sept.  29,  '64;  not  must.;  declined  appointment  March 
14,  '65.     P.  O.  ad.,  Nashua.     See  8  N.  H.  V.     (Record,  Ayling's 

.    Register,  1895,  p.  809.) 

Surgeon  Dearborn  was  born  in  Northfield,  N.  H.,  August 
10,  1827,  and  was  the  son  of  Edmund  and  Sarah  (Gerrish) 


EIGHTH    NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  107 

Dearborn,  a  grandson  of  Edmund  Dearborn  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. His  early  education  was  received  in  the  public  schools 
at  Sanbomton  Bridge,  now  Tilton,  N.  H.,  and  at  the  New 
Hampshire  Conference  Seminary  at  the  same  place.  Com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  at  Sanbornton  Bridge,  now 
Tilton,  in  1846,  under  the  direction  of  Mark  R.  Woodbury, 
M.  D.,  of  that  place.  He  attended  medical  lectures  at  Dart- 
mouth Medical  College,  the  University  of  New  York  and  at 
Jefferson  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia,  and  was  graduated 
from  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  the  class  of  1850.  Com- 
menced the  practice  of  medicine  at  Sanbornton  Bridge,  was 
at  East  Tilton  a  few  months,  in  Mont  Vernon  three  years, 
Milford  twenty  years,  and  Nashua  thirty  years.  Was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  and  the  Nashua 
Medical  Association. 

Dr.  Dearborn  resided  in  Milford  when  he  w-as  appointed 
surgeon  of  the  Eighth  New  Hampshire  Regiment,  October 
15,  1861,  and  was  discharged  for  disability  August  19,  1862. 
He  was  again  appointed  surgeon  in  the  Eighteenth  New 
Hampshire  Regiment  in  1865,  but  was  not  mustered  into  the 
service.  While  surgeon  of  the  Eighth  New  Hampshire  Regi- 
ment he  was  for  three  months  connected  with  the  Army  of 
the   Potomac. 

Surgeon  Dearborn  was  an  extensive  traveler,  visiting  nearly 
all  the  states  of  the  Union,  and  Europe,  Cuba  and  Mexico. 

Married,  in  1853,  Henrietta  M.  Starrett. 

Children,  now  living:  Frank  A.  and  Sam  S.  Dearborn, 
M.  D. ;  Sarah  Maria,  deceased. 

Dr.  Dearborn  died  May  8,  1903. 


Andrew  Jackson  Thompson,  M.  D. 

Formerly  of  Laconia,  N.  H. 

Thompson,  Andrew  J.  F.  and  S.;  age  29;  res.  Laconia;  app.  Surg. 
Aug.  12,  '62;  must,  in  Aug.  19,  '62;  resigned  June  13,  '63;  re-app. 
Surg.  Sept.  5,  '64;  must,  in  to  date  Sept.  5,  'C4;  tr.  to  Vet. 
Batt'l.  8  N.  H.  v.,  Jan.  1,  '65;  disch.  Nov.  17,  '65.  to  date  Oct.  28, 
'65,  Natchez,  Miss.     (Record,  Ayltng's  Register,  1895,  p.  449.) 


108  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN  THE  REBELLION. 

Surgeon  Thompson  was  born  in  Gilford,  N.  H.,  July  23, 
1833,  and  was  the  son  of  Levi  B.  and  Mehitable  (Brown) 
Thompson,  and  a  grandson  of  David  Thompson.  His  pre- 
liminary education  was  received  in  the  common  schools  of 
Gilford,  N.  H.,  and  prepared  for  college  at  the  New  Hamp- 
ton Literary  Institute,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1854, 
also  A.  B.  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1858 ;  afterwards  received 
the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  the  same  college  and  M.  D.  from 
Harvard  Medical  College  in  1861.  Commenced  the  practice 
of  medicine  in  Laconia,  N.  H.,  in  1861  and  was  appointed 
surgeon  of  the  Eighth  New  Hampshire  Regiment,  August 
12,  1862. 

His  army  service,  as  recorded  by  his  biographer  in  the 
Salem  Observer  of  May  3,  1879,  is  as  follows : 

"In  1862  he  received  a  commission  as  surgeon  in  the 
Eighth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  and  went  with  the  regi- 
ment to  Ship  island  and  New  Orleans.  He  saw  hard  and 
continuous  service  in  the  field,  suffering  much  from  disease, 
and  only  escaping  death  from  bilious  remittent  fever,  in 
the  spring  of  1863,  by  an  immediate  transfer  to  New  Eng- 
land. As  soon  as  he  was  fit  for  duty  he  returned  to  his 
regiment  and  passed  through  the  hardships  of  the  siege  of 
Port  Hudson.  When  the  regiment  was  mustered  out  in 
January,  1865,  he  was  transferred  to  staff  duty,  first  serving 
as  post  surgeon  at  Natchez,  Miss.,  and  president  of  the  board 
of  health,  and  afterwards  as  surgeon-in-chief  on  the  staff  of 
Major-General  Davidson. ' ' 

He  practiced  medicine  with  great  success  in  Laconia  for 
fifteen  years,  when  he  removed  to  Salem,  Mass.,  where  he 
was  in  practice  three  years,  and  died  at  that  place  April  26, 
1879.  He  was  examining  surgeon  for  pensions,  city  physician 
of  Salem,  surgeon  of  Post  34,  G.  A.  R.,  Salem,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  New  Hampshire  and  Massachusetts  Medical  so- 
cieties, and  the  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society.  He  was 
a  very  active  member  of  various  Masonic  associations,  having 
taken  all  the  degrees  to  the  thirty-second,  and  was  a  Past 
Grand  High  Priest  of  the  Royal  Arch  Masons  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. 


EIGHTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  109 

Married,  May  21,  1861,  Eveline  "Wilson  of  Topsham,  Me. 
Children:  Fred  Thompson,  M.  D.,  and  Willis  Thompson  of 
Boston,  Mass. 


Ellery  Channing  Clarke,  M.  D. 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Claeke,  Ellebt  C.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Winchester;  age  25;  res.  Hollis; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Jan.  18,  '62;  must,  in  Jan.  18,  '62;  app.  Surg.  June 
5,  '63;  disch.  disab.  Aug.  29,  '64.  P.  O.  ad.,  Shirley,  Mass.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  416.) 

Surgeon  Clarke  of  the  Eighth  New  Hampshire  was  born 
March  21,  1836,  in  Winchester,  Cheshire  county,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Stillman  and  Susannah 
(Spaulding)  Clarke,  and  a  grandson  of  Hon.  Ephraim  Clarke. 
Received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools  of 
Cheshire  county  and  fitted  for  college  at  the  Appleton  Acad- 
emy of  New  Ipswich  and  Phillips  Academy  at  Exeter,  N.  H. 
Entered  Harvard  University,  but,  owing  to  ill  health  of  his 
father,  he  did  not  graduate.  He  commenced  his  professional 
education  under  the  direction  of  Albert  Smith,  M.  D.,  of 
Peterborough,  N.  H.,  in  1857.  Attended  two  courses  of  medi- 
cal lectures  at  Hanover  and  Burlington,  Vt.,  and  was  grad- 
uated from  the  University  of  Vermont  in  the  class  of  1860. 
Located  the  same  year  at  Wilton,  N.  H.,  and  was  in  Hollis, 
N.  H.,  in  1862,  when  he  entered  the  army.  His  record  of 
service  was  in  the  Eighth  Regiment  from  January,  1862,  to 
August,  1864,  pa.ssing  through  the  grades  of  assistant  and 
full  surgeon  of  the  regiment.  From  1864  to  1866  he  was 
located  in  Pepperell,  Mass. ;  from  1867  to  1870,  in  HoUiston, 
Mass. ;  1870  to  1880,  in  Westfield,  Mass. ;  and  1880  to  1887,  in 
Norwalk,  Conn. ;  from  1887  to  1889,  in  Brooklyn  and  New 
York  City,  since  which  time  he  has  been  a  medical  examiner 
in  the  Bureau  of  Pensions  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

Married,  first,  in  1860,  to  Sarah  Kendrick  Danforth  of 
Amherst,   N.    H.,   who   died,   leaving  one   daughter,    Edith; 


no  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

second,  in  1867,  to  Carrie  Loring  MeCammon  of  Pepperell, 
Mass.,  children,  Carrie  Loring,  Grace  Virginia,  Ellery  Chan- 
ning,  Loring  MeCammon  Clarke;  third,  in  1891,  to  Mary  E. 
Arthur  of  Baltimore,  Md. 


Charles  A.  Moulton. 
Hopkinton,  N.  H. 

Moulton,  Chaeles  A.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Loudon;  age  24;  res.  Hopkinton; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  7,  '63;  must,  in  Oct.  '63.  Died,  dis.  Sept.  24, 
'64,  New  Orleans,  La.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  438.) 

Surgeon  Moulton  was  born  in  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  April  12, 
1839,  and  was  the  son  of  Caleb  and  Mary  (Mardin)  Moulton. 
He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools 
and  Hopkinton  Academy.  He  commenced  his  professional 
studies  with  the  late  Alexander  Rogers,  M.  D.,  of  Hopkinton, 
and  took  one  or  more  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  the 
medical  department  of  Dartmouth  College,  but  left  college 
to  enter  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  before 
receiving  his  degree  of  M.  D.  This  was  a  period  when  there 
was  a  call  for  patriots,  and  nobly  did  they  respond.  Charles 
A.  Moulton  was  among  those  who  dropped  their  books  and 
prepared  to  go  to  the  front.  Surgeon  Moulton  was  appointed 
assistant  to  Surgeon  Clarke  in  the  Eighth  Regiment  New 
Hampshire  Volunteers,  September  7,  1863,  and  died  in  the 
service  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  September  24,  1864,  at  the  age 
of  twenty-five. 

He  was  unmarried. 


HosEA  H.  Smith,  M.  D. 
Meredith,  N.  H. 

(8  N.  H.  V.) 

Smith,  Hosea  H.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Meredith;  res.  Meredith;  app.  2  Asst. 
Surg.  July  29,  '62;  must,  in  Aug.  19,  '62;  disch.  Aug.  7.  '63,  to 
accept  promotion.  See  Miscel.  Organizations.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  447.) 


EIGHTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  Ill 

(Miscel.  Organizations.) 

Smith,  Hosea  H.  F.  and  S.;  1  La.  Cav.;  b.  Meredith;  res.  Meredith; 
app.  Surg.  July  17,  '63;  must,  in  Aug.  8,  '63;  disch.  Dec.  18,  '65. 
Died  Dec.  3,  '66,  Detroit,  Mich.  See  8  N.  H.  V.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  1077.) 

Surgeon  Smith  was  born  in  Meredith,  N.  H.,  June  1,  1832, 
and  was  the  son  of  Daniel  F.  and  Lydia  B.  Smith.  He  com- 
menced his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools 
and  the  high  school  at  Gilford,  and  afterwards  at  the  academy 
in  Gilford,  now  Laconia.  His  professional  education  was 
directed  by  Drs.  Garland  and  Ayer  of  Laconia,  and  he  at- 
tended medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth  Medical  College  and 
at  the  Jefferson  Medical  College  in  Philadelphia,  and  was 
graduated  M.  D.  from  the  latter  in  1855,  locating  in  Mere- 
dith, where  he  remained  until  he  entered  the  service.  His 
service  was  with  the  Eighth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Vol- 
unteers, and  with  the  First  Regiment  Louisiana  Cavalry  (U. 
S.  C.  T.). 

He  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Eighth  Regi- 
ment New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  July  29,  1862,  and  was 
discharged  August  7,  1863,  to  accept  promotion.  Appointed 
surgeon  of  the  First  Louisiana  Cavalry  July  17,  1863,  and 
received  his  discharge  December  18,  1865. 

Copy  of  appointment  of  Hosea  H.  Smith  as  acting  medical 
director : 

"Headquarters  Cavalry  Forces 
' '  Mil.  Division  of  the  Southwest 
"Shreveport,  La.,  June  30,  1865. 

"Special  Order 

No.  6.  "Surgeon  Hosea  H.  Smith,  1st  La.  Cavalry,  is 

hereby  appointed  Acting  Medical  Director  of  the  Cavalry 
Forces  of  the  Mil.  Division  of  the  Southwest,  and  will  be 
obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

"By  order  of 

"Major  General  Merritt. 

"C.  H.  Dyer, 
"A.  A.Genrl. 
"Surgeon  Smith, 
"1st  La.  Cavalry." 


112  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELUON. 

Surgeon  Smith  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Med- 
ical Society  in  1857.  After  receiving  his  discharge  from  the 
United  States  service,  he  located  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  where  he 
died  December  3,  1866. 


David  Porter  Stovtell,  M.  D. 
239  Main  Street,  Waterville,  Maine. 

Stowell,  David  P.  Co.  F;  b.  Massachusetts;  age  25;  cred.  Brook- 
line;  enl.  Nov.  25,  '63;  must,  in  Nov.  25,  '63,  as  Priv.;  app.  2  Asst. 
Surg.  Nov.  25,  '63;  disch.  June  24,  '64.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  448.) 

Surgeon  Stowell  was  born  in  Townsend,  Mass.,  September 
22,  1838,  and  was  a  son  of  David  and  Emily  Caroline  (Star- 
rette)  Stowell,  a  grandson  of  David  Stowell.  He  received 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools,  fitted  for 
college  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.,  and  received 
the  degree  of  A.  B.  from  Amherst  College,  Massachusetts. 
He  commenced  his  professional  education  at  Milford,  N.  H., 
in  1859,  under  the  direction  of  Samuel  G.  Dearborn,  M.  D., 
afterwards  surgeon  of  the  Eighth  Regiment.  He  continued 
his  professional  education  in  the  medical  department  of  Dart- 
mouth College  and  also  at  the  University  of  New  York,  grad- 
uating from  the  latter  March  7,  1862.  He  located  at  once  in 
Brookline,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  for  a  few  months,  and  in 
November,  1862,  he  was  made  assistant  surgeon,  U.  S.  A., 
under  contract;  in  June,  1863,  he  enlisted  as  a  private 
in  Company  F,  Eighth  New  Hampshire,  and  November  25, 
1863,  was  promoted  to  assistant  surgeon  of  the  same  regiment, 
and  was  discharged  from  the  service  June  24,  1864.  He  re- 
turned to  Brookline  in  1864  and  remained  there  until  1866, 
when  he  removed  to  Mason  Village,  now  Greenville,  N.  H. ; 
in  1871  he  removed  to  Mercer,  Me.,  remaining  there  until  1878, 
when  he  located  at  Waterville,  where  he  has  since  resided. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Waterville  Clinical  Society,  of  the 
Kennebec  Medical  Association,  and  also  of  the  Maine  Medical 


EIGHTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  113 

Association.  He  is  a  fraternal  member  of  the  Masonic  Associa- 
tion, A.  0.  U.  W.,  G.  A.  R.  and  the  Union  Veterans'  Union. 
Supervisor  of  schools  and  justice  of  peace  while  in  New 
Hampshire,  and  member  of  the  board  of  education  in  Water- 
ville,  also  of  the  city  council  of  Waterville;  medical  director 
of  the  Department  of  Maine,  G.  A.  R. ;  adjutant-general,  with 
the  rank  of  colonel,  in  the  Union  Veterans '  Union ;  commander 
of  the  W.  S.  Heath  Post,  Department  of  Maine,  G.  A.  R. 
Married,  May  21,  1863,  Miss  Sarah  Elizabeth  Batchelder. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

NINTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


By  George  L.  "Wakefield, 

Sergeant,    Company    C,    Ninth    Regiment     New    Hampshire 

Volunteers. 

"The  record  of  the  Ninth  New  Hampshire  is  one  of  arduous 
campaigns,  followed  by  comparative  rest.  It  suffered  in 
battle  at  Antietam  and  Fredericksburg,  and  in  the  mud  at 
Falmouth ;  was  cheered  by  the  comforts  of  Newport  News  and 
feasted  in  Kentucky;  had  its  ranks  depleted  by  disease  in 
Mississippi,  and,  returning  to  the  Blue  Grass  region,  recuper- 
ated for  the  hazardous  march  over  the  mountains  of  East 
Tennessee.  At  Annapolis  it  welcomed  recruits  and  conva- 
lescents, in  preparation  for  the  bloody  ordeals  of  Spottsyl- 
vania,  the  'JMine,'  and  Poplar  Springs  Church,  and  for  the 
wearisome  waiting  before  Petersburg.         *     *     * 

"May  10  the  divsion  marched  to  the  front,  near  Spottsyl- 
vania,  and  came  under  artillery  fire.  *  *  *  At  daybreak, 
on  the  twelfth,  after  an  all-night  exposure  to  a  violent  rain- 
storm, the  Ninth,  occupying  the  extreme  right  of  its  corps 
and  numbering  about  five  hundred  muskets,  took  part  in  the 
charge  that  was  ordered  along  the  whole  line;  Companies  I 
and  G  deployed  as  skirmishers,  capturing  about  fifty  prisoners. 
On  account  of  the  unevenness  of  the  ground,  the  regiment 
became  separated  from  its  brigade  and  advanced  beyond  it 
into  'Bloody  Angle,'  just  in  time  to  meet  the  enemy's  advance 
and  save  the  left  of  the  Second  Corps. 


NINTH    NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  115 

"Here  the  Ninth  became  involved  in  its  fiercest  conflict. 
*  *  *  Though  bullets  were  rapidly  thinning  its  ranks  and 
the  left  was  wholly  unprotected,  yet,  rallying  around  its 
colors,  the  Ninth  met  this  onslaught  with  such  a  stubborn  re- 
sistance that  the  enemy  was  thrown  back  to  his  works.  *  *  * 
In  this  engagement  the  Ninth  sustained  a  loss  in  killed, 
wounded  and  missing,  of  over  two  hundred.  The  survivors 
were  placed  on  picket  at  the  apex  of  the  angle  formed  by  the 
lines  of  the  Second  and  Ninth  Corps.     *     *     * 

**In  June  came  two  long  months  before  Petersburg.  Every 
alternate  two  days  was  passed  in  the  trenches;  most  of  the 
time  in  front  of  the  fort,  which  was  then  being  undermined 
for  the  Battle  of  the  Mine,  in  which  engagement  the  Ninth 
bore  a  conspicuous  part.  It  was  the  first  to  assault  and  to 
float  its  colors  over  the  enemy 's  work  at  the  '  Crater. ' 
****** 

"The  regiment  performed  its  last  active  service  April  8, 
when,  with  two  others,  it  was  detailed  to  g-uard  several  thou- 
sand prisoners  captured  by  Sheridan.  On  the  eleventh  it 
was  relieved,  and  rejoined  the  Second  Brigade  at  Burkesville 
Junction.  Thence  it  started,  on  April  20,  for  City  Point,  Va., 
reaching  that  place  on  the  twenty-third.  On  the  twenty- 
sixth  it  embarked  for  Alexandria,  arriving  the  next  morning 
and  going  at  once  into  camp,  where  it  remained  nearly  a 
month.  May  23  it  participated  in  the  grand  review  at  Wash- 
ington, and  on  June  10 — the  muster-out  rolls  having  been 
completed  and  signed  on  the  tenth — the  regiment  broke  camp 
and  returned  to  New  Hampshire.  The  regimental  colors  were 
delivered  to  the  governor  at  Concord  on  June  14,  1865,  and 
that  same  day  the  regiment,  having  deposited  its  arms  in  the 
military  depot,  was  paid  and  discharged. ' ' 

ASSIGNMENTS. 

"The  Ninth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  were  attached  to 
"Whipple's  Division,  Defenses  of  Washington,  August  28,  1862; 
First  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Ninth  Army  Corps,  Septem- 


116  -    SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

ber  6,  1862;  in  District  of  Kentucky,  Department  of  Ohio, 
September  9,  1863,  to  January,  1864;  unassigned,  in  Depart- 
ment of  Ohio,  January  to  March,  1864;  attached  to  First 
Brigade,  Second  Division,  Ninth  Army  Corps,  March  26,  1864 ; 
Second  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Ninth  Army  Corps,  April 
27,  1864." 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

South  Mountain,  Md.,  September  14,  1862. 

Antietam,  Md.,  September  17,  1862. 

White  Sulphur  Springs,  Va.,  November  15,  1862. 

Fredericksburg,  Va.,  December  13,  1862. 

Siege  of  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  June  14  to  July  4,  1863. 

Jackson,  Miss.,  July  10-16,  1863. 

Wilderness,  Va.,  May  6,  7,  1864. 

Spottsylvania,  Va.,  May  10-18,  1864. 

North  Anna  Kiver,  Va.,  May  24-26,  1864. 

Totopotomoy,  Va.,  May  31,  June  1,  1864. 

Bethesda  Church,  Va.,  June  2,  3,  1864. 

Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  5-12,  1864. 

Siege  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  16,  1864,  to  April  3,  1865. 

Petersburg,  Va.,  (assault  at  the  Shand  house)  June  17, 1864. 

Mine  explosion,  Petersburg,  Va.,  (assault)  July  30,  1864. 

Weldon  Railroad,  Va.,  August  20,  21,  1864. 

Poplar  Springs  Church,  Va.,  September  30,  October  1,  1864. 

Hatcher's  Run,  Va.,  October  27,  1864. 

Petersburg,  Va.,  April  1,  2,  1865. 

SURGEONS. 

William  A.  Webster,  M.  D.,    Francis  N.  Gibson,  M.  D. 

assistant  surgeons. 

John  S.  Emerson,  M.  D.  Francis  N.  Gibson,  M.  D. 

(see  18  N.  H.  V.), 


NINTH    NEW   HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS.  117 

NINTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


William  A.  Webster,  M.  D. 

Websteb,  WiixiAii  A.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Rochester;  age  32;  res.  Man- 
chester; cred.  Manchester;  app.  Surg.  July  1,  '62;  must,  in  July  2, 
'62;  disch.  disab.  Jan.  5,  '65.  Died  Feb.  7,  '87,  Manchester.  (Rec- 
ord, Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  506.) 

Surgeon  William  A.  Webster  was  the  son  of  William  G. 
and  Susan  A.  Webster,  and  was  born  in  the  town  of  Roches- 
ter, N.  H.,  June  13,  1830.  His  early  education  was  received 
at  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  completed  at  the 
State  Normal  School  in  Bridgewater,  Mass.  In  1853, — three 
years  after  his  removal  to  ]\Ianchester, — he  was  appointed  prin- 
cipal of  one  of  the  grammar  schools  and  served  in  this  capacity 
eight  years.  In  the  mean  time  he  had  given  some  attention 
to  the  study  of  medicine  under  the  direction  of  the  late  Dr. 
William  D.  Buck  of  ^Manchester,  and  for  the  completion  of 
this  course  he  matriculated  at  the  Long  Island  College  Hos- 
pital, from  which  he  graduated  in  1862.  During  the  following 
summer  he  was  appointed  surgeon  of  the  Ninth  Regiment 
New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  which,  a  few  days  later,  left  for 
the  seat  of  war  and  was  engaged  in  its  first  action  at  the  battle 
of  South  Mountain  in  September,  1862.  Dr.  Webster  re- 
mained with  his  regiment  until  the  spring  of  1864,  when  he 
was  appointed  chief  surgeon,  or  medical  director,  of  the  Second 
Division  of  the  Ninth  Army  Corps,  which  position  he  held  for 
something  over  a  year,  when  ill  health  compelled  him  to 
resign  and  return  to  the  North.  Immediately  upon  his  arrival 
in  Manchester,  he  was  appointed  surgeon  in  the  military  hos- 
pital of  that  city,  where  he  served  until  it  was  discontinued 
by  reason  of  the  close  of  the  war. 

He  then  located  in  Groveton,  Mass.,  where  he  remained  in 
practice  three  years.  From  Groveton  he  removed  to  Westford, 
^Ia.ss.,  where  he  followed  his  professional  work  for  ten  years. 
In  the  spring  of  1878  he  returned  to  Manchester,  where  he 
was  actively  engaged  in  professional  work  as  long  as  his  health 
permitted. 


118  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE  REBELLION. 

He  was  for  several  years  a  member  of  the  board  of  United 
States  pension  examiners,  the  late  Drs.  How  and  Wilkins  being 
his  associates.  For  a  long  time  he  was  interested  in  educational 
matters,  having  been  a  member  of  the  city  school  board  for 
many  years  in  succession.  At  the  time  of  his  death  was  con- 
nected with  Lafayette  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Louis  Bell 
Post,  G.  A.  R. 

Dr.  Webster  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  Miss 
Mary  A.  Haime  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.  She  died  in  1855,  and  in 
August,  1858,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Marion  M.  Ladd  of 
Middlesex,  Vt. 

His  death  resulted  from  malaria,  which  he  contracted  during 
his  army  service  and  from  which  he  had  been  an  almost  con- 
stant sufferer  for  twenty  years.  Although  practically  an  in- 
valid, he  attended  to  practice  up  to  within  a  week  of  his 
death,  which  occurred  February  7,  1887. 


Francis  N.  Gibson,  M.  D. 

Lincoln,  Neb. 

Gibson,  Fbancis  N.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Londonderry,  Vt.;  age  23;  res. 
Alstead;  cred.  Alstead;  app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  6,  '62;  must,  in 
Aug.  6,  '62;  app.  Surg.  Jan.  18,  '65;  must,  out  June  10,  '65.  P.  O. 
ad.,  Lincoln,  Neb.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  478.) 

Surgeon  Francis  N.  Gibson,  now  a  resident  of  Lincoln,  Neb., 
was  born  in  Londonderry,  Vt.,  October  18,  1839.  He  was  the 
son  of  Reuel  and  Emily  (Barnard)  Gibson,  and  a  grandson 
of  Arrington  Gibson.  His  preliminary  education  was  ob- 
tained at  Burr  Seminary  of  Manchester  and  Ward  Seminary  of 
Westminster,  both  in  Vermont.  He  commenced  the  study  of 
medicine  at  Alstead,  N.  H.,  in  1858,  under  the  direction  of 
William  M.  French,  M.  D.,  and  Edward  E.  Phelps,  M.  D., 
LL.  D.  of  Windsor,  Vt. ;  taking  three  courses  of  lectures  at 
Dartmouth  Medical  College,  he  received  his  degree  from  the 
same  November  6,  1861,  and  became  assistant  physician  for 
the  Asylum  for  the  Insane  at  Concord,  N.  H.,  where  he  re- 
mained until  August  8,  1862,  when  he  was  commissioned  as- 
sistant surgeon  of  the  Ninth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers. 


NINTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEERS.  119 

He  became  a  resident  of  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  at  the  close 
of  the  war  and  remained  there  until  September,  1887,  when 
he  removed  to  Nebraska.  While  a  resident  of  New  Ipswich, 
he  represented  the  town  in  1871  and  '72;  was  United  States 
pension  examiner  in  that  district  from  1865  to  1887.  He 
published  in  the  Boston  Medical  and  Surgical  Journal  a  case 
of  "Fractures  of  Both  Femurs,  of  the  Left  Tibia  and  Fibula, 
of  the  Eight  Humerus  and  Right  Radius,  with  Right  Radio- 
Carpal  Dislocation  in  the  Same  Subject,  with  Recovery." 
This  report  can  be  found  in  Volume  CIV,  No.  3,  page  61,  of 
the  Boston  Medical  and  Surgical  Journal,  under  date  of 
January  20,  1881.  The  case  is  one  of  unusual  severity  in  con- 
sequence of  the  multiple  fractures,  and  the  fact  of  getting 
complete  recovery  with  non-impairment  of  motion  shows  the 
extraordinary  care  and  attention  given  her  by  the  surgeon 
and  friends. 

His  services  in  the  United  States  army  were  assistant  sur- 
geon. Ninth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  from  August  6,  1862, 
until  promoted  surgeon  of  the  same  regiment  January  18, 
1865,  remaining  as  surgeon  until  the  regiment  was  mustered 
out  of  ser\ace  June  10,  1865. 

Married,  November  23,  1867,  Mary  A.  Bellows  of  New  Ips- 
wich, N.  H.  Three  children  have  been  born,  namely:  Ellen 
C.  Gibson,  born  July  21,  1871,  at  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  died 
November  17,  1897,  at  Lincoln,  Neb. ;  the  other  two  children, 
Charles  Bellows  and  Charles  Osgood,  died  in  infancy  at  New 
Ipswich. 


John  S.  Emerson,  M.  D. 
See  Eighteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

TENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY, 


By  James  A.  Sanborn, 

Captain,  Tenth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteer  Infantry, 
and  Historian  of  the  Regiment. 

"The  regiment  was  organized  under  the  call  of  July  1, 
1862,  for  300,000  men.  One  company  was  recruited  at 
Nashua  and  vicinity;  one  at  Portsmouth;  one  at  Andover 
and  Wilmot ;  one  at  Farmington  and  Dover,  while  Manchester 
furnished  the  larger  part  of  six  companies.  Capt.  Michael 
T.  Donohoe,  then  an  officer  of  the  Third  New  Hampshire,  was 
appointed  colonel,  and  Hon.  John  Coughlin,  who  resigned 
his  seat  in  the  New  Hampshire  legislature  to  accept,  was  ap- 
pointed lieutenant-colonel.  Manchester  was  selected  as  the 
rendezvous  and  the  camp  was  named  'Camp  Pillsbury. ' 
Companies  began  to  arrive  on  the  twentieth  of  August,  and 
on  the  5th  of  September,  1862,  the  regiment  was  mustered 
into  the  service  of  the  United  States. 

"September  22  the  regiment  embarked  by  rail  and  arrived 
at  Washington  on  the  twenty-fifth;  en  route  one  man  was 
killed  and  several  injured  by  a  collision  of  trains  near  Bal- 
timore. 

4f;  4e;  ^  4t  %  ^ 

"October  26,  1864,  the  regiment  was  withdrawn  from  the 
works  and  moved  to  the  rear.  On  the  next  day  the  corps 
moved  to  the  Williamsburg  road.  Near  Fair  Oaks  the  rebels 
made  a  stand  but  were  driven  into  their  works.     The  Second 


TENTH   NEW    HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS.  121 

Brigade  charged  the  entrenchments  but  was  repulsed  with 
great  loss.  The  Tenth  went  into  the  fight  with  ten  officers 
and  one  hundred  and  twenty-four  men  and  came  out  with 
two  officers  and  twenty-five  men.  Many  were  captured  here 
and  afterwards  died  in  rebel  prison.  On  the  twenty-eighth 
the  troops  returned  to  the  vicinity  of  Fort  Harrison  (now 
called  Fort  Burnham),  where  the  winter  was  spent. 

"On  the  fourth  of  December  the  Tenth  was  assigned  to  the 
Second  Brigade  (Col.  Joseph  H.  Potter),  Third  Division  (Gen. 
J.  B.  Carr),  Twenty-fourth  Army  Corps  (Gen.  Alfred  H. 
Terry  commanding  during  the  absence  of  Gen.  E.  0.  C.  Ord). 
Gen.  Charles  Devens  subsequently  commanded  the  division. 
The  exposure  to  cold  and  frequent  and  extended  terms  of 
picket  duty  made  the  winter  one  of  hardship.  The  Tenth 
was  among  the  first  of  the  Union  regiments  to  enter  Rich- 
mond on  the  3d  of  April,  1865.  Following  this,  it  remained 
in  Manchester,  opposite  Richmond^  doing  provost  duty.  On 
the  twenty-first  of  June  it  was  mustered  out  of  the  United 
States  service,  and  the  next  day,  with  the  Twelfth  and  Thir- 
teenth New  Hampshire,  started  for  home,  arriving  at  Concord 
on  the  twenty-seventh,  and  was  paid  on  the  first  of  July. 
The  record  of  the  regiment  is  one  of  brave  deeds  and  heroic 
sacrifices.  No  regiment  fought  more  bravely  or  discharged 
more  faithfully  the  duty  which  devolved  upon  it. ' ' 

ASSIGNMENTS. 

"The  Tenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  was  attached  to 
Casey's  Division,  Defenses  of  Washington,  September  27  to 
30,  1862;  First  Brigade,  Third  Division,  Ninth  Army  Corps, 
October  7,  1862;  Getty's  Divi.sion,  Department  of  Virginia, 
March  13,  1863;  Getty's  Division,  Department  of  Virginia 
and  North  Carolina,  July  18,  1863 ;  for  a  time  the  regiment 
was  attached  to  the  Third  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Seventh 
Army  Corps,  Department  of  Virginia  and  North  Carolina; 
Heckman's  Division,  Department  of  Virginia  and  North  Caro- 
lina,   January   — ,    1864;    Second    Brigade,    First    Division, 


122  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Eighteenth  Array  Corps,  April  22,  1864;  Second  Brigade^ 
Third  Division,  Twenty-fourth  Army  Corps,  December  4, 
1864." 

The  engagements  in  which  the  Tenth  New  Hampshire  par- 
ticipated, all  of  which  were  in  Virginia,  will  give  the  reader 
a  fairly  clear  idea  of  the  work  of  its  surgeons. 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

White  Sulphur  Springs,  Va.,  November  15,  1862. 

Fredericksburg,  Va.,  December  13,  1862. 

Siege  of  Suffolk,  Va.,  April  11  to  May  4,  1863. 

Hill's  Point,  Va.,  April  19,  1863. 

Littlepage's  Bridge,  Va.,  July  4,  1863. 

Port  Walthall,  Va.  (Richmond  and  Petersburg  Railroad), 
May  7,  1864. 

Swift  Creek,  Va.,  May  9,  1864. 

Proctor's  and  Kingsland  Creeks,  Va.,  May  12,  13,  1864. 

Drewry's  Bluff,  Va.,  May  14-16,  1864. 

Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  1-12,  1864. 

Battery  Five,  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  15,  1864. 

Petersburg,  Va.,  (assault  by  Companies  A,  E,  K)  June 
16,  1864. 

Siege  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  16  to  August  27,  1864. 

Mine  Explosion,  Petersburg,  Va.,  July  30,  1864. 

Fort  Harrison,  Va.,  capture  of,  September  29,  1864. 

Fort  Harrison,  Va.,  defense  of,  September  30,  1864. 

Fair  Oaks,  Va.,  October  27,  1864. 

Richmond,  Va.,  occupation  of,  April  3,  1865. 

surgeons. 
John  Ferguson,  M.  D.,  Horatio  N.  Small,  M.  D. 

assistant  surgeons. 

Henry  J.  Harwood,  ]\I.  D.,      Albert  Plummer,  M.  D., 
Thomas  R.  Clement,  M.  D.,     John  Haynes,  M.  D., 

WlLLL\M    W.    WiLKINS,    M.    D. 


TENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  123 

TENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


John  Ferguson,  M.  D. 

Manchester,  N.  H. 

Febgusox,  John.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Ireland;  age  30;  res.  Manchester; 
app.  Surg.  Aug.  7,  '62;  must,  in  Aug.  7,  '62;  resigned  Aug.  15,  '63. 
P.  O.  ad.,  Manchester.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  528.) 

"Surgeon  John  Ferguson,  a  resident  of  Manchester,  was 
born  in  Ireland  in  1829,  son  of  David  and  Catherine  Fergu- 
son. He  received  his  English  and  classical  education  from  the 
order  of  Jesuits,  of  which  his  uncle,  Charles  Ferguson,  was 
president.  After  completing  his  medical  and  surgical  studies 
in  Ireland,  he  obtained  a  position  as  surgeon  on  an  Atlantic 
mail  steamer.  Those  in  the  old  country  had  then  but  a  crude 
idea  of  the  United  States  and  Dr.  Ferguson's  first  visit  to 
New  York  surprised  and  pleased  him  greatly.  Visiting  one 
of  the  medical  colleges,  he  went  to  the  dissecting  room,  always 
a  favorite  place  with  him,  and  introduced  himself  to  the 
students,  then  at  work  upon  a  cadaver.  Venturing  some 
criticisms  and  suggestions  upon  their  work,  which  they  took 
with  perfect  good  nature,  he  was  overheard  by  the  demon- 
strator, who  questioned  him  in  regard  to  himself  and  offered 
him  the  position  of  assistant  demonstrator  should  he  decide 
to  settle  in  the  States.  His  contract  with  the  steamer  expiring 
soon  after,  Dr.  Ferguson  took  this  position  and  afterwards 
became  post-mortem  examiner  for  the  coroners  of  New  York. 
He  remained  in  this  capacity  until  the  civil  war  began,  when 
he  became  surgeon  of  a  New  York  regiment  and  went  to  the 
front.  Later  he  served  in  the  same  capacity  in  the  Tenth 
New  Hampshire  Regiment.  His  heath  partially  failing  in 
a  year  or  more,  he  resigned,  and,  removing  to  ]\Ianchester, 
he  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  that  city  and 
has  since  remained  there."  (Men  of  Progress  in  New  Hamp- 
shire, '98.) 


124  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

"Dr.  John  Fer^son,  one  of  Manchester's  oldest  physicians 
and  the  oldest  Irish  doctor  of  the  city,  died  at  his  home,  245 
Merrimack  street,  April  6,  1901,  of  paresis,  after  an  illness 
covering  a  period  of  more  than  two  years.  Notwithstanding 
his  long  physical  affliction,  he  was  able  to  be  out,  having 
been  confined  to  his  bed  but  two  days  before  his  demise. 

' '  John  Ferguson  was  born  in  Rathkeale,  county  of  Limerick, 
Ireland,  October  28,  1829.  His  ancestors  were  Scotch,  who 
settled  in  the  north  of  Ireland  and  were  engaged  generally 
in  the  linen  manufacture.  His  grandfather  moved  to  the 
south  of  Ireland,  became  a  merchant  in  Rathkeale,  and  reared 
a  family  of  five  sons  and  two  daughters.  Four  of  the  sons 
chose  the  learned  professions  of  law,  divinity  and  medicine, 
one  of  them  becoming  judge  for  the  southern  district  of 
Ireland. 

"Dr.  Ferguson  was  the  eldest  of  four  children.  He  was 
instructed  by  a  private  tutor  in  his  early  age  and  received  his 
classical  education  from  the  order  of  Jesuits,  of  which  his 
uncle,  Charles  Ferguson,  was  president.  He  graduated  in 
1847  and  then  immediately  commenced  the  study  of  medi- 
cine with  his  uncle.  Dr.  Philip  O'Hanlon,  in  Rathkeale,  and 
in  1850  was  graduated  from  the  Hall  of  Apothecaries  in 
Dublin.  His  continued  association  with  his  uncle  enabled  him 
to  acquire  a  practical  knowledge  of  medicine,  surgery,  phar- 
macy and  dispensary  practice.  Some  time  afterwards  he  ac- 
cepted a  position  as  surgeon  on  an  Atlantic  mail  steamer. 

"Those  in  the  old  country  had  but  a  crude  idea  of  the 
United  States,  and  Dr.  Ferguson's  first  visit  to  New  York 
surprised  and  pleased  him  greatly.  While  engaged  as  sur- 
geon on  the  boat,  he  became  associated  with  many  distin- 
guished persons  among  the  traveling  public  and  made  many 
valuable  friends. 

"In  1861  he  came  to  Manchester,  being  the  firet  Irish  phy- 
sician to  settle  here,  and  shortly  afterwards  Governor  Berry 
appointed  him  surgeon  of  the  Tenth  New  Hampshire  Volun- 
teers.    He  left  for  the  front  with  his  regiment  in  the  fall  of 


TENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  125 

1862.  During  his  residence  in  New  York  lie  was  surgeon 
on  the  staff  of  Colonel  Corcoran  of  the  famous  Sixty-ninth 
Regiment,  and  saw  service  in  the  quarantine  riots  of  Staten 
Island,  which  fitted  him  all  the  better  to  fill  the  position  of 
brigade  surgeon  during  the  civil  war. 

' '  Near  the  close  of  the  Rebellion  he  returned  to  Manchester, 
where  he  built  up  a  large  and  lucrative  practice.  He  w^as 
elected  to  the  legislature  in  1881.  Dr.  Ferguson  was  -a  mem- 
ber of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  and,  up  to  the 
time  of  his  illness,  stood  high  among  his  professional  brethren 
as  a  skilful  practitioner. 

"In  1861  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Eleanora  Hughes 
of  New  York  City,  who  belonged  to  an  old  and  wealthy  fam- 
ily. Four  children  were  born,  three  of  whom,  with  his  widow, 
survive.  They  are  Mrs.  W.  H.  Goggin,  Miss  Mary  C.  Fer- 
guson and  Dr.  John  D.  Ferguson.  One  grandson,  Alfred  W. 
Goggin,  two  sisters,  Mrs.  Anna  McCarthy  of  Staten  Island, 
N.  Y.,  and  Mrs.  Katherine  Merrick  of  Brookljm,  N.  Y.,  and 
two  brothers,  William  Ferguson  of  Paterson,  N.  J.,  and 
Charles  Ferguson  of  Orange,  N.  J.,  also  survive."  (Man- 
chester Union,  April  8,  1901.) 


Horatio  Nelson  Small,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Portland,  Me. 

(10  N.  H.  V.) 

Small,  Horatio  N.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Buxton,  Me.;  age  23;  res.  Lan- 
caster; app.  Surg.  Aug.  20,  'G3;  must,  in  to  date  Aug.  20,  '63;  must, 
out  June  21,  '65.  Died  Dec.  28,  '86,  Portland,  Me.  See  13  and  17 
N.  H.  V.     (Record,  AyUng's  Register,  1895,  p.  547.) 

(13  N.  H.  V.) 

Small,  Horatio  N.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Buxton,  Me.;  age  23;  res.  Lan- 
caster; app.  Asst.  Surg.  April  16,  '63;  must,  in  May  7,  '63;  disch. 
Aug.  27,  '63,  to  accept  promotion.  See  10  and  17  N.  H.  V.  (Record 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  684.) 

(17  N.  H.  V.) 

Small,  Horatio  N.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Buxton,  Me.;  age  23;  res.  Lan- 
caster; app.  Asst.  Surg.  Nov.  4,  '62;  must,  in  Nov.  14.  '62;  must, 
out  April  16,  '63.  See  10  and  13  N.  H.  V.  (Record,  Ayling's  Regis- 
ter, 1895,  p.  799.) 


126  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Surgeon  Small  was  born  in  Buxton,  Me.,  November  10,  1839, 
and  was  the  son  of  Eichard  and  Abbie  A.  (Jose)  Small.  His 
parents  moved  to  Guildhall,  Vt.,  while  he  was  very  young, 
where  he  received  a  common  school  education,  which  was 
supplemented  by  the  advantages  of  attending  the  academies 
at  Lancaster,  N.  H.,  and  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.  He  commenced 
his  professional  education  with  Dr.  John  W.  Barney  at  Lan- 
caster, and  attended  medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth  Medical 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  M.  D.  in  the  class  of 
1863. 

Horatio  Small  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Thir- 
teenth Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  April  16,  1863, 
and  was  discharged  to  accept  promotion  August  27,  1863.  He 
was  then  commissioned  surgeon  of  the  Tenth  Regiment  New 
Hampshire  Volunteers,  being  mustered  in  to  date  August  20, 
1863,  and  was  discharged  when  the  regiment  was  mustered 
out  June  21,  1865,  his  last  service  being  acting  brigade  sur- 
geon of  the  Eighteenth  and  Twenty-fourth  Army  Corps. 

Soon  after  being  mustered  out  of  the  United  States  service 
in  1865,  he  located  in  Portland,  Me.,  where  he  remained  until 
his  death,  December  29,  1886.  He  built  up  a  large  and  in- 
creasing practice  in  Portland,  became  connected  with  the 
Maine  General  Hospital,  being  attending  physician  on  house 
staff  from  1870  until  his  death;  was  instructor  of  obstetrics 
in  the  Portland  School  of  Medicine  from  1874  until  his  death. 
In  1879  he  published  a  pamphlet  on  ''The  Use  of  Obstetrical 
Forceps,"  and  in  1882  another  paper  on  "How  Obstetrical 
Forceps  should  be  Used."  He  was  surgeon-general  on  the 
staff  of  Governor  Connor;  a  member  of  the  United  States 
Pension  Examining  Board  from  1866  to  1885,  and  was  a 
prominent  Mason,  being  a  member  of  Greenleaf  Chapter, 
Portland  Council,  Portland  Commandery  and  the  Maine  Con- 
sistory. 

His  death  was  sincerely  mourned  by  the  profession  in  Port- 
land and  a  special  meeting  of  the  local  society  was  called, 
which  unanimously  passed  resolutions  of  confidence  and  re- 


TENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  127 

spect,  from  which  the  following  is  selected,  that  is  a  record 
to  which  his  descendants  can  point  with  pride,  as  it  ex- 
presses an  ideal  of  citizenship,  patriotism  and  honor : 

**In  every  position  of  trust  and  responsibility  to  which  he 
was  called — as  army  officer,  examiner  of  pensioners,  teacher, 
practitioner,  husband,  citizen — his  conduct  was  marked  by 
the  qualities  which  ever  distinguish  a  pure,  noble  and  exem- 
plary life." 

Married,  November  27,  1862,  Harriet,  daughter  of  Charles 
C.  and  Flora  W.  Newell  of  East  Burke,  Vt. 

No  children. 


Henry  J.  Harwood,  M.  D. 

Habwood,  Henby  J.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Lowell,  Mass.;  age  25;  res.  Salem; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  19,  '62;  must,  in  Aug.  19,  '62.  Died,  dis. 
March  17,  '63,  Suffolk,  Va.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p. 
532.) 

No  further  record  has  been  obtained. 


Thomas  Runnells  Clement,  M.  D. 
Osterville,    Mass. 

(State    Service.) 

Clement,  Thomas  R.  Milford  Volunteers;  b.  Landaff;  age  38;  res. 
Mont  Vernon;  enl.  April  25,  '61,  as  Muse;  disch.  July  12,  '61,  as 
of  Capt.  George  H.  Gillis'  Co.,  Ft.  Constitution;  re-enl.  July  22, 
'61,  for  3  yrs.;  paid  as  Priv.  to  Oct.  12,  '61,  as  of  Capt.  James 
Davidson's  Co.  P.  O.  ad.,  Osterville,  Mass.  See  8,  10  and  18  N. 
H.  V.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1202.) 

(8  N.  H.  V.) 

Clethent,  Thomas  R.  Co.  B;  b.  Landaff;  age  38;  res.  Mont  Ver- 
non; enl.  July  22,  '61;  must,  in  Dec.  26,  '61,  as  Priv.;  disch.  disab. 
July  5,  '62;  CarroUton,  La.  P.  O.  ad.,  Osterville,  Mass.  See  10 
and  18  N.  H.  V.  and  State  Service.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  416.) 

(10  N.  H.  V.) 

Clement,  Thomas  R.  Co.  A;  substitute;  b.  Landaff;  age  40;  res. 
Mason;  cred.  Mason;  enl.  Oct.  6,  '63;  must,  in  Oct.  6,  '63,  as  Priv.; 


128  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

app.  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  26,  '63;  disch.  disab.  Sept.  17,  '64.  P.  O.  ad., 
Osterville,  Mass.  See  8  and  18  N.  H.  V.  and  State  Service.  (Rec- 
ord, Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  523.) 

(18  N.  H.  V.) 

Clement,  Thomas  R.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Landaff;  age  41;  res.  Mont  Ver- 
non; app.  Asst.  Surg.  Jan.  18,  '65;  declined  appointment  Mar.  28, 
'65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Osterville,  Mass.  See  8  and  10  N.  H.  V.  and  State 
Service.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  808.) 

Surgeon  Clement  was  born  in  Landaff,  N.  H.,  March  19, 
1823,  and  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Runnells  and  Betsey  (Peck- 
ett)  Clement  and  a  grandson  of  Richard  Clement.  His  pre- 
liminary education  was  received  in  the  common  schools  and 
in  Tyler  Academy;  no  college  course.  His  professional  edu- 
cation Avas  commenced  about  1846  at  Tilton,  N.  H.,  under  the 
direction  of  ]\lark  R.  Woodbury,  M.  D.,  and  Samuel  G.  Dear- 
born, M.  D.,  late  of  Nashua,  N.  H.  He  attended  medical  lec- 
tures at  Dartmouth  Medical  College  and  also  at  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  Vermont  at  Burlington,  grad- 
uating from  the  latter  in  June,  1863.  He  located  at  Mason,  N. 
H.,  in  1865,  in  the  practice  of  medicine,  where  he  remained 
for  six  months;  was  at  Enfield,  N.  H.,  four  years  and  has 
been  in  Barnstable  twenty-five  years.  Is  a  member  of  Barn- 
stable District  IMedical  Society  and  also  of  the  Massachusetts 
Medical  Society.  Is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic  and  chairman  of  the  board  of  health. 

Surgeon  Clement's  army  service  commenced  April  25,  1861, 
when  he  enlisted  as  musician  in  the  Milford  Volunteers;  dis- 
charged July  12,  1861,  and  July  22,  1861,  he  enlisted  as  pri- 
vate in  the  Eighth  New  Hampshire  Regiment,  where  he  served 
until  October,  1863,  when  he  was  discharged  from  the  Eighth 
to  become  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Tenth  New  Hampshire,  and 
was  discharged  from  the  same  September  17,  1864,  to  accept 
a  promotion  to  surgeon  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
fourth  United  States  Colored  Troops;  afterwards  he  was 
acting  assistant  surgeon,  serving  in  Preedman's  Bureau  and 
having  charge  of  the  Freedman's  Hospital  at  Savannah,  Ga., 
and  closing  his  work  in  the  United  States  service  October, 
1868. 


TENTH   NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  129 

It  seems  that  at  the  time  he  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon 
of  the  Eighteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  he  was  serving 
as  surgeon  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fourth  United 
States  Colored  Troops,  and  chose  to  remain  rather  than  to 
resign  and  accept  a  new  appointment. 

Surgeon  Clement  became  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society  in  1872. 

Married   Juliett  M.  Hartshome,  May  2,  1855. 

One  child,  Lizzie  Prince  Clement. 

Died,  Sept.  18,  1898,  at  Osterville,  Mass. 


Albert  Plummer,  M.  D. 
Racine,  Mower  County,  Minn. 

Plummeb,  Aibert.  Co.  A;  b.  Auburn;  age  21;  res.  Auburn;  cred. 
Auburn;  enl.  Aug.  8,  '62;  must,  in  Aug.  20,  '62,  as  Priv.;  app.  Hosp. 
Steward  Aug.  11,  '64,  to  date  July  1,  '64;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Jan.  4, 
'65;  must,  out  June  21,  '65.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p. 
543.) 

Surgeon  Plumer  was  bom  in  Auburn,  N.  H.,  September  7, 
1840,  and  was  the  son  of  Nathan  and  Mehitable  (Dinsmore) 
Plummer,  a  grandson  of  Nathan  Plummer,  who  served  in  a 
New  Hampshire  regiment  during  the  war  for  independence, 
and  was  wounded  during  that  war.  He  served  under  General 
Stark  and  was  enrolled  from  Londonderry. 

Surgeon  Plummer  received  his  preliminary  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  Roclringham  county  and  fitted  for  col- 
lege at  Kimball  Union  Academy  at  Meriden,  N.  H.  He  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  in  Auburn  in  1862  under  the 
direction  of  his  father.  Dr.  Nathan  Plummer.  He  attended 
medical  lectures  at  the  medical  department  of  Dartmouth 
College  and  also  at  the  medical  department  of  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, graduating  from  the  latter  in  June,  1867.  Enlisted 
Augu.st  8,  1862,  in  Company  A  of  the  Tenth  New  Hampshire 
Regiment.  He  did  full  duty  as  a  private  until  detailed  as 
acting  hospital  steward  during  the  summer  of  1863.  Appointed 
hospital  steward  August  11,  1864.     This  was  to  date  from 


130  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

July  1,  1864,  for  the  reason  that  he  had  been  doing  duty  in 
the  hospital  department  for  many  months  prior  to  receiving 
the  appointment  of  hospital  steward.  Dr.  Plummer  was  act- 
ing as  assistant  surgeon  most  of  the  time  from  August,  1864, 
until  January  4,  1865,  when  he  received  the  appointment  of 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  Tenth  New  Hampshire,  and  was  on 
duty  with  that  regiment  with  the  exception  of  the  months  of 
February  and  March,  1865,  when  he  was  on  detached  duty  at 
Point  of  Rocks  Hospital,  until  mustered  out  of  the  service 
June  21,  1865.  It  will  be  noticed  that  he  was  appointed  as- 
sistant surgeon  before  he  received  his  degree  in  medicine. 
This  was  not  uncommon  during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
as  many  men,  having  commenced  the  study  of  medicine,  passed 
through  the  hospital  department,  and  after  ha\dng  passed  an 
examination  before  an  army  board  organized  for  that  pur- 
pose. Dr.  Plummer  received  a  commission  as  assistant  surgeon 
of  the  Tenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers. 

After  graduating  at  the  medical  department  of  Bowdoin 
College,  he  removed  to  Racine,  Slower  county,  Minn.,  where 
he  has  been  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  for  more  than 
thirty  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Fillmore  Medical  So- 
ciety as  well  as  the  Southern  ^Minnesota  Medical  Society; 
was  a  member  of  the  Minnesota  legislature  in  the  years  1882 
and  1883;  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
Masonic  and  Odd  Fellows  fraternities. 

Married,  October  10,  1872,  Isabelle  Steere. 

Children  :  Henry  S.  and  William  A.  Plummer. 


r^  ■  John  Haynes,  M.  D. 

(  ■■  • 

rr  Late  of  Londonderry,  N.  H. 

(2  N.  H.  V.) 

Haynes,  John.  Co.  K;  b.  Newbury;  age  31;  enl.  May  21,  '61;  must, 
in  June  8,  '61,  as  Priv.;  disch.  disab.  Aug.  7,  '61,  Washington,  D. 
C.  Supposed  identical  with  John  Haynes,  F.  and  S.,  10  N.  H.  V. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  56.) 


TENTH    NEW   HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS.  131 

(10  N.  H.  V.) 

Hatxes,  Johx.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Newbury;  age  31;  res.  Londonderry; 
app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  1,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  9,  '62;  resigned  July 
6,  '63.  Died  May  3,  74,  Londonderry.  Supposed  identical  with  John 
Haynes,  Co.  K,  2  N.  H.  V.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p. 
532.) 

Surgeon  Haynes  was  born  December  9,  1830,  in  Newbury, 
and  was  the  son  of  James  and  Sally  (Clark)  Haynes.  He 
received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools 
and  at  Colby  Academy,  New  London.  His  professional  edu- 
cation commenced  in  1851  under  the  direction  of  the  late  S. 
M.  Whipple,  M.  D.,  of  New  London,  and  was  continued  by 
attending  two  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  Woodstock,  Vt., 
and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  same  in  1855.  This  was 
at  a  period  when  the  Woodstock  Medical  College  enjoyed  the 
distinction  of  having  a  distinguished  corps  of  teachers,  among 
whom  were  Prof.  Alonzo  Clark  of  New  York,  E.  M.  Moore 
of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Henry  Childs  of  Massachusetts  and  B. 
Rush  Palmer  of  Vermont. 

Dr.  Haynes  first  located  in  the  practice  of  medicine  at 
Washington,  N.  H.,  and  removed  to  Londonderry  in  1860, 
which  was  his  residence  the  remaining  years  of  his  life.  He 
was  a  good  citizen,  respected  by  all,  and  enjoyed  the  confidence 
of  the  profession  and  his  patrons. 

His  military  record  commenced  as  a  private  in  Company 
K  of  the  Second  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  but  ill  health 
compelled  his  discharge  after  a  few  months'  service.  In 
1862  he  received  the  appointment  of  assistant  surgeon  of  the 
Tenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  which  position  he  held 
until  July  6,  1863,  when  ill  health  compelled  him  to  resign. 
During  his  service  he  was  on  detached  hospital  duty  a  con- 
siderable portion  of  the  time.  This  was  in  consequence  of  his 
delicate  health. 

March  10,  1863,  he  was  ordered  by  Medical  Director  Gil- 
bert of  the  Department  of  Virginia  to  report  for  duty  at  the 
Chesapeake  General  Hospital.  The  order  was  dated  at  For- 
tress Monroe  and  the  Chesapeake  General  Hospital  was  lo- 


132  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE  REBELLION. 

cated  on  the  beautiful  grounds  of  the  present  Soldiers'  Home. 
April  11,  1863,  he  was  ordered  by  the  same  medical  director 
to  report  to  Surgeon  Blaney  for  duty  at  Norfolk,  Va.  In 
■June  of  the  same  year  he  was  in  charge  of  the  Balfour  General 
Hospital,  where  he  remained  until  by  reason  of  ill  health  he 
was  obliged  to  resign. 

He  returned  to  Londonderry  and  after  a  time  was  able  to 
resume  his  professional  labors,  but  he  was  always  in  feeble 
health  and  therefore  was  unable  to  endure  but  a  small  part  of 
the  arduous  duties  of  the  country  physician. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  and  a  fraternal 
member  of  the  Masonic  order,  being  a  member  of  Harmony 
Lodge  of  Hillsborough. 

Died  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  May  3,  1874,  aged  43  years. 

Married,  first,  in  1855,  Miss  Mary  M.  Morse  of  Newbury, 
N.  H.,  who  died  in  1869 ;  second,  July  3,  1871,  Almira  J.  An- 
derson of  Londonderry. 

No  children. 


William  W.  "Wilkins,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Manchester,  N.  H. 

(2  N.  H.  V.) 

WiLKiNS,  William  W.  Co.  I;  b.  Heuvelton,  N.  Y.;  age  30;  res.  Man- 
chester; enl.  May  9,  '61;  must,  in  June  7,  '61,  as  Priv. ;  disch. 
disab.  to  date  Sept.  28,  '61.  See  10  N.  H.  V.  and  U.  S.  N.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  94.) 

(U.  S.  Navy.) 

WiLKiNS,  William  W.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Heuvelton,  N.  Y.;  age 
31;  res.  Manchester;  app.  Act.  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  21,  '61;  served  on 
U.  S.  S.  "Shepard  Knapp";  resigned  Dec.  22,  '62.  See  2  N.  H.  V. 
and  10  N.  H.  V.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1177.) 

(10  N.  H.  V.) 

WiLKiNS,  William  W.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Heuvelton,  N.  Y.;  age  33;  res. 
Bedford;  app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  19,  '63;  must,  in  Sept.  11,  '63; 
resigned  July  21,  '64.  Died  Sept.  1,  1892,  Manchester.  See  2  N.  H. 
V.  and  U.  S.  N.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  551.) 


TENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  133 

Surgeon  Wilkins  was  born  in  the  town  of  DePeyster,  St. 
Lawrence  county,  N.  Y.,  June  17,  1829,  and  was  the  son 
of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (McMurphy)  Wilkins  of  London- 
derry, N.  H.  He  was  a  descendant  of  Rev.  Daniel  Wilkins, 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  town  of  Amherst  and  the  first 
settled  minister  over  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  that  town. 
His  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Archibald  McMurphy,  a  prom- 
inent resident  of  Londonderry. 

Dr.  Wilkins'  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the 
public  schools,  supplemented  by  academical  courses  at  Derry, 
N.  H.,  and  Fitchburg,  Mass.  His  professional  education  was 
under  the  direction  of  Drs.  E.  H.  Davis  and  S.  W.  Jones  of 
Manchester,  and  he  attended  medical  lectures  at  the  Ver- 
mont Medical  College,  Woodstock,  Vt.,  where  he  was  grad- 
uated in  June,  1855.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  located  in 
Henniker,  where  he  practiced  medicine  until  the  spring  of 
1861,  when  he  returned  to  Manchester  and  took  the  office 
vacated  by  Dr.  George  H.  Hubbard,  surgeon  of  the  Second 
New  Hampshire  Regiment.  He  remained  here  only  a  few 
months,  and  May  9,  1861,  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  I 
of  the  Second  New  Hampshire  Regiment.  He  remained  with 
the  regiment  until  September  28,  1861,  vrhen  he  was  dis- 
charged to  accept  promotion.  October  21,  1861,  he  was  ap- 
pointed acting  assistant  surgeon.  United  States  Navy,  and 
assigned  to  duty  on  the  U.  S.  S.  "Shepard  Kaiapp."  During 
his  service  with  the  Second  New  Hampshire  he  was  with  the 
regiment  at  the  first  battle  of  Bull  Run.  While  in  the  navy, 
the  "Shepard  Knapp"  was  sent  to  the  West  Indies  to  cruise 
for  blockade  runners  and  for  privateers.  The  following  May 
the  ' '  Shepard  Knapp ' '  returned  to  New  York  and  after  taking 
necessary  stores  was  assigned  to  take  part  in  the  blockade  off 
Charleston,  S.  C.  The  summer  and  fall  of  1862  were  spent 
at  this  point  and  off  St.  Helena  Sound,  returning  to  New 
York  again  in  the  winter.  On  arriving  in  New  York,  Surgeon 
Wilkins  heard  of  the  death  of  his  daughter  and  of  the  dan- 
gerous illness  of  his  son.  As  his  ship  was  to  return  immediately 
to  the  blockade,  he  resigned  his  commission  and  came  home, 


134  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

and  soon  after  located  in  Bedford  and  resumed  the  practice 
of  medicine.  In  August,  1863,  he  was  commissioned  second 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  Tenth  New  Hampshire,  which  at  that 
time  was  encamped  at  Julius  Creek,  Va.  He  immediately 
joined  the  regiment  and  remained  in  Virginia  during  the  fall 
and  winter  months.  July  21,  1864,  his  health  having  failed, 
he  resigned  and  returned  to  New  Hampshire.  As  soon  as  he 
was  able,  he  resumed  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  the  town 
of  Bedford,  where  he  remained  for  eight  years,  and  then  re- 
moved to  Manchester  where  he  practiced  until  obliged  to  give 
up  work  on  account  of  his  health.  He  never  fully  recovered 
from  his  exposure  and  several  years  before  his  death  gave  up 
general  practice  and  devoted  himself  to  the  treatment  of  dis- 
eases of  the  eye. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  local  medical  society  of  Manchester ; 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  and  of  the  Louis  Bell 
Post,  No.  3,  G.  A.  R. ;  for  many  years  he  was  a  member  of 
the  board  of  pension  examiners  for  the  city  of  Manchester; 
was  the  first  Knight  of  Honor  in  the  state  of  New  Hampshire, 
being  a  charter  member  of  Alpha  Lodge,  of  Alpine  Lodge,  and 
for  many  years  was  medical  examiner  of  the  order.  He  was 
the  first  past  grand  dictator  of  New  Hampshire,  having  re- 
ceived that  honor  in  1876,  and  was  also  the  past  supreme 
representative.  He  was  a  member  of  Hillsborough  Lodge,  No. 
2,  I.  0.  0.  F.,  joining  that  order  in  1854,  and  was  also  a 
member  of  Washington  Lodge,  No.  61,  F.  and  A.  M.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  New  England  Provident  Association  at  Con- 
cord and  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
having  read  several  valuable  papers  before  that  body. 

Married,  August  5,  1852,  Miss  Persis  L.  Morse,  daughter  of 
Johnson  Morse  of  Manchester.  He  is  survived  by  one  daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  C.  H.  Carroll  of  Concord,  and  a  brother.  Rev.  Elijah 
R.  Wilkins,  who  was  chaplain  of  the  Fifth  New  Hampshire 
and  is  now  chaplain  of  the  state  prison. 

Surgeon  Wilkins  died  in  Manchester,  September  1,  1892. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

ELEVENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


By  Leaxder  W.  Cogswell, 

Captain  and  Historian  of  the  Eleventh  Regiment  New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteer  Infantry. 

"The  Eleventh  New  Hampshire  Regiment  of  Volunteer  In- 
fantry was  recruited  in  August,  1862,  under  the  call  of  Presi- 
dent Abraham  Lincoln  of  July,  1862,  for  300,000  men  for 
three  years.  The  field  and  staff  consisted  of  Col.  Walter  Har- 
riman,  ]\Iaj.  Moses  X.  Collins,  Adjt.  Charles  R.  Morrison,  Q. 
M.  James  F.  Briggs,  Surg.  Jonathan  S.  Ross,  Asst.  Surg.  John 
A.  Hayes,  Chaplain  Frank  A.  Stratton,  and  were  mustered 
into  the  service  of  the  United  States  September  2,  1862 ;  and  on 
the  ninth  of  the  same  month  Moses  N.  Collins  was  mustered 
as  lieutenant-colonel  and  Evarts  W.  Farr  was  mustered  as 
major. 

' '  The  several  companies  of  the  regiment  were  mustered  into 
the  service  from  August  28  to  September  3,  1862,  and  the 
officers  of  the  companies  received  their  commissions  September 

4,  1862.    The  regiment  consisted  of  1,006  officers  and  men." 

****** 

"March  22,  1864,  having  sent  the  sick  men  and  the  baggage 
North,  via  Chattanooga  and  Nashville, the  regiment  commenced 
its  return  march  over  the  mountains,  reaching  'Camp  Parke' 
April  1,  1864,  having  marched  175  miles  in  eleven  days  over 
the  woi'st  of  roads,  in  the  severest  weather,  carrying  all  their 
rations  and  equipments.  The  regiment  passed  through  Cin- 
cinnati April  3,  arriving  at  Annapolis,  ]\Id.,  April  7,  there 
rejoining  the  Ninth  Corps. 


136  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

''April  23  the  regiment  broke  camp  at  Annapolis  and  com- 
menced its  march  to  the  front,  passing  through  Washington 
the  twenty-fifth,  at  which  time  the  Ninth  Corps  was  reviewed 
by  President  Lincoln  and  Major-General  Burnside,  and  on 
May  6,  1864,  at  two  o'clock  in  the  morning,  the  regiment 
formed  a  line  of  battle  in  the  Wilderness. 

"From  this  time  until  the  war  ended,  the  regiment  par- 
ticipated in  all  the  marches,  skirmishes,  battles  and  sieges  of 
the  campaign,  and  on  April  3,  1865,  it  marched  into  Peters- 
burg with  colors  flying.  It  participated  in  the  pursuit  of 
General  Lee  and  his  army  and  after  the  surrender  it  was 
moved  to  City  Point,  fourth  of  April,  remaining  there  until 
the  twenty-fifth  of  April,  when  it  embarked  for  Alexandria, 
Va.,  which  place  it  reached  on  the  twenty-seventh;  partici- 
pated in  the  grand  review  in  Washington,  D.  C,  on  May  23 
and  24,  and  on  Sunday,  June  4,  1865,  it  was  mustered  out  of 
the  United  States  service  and  reached  Concord  June  7,  1865. 
At  Concord  the  regiment  was  paid  in  full  on  Saturday,  June 
10,  1865,  and  was  formally  discharged  from  the  service  that 
day,  having  been  in  the  service  two  years  and  nine  months. ' ' 

ASSIGNMENTS. 

"The  Eleventh  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  was  attached 
to  First  Brigade,  Casey's  Division,  Defenses  of  Washington, 
September  16  to  29,  1862;  Second  Brigade,  Second  Division, 
Ninth  Army  Corps,  October  6,  1862,  to  June  4,  1865." 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

White  Sulphur  Springs,  Va.,  November  15,  1862. 
Fredericksburg,  Va.,  December  13,  1862. 
Siege  of  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  June  15  to  July  4,  1863. 
Jackson,  Miss.,  July  10-17,  1863. 

Siege  of  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  November  17  to  December  4, 
1863. 

Strawberry  Plains,  Tenn.,  January  21,  1864. 
Wilderness,  Va.,  May  6,  1864. 


ELEVENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  137 

Spottsylvania.  Va.,  May  9-18,  1864. 
North  Anna  River,  Va.,  May  23-27,  1864. 
Totopotomoy,  Va.,  May  28,  31,  1864. 
Bethesda  Church,  Va.,  June  2,  3,  1864. 
Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  5-12,  1864. 

Siege  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  16,  1864,  to  April  3,  1865. 
Petersburg   (assault  at  the  Shand  House),  Va.,  June  17, 
1864. 

Mine  Explosion,  Petersburg,  Va.,  (assault)  July  30,  1864. 
Weldon  Railroad,  Va.,  August  18,  19,  21,  1864. 
Poplar  Springs  Church,  Va.,  September  30,  1864. 
Hatcher's  Run,  Va.,  October  27,  1864. 
Petersburg,  Va.,  April  1-3,  1865. 

SURGEONS. 

Jonathan  S.  Ross,  M.  D.,        John  A.  Hayes.  M.  D. 

ASSISTANT  SURGEONS. 

John  A.  Hayes,  M.  D.,  Dr.  Charles  M.  Jones, 

Edward  R.  Hutchins,  M.  D.,     John  C.  W.  Moore.  M.  D. 


ELEVENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


Jonathan  Smith  Ross,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Somersworth,  N.  H. 

Ross,  Jonathan  S.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Bath;  age  40;  res.  Somersworth; 
cred.  Somersworth;  app.  Surg.  Aug.  14,  '62;  must,  in  Aug.  22,  '62; 
disch.  disab.  Dec.  7,  '64;  died  Nov.  22,  '77,  Somersworth.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  590.) 

Surgeon  Ross  was  born  in  Li.sbon,  N.  H.,  April  12,  1822, 
and  was  the  son  of  Sanuiel  and  Fanny  Putnam  (Smith) 
Ross.  His  mother  was  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  Smith  of 
Bath,  N.  H.,  and  his  paternal  grandfather  was  Jonathan  Ross, 
who  emigrated  from  Scotland.    According  to  his  college  report. 


138  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

his  prelirainaiy  education  was,  "fitted  for  college  at  Holmes 
Academy,  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  under  those  eminent  educators, 
Rev.  S.  R.  Hall  and  T.  D.  P.  Stone,"  and  was  graduated  A.  B. 
from  Dartmouth  in  the  class  of  1843.  From  the  same  report 
we  learn  that  his  professional  education  w^as  commenced  at 
Littleton,  N.  H.,  in  1843,  Avith  Adams  Moore,  M.  D.  (Dart- 
mouth, 1822),  and  that  from  November,  1843,  to  October,  1844, 
he  was  with  Dr.  Timothy  Haynes  of  Concord  giving  a  portion 
of  his  time  to  dissections,  and  attended  medical  lectures  in 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  the  winters  of  1844  and 
'45. 

"Returning  to  New  England,  he  continued  his  studies  with 
Dr.  Moore  and  attended  his  second  course  of  lectures  at  Dart- 
mouth IVIedical  College  in  1845.  Returning  again  to  Phila- 
delphia in  October,  1845,  he  pursued  his  medical  studies 
there  and  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  in  April,  1846." 

He  first  located  in  Boston,  Mass.,  remaining  a  few  months. 
From  November,  1846,  to  the  autumn  of  1852,  he  was  in  Bath, 
N.  H.,  and  in  partnership  with  Dr.  John  French.  From  that 
period  until  1855  he  was  in  Rollinsford,  N.  H.  He  then 
went  to  Great  Falls  (now  Somersworth),  where  he  resided 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  November  22,  1877. 

He  was  appointed  surgeon  of  the  Eleventh  Regiment  New 
Hampshire  Volunteers,  August  14,  1862,  and  was  afterwards 
made  brigade  surgeon  of  the  Second  Brigade,  Second  Division, 
of  the  Ninth  Army  Corps  (Gen.  S.  G.  Griffin's  Brigade). 
In  1865  he  was  assigned  to  duty  at  the  post  hospital  in  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  although  he  had  been  mustered  out  of  active 
service  with  his  regiment  December  7,  1864,  the  reason  being 
given  as  physical  disability,  and  it  is  understood  that  he 
never  fully  recovered.  Surgeon  Ross  always  took  an  active 
interest  in  public  affairs,  being  for  two  years  a  member  of 
the  board  of  education  in  Somersworth,  and  represented  the 
town  of  Rollinsford  in  the  New  Hampshire  legislature  in  1855. 
He  was  an  active  society  man  in  college,  being  secretary  of 
the  Gamma  Sigma  Society. 


ELEVENTH    NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  139 

Married,  March  31,  1S47,  Martha  Ann  Brackett,  daughter 
of  Maj.  Aaron  Brackett  of  Littleton,  N.  H. 

One  child,  "Winfred  Smith  Ross,  born  December  3,  1865. 


John  Alfred  Hayes,  ^I.  D. 

Somersvv'orth,  N.  H. 

Hayes.  John  A.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Berwick,  Me.;  res.  Concord;  app. 
Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  26,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62;  app.  Surg.  Jan.  2, 
'65;  must,  out  June  4,  '65;  Bvt.  Lt.-CoL,  U.  S.  V.,  to  date  Mar.  13, 
'65,  for  faithful  and  meritorious  services.  P.  O.  ad..  Great  Falls. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  575.) 

John  A.  Hayes  was  born  in  Berwick,  Me.,  March  27,  1839, 
He  received  his  education  in  the  common  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town,  at  the  academy  in  Lebanon,  Me.,  and  the  New 
Hampton  (X.  H.)  Institution.  He  graduated  from  Dart- 
mouth Medical  College  in  the  autumn  of  1861  and  was  located 
at  the  Asylum  for  the  Insane  in  Concord  for  a  year  as  as- 
sistant physician.  He  was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon 
of  the  Eleventh  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  August  26,  1862, 
and  was  mustered  out  with  the  regiment  June  4,  1865.  He 
was  on  detached  service  a  good  portion  of  the  time  in  different 
hospitals  connected  with  the  Ninth  Army  Corps,  and  partici- 
pated in  all  the  battles  and  skirmishes  in  which  his  regiment 
was  engaged,  whether  with  the  regiment  or  otherwise,  and 
won  a  hitrh  reputation  as  a  physician  and  surgeon. 

After  leaAing  the  army  he  practiced  his  profession  for  three 
years  in  Biddeford,  Me.,  then  removed  to  Great  Falls,  N.  H., 
where  he  has  since  resided.  Was  a  member  of  the  New  Ilamp- 
.shire  Medical  Society,  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
and  examining  surgeon  for  pensions  from  1869  until  1890, 
and  town  physician  for  fifteen  years. 

He  was  brevetted  a  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  United  States 
Volunteers  March  13,  1865,  "for  faithful  and  meritorioiLS  ser- 
vice," upon  the  following  recommendation,  a  copy  of  which 
is  here  appended : 


140  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

"This  is  to  state  that  Dr.  John  A.  Hayes,  late  surgeon  of 
the  11th  N.  H.  Vols.,  served  for  a  year  under  my  immediate 
supervision,  in  connection  with  the  Depot  Field  Hospital  of 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac  at  Fredericksburg,  White  House 
and  City  Point,  and  that  he  finally  acted  as  executive  officer 
at  Burkeville,  Va. 

"He  was  a  first-rate  officer,  and  was  entrusted  with  most 
responsible  duties,  in  the  performance  of  which  he  was  most 
reliable  and  untiring.  I  cordially  recommend  him  as  deserv- 
ing the  brevet  of  lieutenant-colonel. 

"Ed.  B.  Dalton, 
"Late  Surg.  U.  S.  V.  Br't-Vol. 

''  {Formerly  in  charge  Depot  Field  Hospital,  Army  of  Po- 
tomac.) " 

Married,  March  11,  1869,  ISIary  A.  Eollins. 

Children :  Frederick  L.,  John  E.  R.,  Mary  and  Helen  L. 


Edward  R.  Hutchins,  M.  D. 
Des  Moines,   Iowa. 

(Miscel.  Organizations.) 

Hutchins,  Edward  R.  Co.  I,  1  Mass.  Inf.;  b.  Concord;  age  20;  res. 
Concord;  enl.  May  23,  '61,  for  3  yrs.;  must,  in  May  24,  '61,  as  Priv.; 
disch.  Aug.  31,  '61;  app.  Medical  Cadet,  U.  S.  A.,  Oct.  3,  '61,  to 
date  Aug.  30,  '61;  disch.  Aug.  21,  '62,  Washington,  D.  C.  P.  O. 
ad.,  Des  Moines,  la.  See  11  N.  H.  V.  and  U.  S.  Navy.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1057.) 

(11  N.  H.  V.) 

Hutchins,  Edward  R.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Concord;  age  21;  res.  Concord; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  2,  'G2;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62;  resigned  Dec. 
25,  '62.  P.  O.  ad.,  Des  Moines,  la.  See  U.  S.  N.  and  Miscel.  Organ- 
izations.    (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  577.) 

(U.  S.  Navy.) 

Hutchins,  Edward  R.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Concord;  age  21;  res. 
Concord;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  19,  '62;  served  on  U.  S. 
S.  "Port  Royal"  and  "Massachusetts";  disch.  Dec.  1,  '65.  P.  O.  ad., 
Des  Moines,  la.  See  11  N.  H.  V.  and  Miscel.  Organizations.  (Rec- 
ord, Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1133.) 

Surgeon  Hutchins  was  born  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  October  21, 
1841,  and  was  a  son  of  George  and  Sarah  (Tucker)  Hutchins, 
a  grandson  of  Abel  Hutchins  of  Concord,   N.   H.     He  re- 


ELEVENTH    NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  141 

ceived  his  preliminary  education  in  the  schools  of  Concord, 
at  New  Hampton,  N.  H.,  scientific  department  of  Dartmouth 
College  and  Williams  College,  Massachusetts,  He  commenced 
his  professional  education  in  1859  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
J.  P.  Bancroft  of  the  New  Hampshire  Asylum  for  the  Insane 
at  Concord,  N.  H.,  continuing  the  same  with  three  courses 
of  lectures  at  Harvard  and  Philadelphia,  and  was  graduated 
from  Jefferson  Medical  College  in  1866.  Commenced  the 
practice  of  medicine  in  Philadelphia,  remaining  there  for 
six  yeare.  Continued  practice  at  Ames,  la.,  two  years  and  at 
Des  Moines  three  years,  since  which  time  he  has  practically 
retired  from  the  practice  of  medicine,  giving  his  attention  to 
various  other  pursuits. 

He  has  devoted  considerable  time  to  literary  work;  con- 
tributed many  articles  to  medical  journals;  was  professor  of 
chemistry  at  the  Iowa  Agricultural  College  and  assistant  sec- 
retary of  the  Iowa  senate ;  commissioner  of  labor  statistics 
for  Iowa;  secretary  of  the  Iowa  senate;  commissioner  to  at- 
tend the  Atlanta  exposition ;  member  of  the  various  orders, 
and  commander  of  Post  No.  12,  G.  A.  R. 

His  military  service  was  that  of  private  soldier,  medical 
cadet,  assistant  surgeon  Eleventh  New  Hampshire,  acting  as- 
sistant surgeon  in  the  navy,  and  extended  over  a  period  from 
May  23,  1861,  to  December  5,  1865,  and  at  one  time  was  a 
special  agent  of  the  Interior  department  of  the  United  States 
government.  His  biographer  says:  "He  has  been  somewhat 
closely  identified  with  the  Republican  party,  always  taking 
an  interest  in  politics,  has  spoken  for  the  party  in  every 
county  in  the  state  of  Iowa,  as  well  as  in  ten  or  twelve  other 
states,  during  three  presidential  campaigns.  He  has  always 
been  an  active  worker  in  the  department  of  the  Grand  Army 
of  Iowa  and  has  made  many  addresses  at  Grand  Army  encamp- 
ments, state  and  national." 

Married,  April  5,  1897,  Mrs.  M.  C.  Smith  of  Philadelphia. 

Children,  four:  Sarah  Tucker,  George,  Jennie  Douglas  and 
Edward  Ridgeway  Hutchins. 

During  the  Spanish- American  War  he  served  in  Florida  and 
also  in  the  Philippines. 


142  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Dr.  Charles  Mortimer  Jones. 
Grand   Rapids,   Mich. 

Jones,  Charles  M.  Non-Com.  Staff;  b.  Great  Falls;  age  20;  res. 
Somersworth ;  cred.  Somersworth;  enl.  Aug.  17,  '62;  must,  in  Aug. 
30,  '62,  as  Hosp.  Steward;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Jan.  2,  '65;  must,  out 
June  4,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Muskegon,  Mich.  (Record,  Ayling's  Reg- 
ister, 1895,  p.  578.) 

Assistant  Surgeon  Jones  was  born  October  15,  1842,  at 
Great  Falls,  now  the  city  of  Somersworth,  N.  H.,  and  was  the 
son  of  Daniel  and  Harriet  Augusta  (Stanton)  Jones.  His 
preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  common  and  high 
schools  of  Somersworth,  and  he  commenced  his  professional 
education  with  Dr.  Jonathan  S.  Ross  of  Somersworth  in  1857. 
He  gave  his  attention  largely  to  Materia  Medica  and  for  twen- 
ty-five years  was  a  druggist  and  apothecary.  Did  not  grad- 
uate in  medicine  but  became  a  member  of  the  Eleventh  New 
Hampshire  at  the  age  of  twenty  years,  being  assigned  to  the 
position  of  hospital  steward  August  30,  1862.  January  2, 
1865,  upon  the  petition  of  the  officers  and  men  of  the  Eleventh 
Regiment,  he  was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon  and  remained 
with  the  regiment  until  mustered  out  June  4,  1865. 

About  eighteen  years  ago  he  went  West  and  engaged  in 
general  business,  largely  in  connection  with  railroads,  and  at 
the  time  of  the  publication  of  the  History  of  the  Eleventh 
Regiment  he  wrote  to  the  historian,  saying:  "I  like  the  life 
very  much;  it  is  more  like  the  army  life  than  anything  else." 

Married  Mercy  A.  Hill  and  has  three  children:  Bishop  M., 
Theodore  S.  and  Harriet  E. 


John  Calvin  Webster  Moore,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Concord,  N.  H. 

(2  N.  H.  V.) 

Moore,  John  C.  W.  Co.  B;  b.  Wells,  Me.;  age  24;  res.  Concord;  enl. 
May  27,  '61;  must,  in  June  1,  '61,  as  Priv.;  disch.  to  accept  pro- 
motion Feb.  21,  '63,  near  Falmouth,  Va.  P.  O.  ad.,  Concord.  See 
11  N.  H.  V.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  71.) 


ELEVENTH    NEW    HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS.  143 

(11  N.  H.  V.) 

Moore.  John  C.  W.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Wells,  Me.;  age  2G;  res.  Concord; 
app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  Jan.  3,  '63;  must,  in  Feb.  21,  '63;  disch.  Oct.  8, 
'64.  P.  O.  ad..  Concord.  See  2  N.  H.  V.  (Record,  Ayling's  Regis- 
ter, 1895,  p.  584.) 

John  C.  W.  Moore  was  born  at  Wells,  Me.,  January  30, 1837. 
Later,  his  father,  Dr.  E.  G.  INIoore,  was  an  eminent  physician 
of  Concord,  X.  H.,  and  his  mother,  Eliza  (Hidden)  Moore,  was 
a  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Hidden,  a  noted  divine  of  Tam- 
worth,  N.  H.  John  C.  W.  Moore  graduated  at  Yale  University 
in  1859  and  took  the  degree  of  M.  D.  at  Bowdoin  College, 
iMaine,  in  July,  1865.  He  was  a  medical  student  when  the 
war  broke  out  and  June  5,  1861,  he  was  mustered  into  the 
United  States  service  as  a  member  of  Company  B,  "Goodwin 
Rifles,"  Second  New  Hampshire  Volunteers;  was  detailed  to 
the  hospital  department  and  participated  in  all  of  the  cam- 
paigns of  the  Second  New  Hampshire.  He  was  at  Williams- 
burg and  on  the  Peninsula,  under  McClellan;  was  present  at 
the  Second  Bull  Run  and  Fredericksburg  battles  up  to  Jan- 
uary 3,  1863,  when,  upon  recommendation  of  all  the  officers 
of  the  gallant  Second  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  Governor 
Nathaniel  S.  Berry  commissioned  him  assistant  surgeon  of 
the  Eleventh  New  Hampshire  Volunteers.  He  joined  the 
regiment  in  ^larch,  18G3,  at  Baltimore,  Md.,  when  en  route 
to  Kentucky-.  He  participated  in  the  Mississippi  campaign 
in  the  summer  of  1863  and  accompanied  the  regiment  over 
the  Cumberland  mountains  in  October  following.  He  assisted 
in  organizing  the  Knoxville  Court  House  United  States  Hos- 
pital, had  charge  of  several  wards  and  was  highly  compli- 
mented by  Medical  Director  Shippen  for  his  executive  ability. 
He  was  one  of  the  surgeons  in  charge  of  1,000  convalescents 
of  the  Ninth  Army  Corps,  who  went  by  rail  from  Knoxville, 
Tenn.,  to  Annapolis,  Md.,  in  March,  1864.  Dr.  Moore  was 
an  assistant  surgeon  in  the  battles  of  the  Wilderness,  Spott- 
sylvania.  Cold  Harbor,  Mine  Explosion,  July  30,  1864,  and 
in  front  of  Petersburg,  Va.  He  was  detailed  to  take  charge 
of  the  sick  of  the  Ninth  Corps  army  train,  and  after  a  service 
of  three  years  and  three  months  resigned  October  8,  1864.  On 
leaving  the  service  he  practiced  his  profession  at  Andover  and 


144  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Manchester,  Mass.,  for  a  short  period  and  then  removed  to 
Concord,  N.  H.,  where  he  resided  until  his  death,  November 
29,  1897. 

Dr.  Moore  was  surgeon  of  E.  E.  Sturtevant  Post,  No.  2,  at 
the  time  of  his  death. 

"Sturtevant  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  adopted  the  following  resolu- 
tions upon  the  death  of  their  late  comrade  and  brother,  Dr. 
J.  C.  W.  Moore : 

"Whereas,  To  the  beat  of  the  drum  we  have  followed  an- 
other comrade  to  the  grave,  and  with  a  salute  of  musketry  we 
left  him  with  the  dead, 

"This  is  a  soldier's  tribute  to  a  dead  comrade — Dr.  J.  C.  W. 
Moore,  late  member  of  this  post.  His  association  with  the  Vet- 
erans' Club  and  his  devotion  to  the  post  was  such  a  source  of 
pleasure  and  satisfaction  to  him  that  he  could  faithfully  say, 
'I  have  loved  thy  habitation,'  for  to  him  it  was  home,  and 
family  and  friends,  and  here  he  found  that  sympathy  and  fra- 
ternal consideration  which  were  the  delight  of  his  latter  years. 

' '  His  position  on  the  medical  staff  of  the  army  brought  him 
in  close  contact  with  all  of  pain  and  horror  incident  to  war, — 
to  a  nature  far  too  sympathetic  for  this  duty,  and  under  this 
strain  his  health  became  shattered  beyond  the  possibility  of 
complete  repair. 

"He  sacrificed  his  early  manhood,  his  health,  his  opportu- 
nities, to  the  cause  of  home  and  country,  and  for  thirty  years 
thereafter  was  a  constant  sufferer  from  the  effects  of  faithful 
and  devoted  service  in  an  unfriendly  climate.  As  a  sympa- 
thetic and  helpful  soldier  and  comrade  let  us  remember  him. 
He  is  now  at  rest  in  a  patriot's  grave,  and  the  honors  and 
tributes  we  pay  our  dead  are  now  his. 

"As  a  mark  of  respect  let  the  colors  of  the  post  be  draped 
in  mourning  for  a  period  of  thirty  days.  Let  this  tribute  be 
entered  in  a  separate  page  of  the  journal  and  a  copy  thereof 
issued  to  his  bereaved  wife  and  daughter. ' ' 

Married  Fannie  S.  Hall. 
One  child,  Edith  Moore. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

TWELFTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


By  Asa  W.  Bartlett, 

Captain  and  Historian  of  the  Twelfth  Regiment  New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteers. 

' '  The  fact  that  this  regiment  sprang  into  potential  existence 
in  about  three  days  and  that  for  three  years,  lacking  only 
three  months,  it  served  in  the  armies  of  the  Potomac  and  the 
James,  where,  by  a  loss  of  more  than  one-third  of  its  members 
in  killed  and  wounded,  it  made  for  itself  a  record  of  valor 
and  sacrifice  unsurpassed,  if  equaled,  by  any  other  regiment 
of  infantry  in  the  Union  army,  is  convincingly  suggestive  to 
the  reader  how  inadequate  and  incomplete  must  be  the  brief 
skeleton  sketch  that  can  be  given  it  in  the  limited  space  allotted 
here. 

"To  the  memory  and  honor  of  Cols.  George  W.  Stevens 
and  Thomas  J.  Whipple  of  Laconia,  more  than  any  other  two 
or  ten  persons,  belongs  the  credit  of  raising  the  regiment — 
to  the  former  for  originating  the  idea  of  raising  it  in  Belknap 
county  and  adjoining  towns,  upon  certain  conditions  precedent 
to  be  granted  by  Governor  Berry,  provided  it  should  be 
ready  for  muster  within  ten  days;  and  to  the  latter,  assisted 
by  his  able  coadjutor,  for  his  great  and  successful  efforts,  as 
an  orator,  in  so  arousing  the  people  to  a  proper  sense  of  their 
duty  and  danger  as  to  raise  it  in  so  short  a  time. ' ' 

"May  2,  1863 — a  day  never  to  be  forgotten  by  a  survivor 
of  the  Twelfth — the  campaign  for  that  year  with  the  Array  of 

10 


146  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

the  Potomac  opened  with  terrible  earnestness  at  Chancellors- 
ville,  Va.,  where  the  regiment  suffered  severely,  being  the  last 
regiment  of  the  Third  Corps — which  bore  the  brunt  of  the 
fight — to  retreat,  and  leaving  nearly  all  its  officers  and  more 
than  half  of  the  men  dead  Or  wounded  on  the  field. 

"In  this  most  desperate  conflict,  of  the  five  hundred  and 
forty-nine  musket-bearers  who  went  into  the  fight,  only  two 
(so  far  as  the  writer,  after  long  and  diligent  search,  has  been 
able  to  find)  escaped  untouched.  Those  who  were  not  killed 
or  wounded  had  their  clothes,  blankets,  or  equipments  torn 
with  pieces  of  shell  or  pierced  with  bullets. 

"Two  months  later,  after  making  one  of  the  most  trying 
marches  of  the  war,  found  the  regiment  oa  the  decisive  battle- 
field of  Gettysburg,  where  it  was  again  baptized  in  blood.  Its 
monument,  now  standing  there,  close  by  the  Emmittsburgh 
road,  truthfully  proclaims  to  the  passer-by  that  out  of  two 
hundred  and  twenty-four  officers  and  men  engaged  on  July 
2,  1863,  twenty  were  killed  and  seventy-nine  wounded,  six 
mortally.  The  regiment  was  then  in  Carr's  Brigade  and  Hum- 
phrey's Division  of  the  Third  Corps,  commanded  by  General 
Sickles." 

"July  4,  1863,  on  the  field  of  Gettysburg,  Capt.  Thomas 

E.  Barker  first  took  command  of  the  regiment,  and,  from  that 
date  until  it  was  disbanded  at  Concord,  July  3,  1865,  except 
for  the  time  above  referred  to,  he  had  both  the  honor  and  the 
responsibility  of  leading  the  regiment  into  every  battle  in 
which  it  was  engaged,  from  Gettysburg  to  Richmond,  and 
into  the  city  itself. 

"It  should  also  be  stated  that  Lieut.  Edwin  E.  Bedee  com- 
manded awhile  upon,  and  took  what  was  left  of  the  regiment 
from,  the  field  of  Chancellorsville,  and  that  Capt.  William 

F.  F.  Fernal  acted  a  similar  part  in  the  engagement  of  the 
regiment  on  the  second  day  at  Gettysburg. 

' '  The  organizations  in  which  the  regiment  served  during  the 
war,  with  dates  of  assignments,  etc.,  are  concisely  stated  as 
follows : 


TWELFTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  147 

"The  Twelfth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  was  attached 
to  Wright's  Brigade,  Casey's  Division,  Defenses  of  Washing- 
ton, September  30,  1862;  Whipple's  Division,  Defenses  of 
Washington,  October  5,  1862;  with  Whipple's  Division  to 
Twelfth  Army  Corps,  October  22,  1862;  detached  with 
Whipple's  Division  from  Twelfth  Army  Corps,  October  29, 
1862;  attached  with  Whipple's  (Third)  Division  to  Third 
Army  Corps,  November  16,  1862;  Second  Brigade,  Third  Di- 
vision, Third  Army  Corps,  January  17,  1863 ;  First  Brigade, 
Second  Division,  Third  Army  Corps,  June  11  to  July  26,  1863 ; 
in  District  of  St.  Mary's,  Department  of  Virginia  and  North 
Carolina,  July  31,  1863,  to  April  23,  1864 ;  attached  to  Wis- 
tar's  Brigade,  Department  of  Virginia  and  North  Carolina, 
April  12,  1864;  Second  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Eighteenth 
Army  Corps.  April  23,  1864;  Potter's  Pro\'isional  Brigade, 
Defenses  of  Bermuda  Hundred,  Army  of  the  James,  Septem- 
ber 20,  1864 ;  Third  Brigade,  First  Division,  Eighteenth  Army 
Corps,  October  8,  1864;  Potter's  Provisional  Brigade,  De- 
fenses of  Bermuda  Hundred,  Army  of  the  James,  October  14, 
1864;  Second  Brigade,  Third  Division,  Twenty-fourth  Army 
Corps,  December  4,  1864." 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Fredericksburg,  Va.,  December  12-15,  1862. 

Chancellorsville,  Va.,  May  2,  3,  1863. 

Gettysburg,  Pa.,  July  2,  3,  1863. 

Wapping  Heights,  Va.,  July  23,  1863. 

Swift  Creek,  Va.,  May  9,  1864. 

Drewry's  Bluff,  Va.,  May  12-16,  1864. 

Relay  House  (or  Fort  Stevens),  Va.,  May  14,  1864. 

Port  Walthall,  Va.,  May  26,  1864. 

Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  1-11,  1864. 

Siege  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  15  to  August  25,  1864. 

Mine  Explosion,  Petersburg,  Va.,  July  30,  1864. 

Bermuda  Hundred,  Va.,  November  17,  1864. 

Richmond,  Va.,  occupation  of,  April  3,  1865. 


148  SURGICAL  HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

SURGEON. 

Hadley  B.  Fowler,  M.  D. 

assistant  surgeons. 

Charles  W.  Hunt,  M.  D.,  Samuel  P.  Carbee,  M.  D., 

John  H.  Sanborn,  M.  D. 


TWELFTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


Hadley  B.  Fowler,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Bristol,  N.  H. 

FowLEB,  Hadley  B.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Bridgewater;  age  37;  res.  Bristol; 
cred.  Bristol;  enl.  Aug.  20,  '62,  as  Priv.;  app.  Surg.  Aug.  28,  '62; 
must,  in  Aug.  28,  '62,  as  Surg.;  must,  out  June  21,  '65.  Died 
Jan.   11,  '93,  Bristol.      (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.   621.) 

Surgeon  Hadley  B.  Fowler  of  Bristol,  N.  H.,  was  the  son 
of  Capt.  Blake  and  Ruth  (Sleeper)  Fowler,  and  was  born  in 
Bridgewater,  N.  H.,  March  22,  1825,  and  died  in  Bristol,  Jan- 
uary 11,  1893,  aged  68. 

His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  admirable 
high  school  system  in  New  Hampshire,  and  his  professional 
studies  were  pursued  at  the  medical  department  of  Dartmouth 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1850. 

He  practiced  his  profession  in  Alexandria  and  Bristol  until 
he  entered  the  service  of  his  country  and  was  commissioned 
as  surgeon  of  the  Twelfth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  being 
the  first  officer  to  receive  a  commission  in  this  regiment.  His 
father  and  son  went  with  him  to  the  front,  the  former  as  cap- 
tain of  Company  C,  though  nearly  three-score  years  of  age, 
and  the  latter  as  his  father's  private  orderly,  though  scarcely 
in  his  teens.  Moreover,  his  grandfather,  David  Fowler,  who 
was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  hired  a  substitute  to  take  the 
place  that  he  himself  was  too  old  to  fill  in  the  ranks  of  the 


TWELFTH    NEW    HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS.  149 

same  regiment,  thereby  making  the  unique  condition  of  four 
generations  present  in  person  or  by  representative  in  one 
single  regiment  of  the  Union  army. 

His  father,  himself  and  son  were  all  taken  prisoners  near 
Warrington,  Va.,  while  marching  to  Falmouth,  Va.,  where  he 
rejoined  his  regiment  by  exchange  in  February  following. 

Capt.  A.  W.  Bartlett,  regiment  historian,  says  of  Surgeon 
Fowler : 

' '  He  was  present,  as  believed,  and  acted  as  surgeon  in  every 
battle  of  the  regiment  except  Fredericksburg,  when  he  was  a 
prisoner  of  war.  At  Chancellorsville  he  had  charge  of  brigade 
field  hospital,  and  at  Gettysburg  was  operating  surgeon  of 
Second  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Third  Corps,  where  he  was 
the  hero  of  the  amputating  table,  few,  if  any,  severing  more 
limbs  and  saving  more  lives  by  his  courage,  alertness  and  skill. 
After  this  he  was  always  recognized  as  a  leader  in  his  pro- 
fession, and  he  was  placed  in  many  positions  of  honor  and 
great  responsibility.  At  Drury's  Bluff  he  was  made  chief 
operator  of  the  Eighteenth  Corps,  and  on  the  day  of  the  battle 
of  Cold  Harbor  was  ordered  to  take  charge  of  the  Eighteenth 
Army  Corps  hospital,  which  position  he  held  until  he  was 
sent  West  by  the  War  Department,  as  one  of  the  board  of 
examiners,  to  inspect  the  sick  and  wounded  soldiers  of  Ohio 
in  the  fall  of  1864.  On  his  return,  two  months  later,  he  was 
ordered  by  Maj.-Gen.  B.  F.  Butler  to  erect  a  hospital  for  the 
Army  of  the  James  at  Point  of  Rocks,  Va.  When  completed, 
Dr.  Fowler  was  put  in  charge  and  also  given  command  of  the 
post,  which  position  he  held  until  the  close  of  the  war.  In 
this  position  Dr.  Fowler's  executive  capacity  was  heavily 
taxed,  as  the  reader  may  better  see  by  the  following  words 
and  figures : 

"Number  of  beds  for  patients,  3,500;  for  officers  and  at- 
tendants, nearly  500,  34  surgeons,  3  chaplains,  a  quarter- 
master and  commissary,  5  stewards,  31  ward  masters,  25 
matrons,  300  nurses,  75  cooks,  with  85  men  and  officers  con- 
stantly on  guard  and  all  the  necessary  paraphernalia  to  ar- 
range for  and  look  after. 


160  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

"In  May,  1865,  he  received  an  appointment  by  the  War 
Department  to  remain  in  the  Freedman's  Bureau  under 
Maj.-Gen.  0.  0.  Howard,  but,  owing  to  impaired  health  and 
solicitations  of  relatives  and  friends,  he  returned  home  with 
his  regiment. 

"He  was  not  one  of  those  who  was  'all  things  unto  all 
men,'  but  his  likes  and  dislikes  for  friend  and  foe  were  too 
strongly  marked  and  well  defined  to  be  easily  misunderstood. 
His  intimate  friends  were  few,  though  respected  by  all,  and 
those  few  were  near  and  dear  to  him.  Yet,  such  at  times 
were  his  strange  odd  ways  and  moods  that  they  surprised  even 
those  who  knew  him  best.  But  he  has  left  us  at  the  com- 
mand of  Him  who  made  him  such,  and  he  will  long  be  re- 
membered for  his  noble  record  for  his  country  and  for  his 
many  good  and  rare  qualities  of  head  and  heart.  He  was  first 
married,  November  25,  1847,  to  Caroline  L.  Smith  of  Nashua, 
and  had  by  her  three  children,  George  H.,  Charles  E.  and 
Edgar  0.  Mother  and  children  all  dead  but  George.  Febru- 
ary 19,  1884,  he  was  again  married  to  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Orrin  Lock  of  Bristol." 

Died   in  Bristol,  January  11,  1905. 


Charles  W,  Hunt,  M.  D. 

Hunt,  Charles  W.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Gilford;  age  30;  res.  Laconia; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  6,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  6,  '62;  mis.  May  3, 
'63,  Chancellorsville,  Va.;  gd.  from  mis.  Died,  dis.,  Aug.  24,  '63, 
Point  Lookout,  Md.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  626.) 

Assistant  Surgeon  Charles  W.  Hunt  was  a  son  of  Thomas 
J.  and  Julia  A.  (Blaisdell)  Hunt,  a  grandson  of  the  late  Rev. 
William  Blaisdell,  and  great-grandson  of  Enoch  Hunt,  who 
fougkt  on  many  of  the  battlefields  of  the  Revolution.  He  was 
born  in  Gilford  December  8,  1832,  and  died  of  typhoid  fever 
at  Point  Lookout,  Md.,  August  24,  1863. 

Receiving  a  liberal  education,  he  commenced  the  study  of 
medicine  and  graduated  as  a  physician  at  Hanover  in  1856. 
He  practiced  his  profession  in  his  native  town  until  he  en- 
listed.   As  a  soldier  and  physician  he  was  brave  and  faithful. 


TWELFTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  151 

I  think  it  may  be  truly  said  of  him  that  no  soldier  ever  suffered 
because  of  his  indifference  or  neglect.  "If  needs  be  I  am 
willing  to  die  for  my  country,"  he  said,  and  his  words  were 
verified  by  his  fearless  devotion  on  the  field  of  Chancellors- 
ville,  where,  regardless  of  the  shot  and  shell  of  the  advancing 
foe,  he  stood  manfully  at  his  post  of  duty;  and  when  the 
crumbling  walls  and  kindling  flames  of  the  Chancellor  House, 
then  crowded  with  suffering  humanity,  added  new  terror  and 
agony  to  the  scene,  his  heroic  efforts  to  rescue  and  save  his 
wounded  comrades,  even  after  he  was  taken  prisoner,  deserved 
and  received  the  highest  praise  of  his  commander,  Colonel 
Potter,  who  lay  a  helpless  eye-witness  to  his  brave  and  noble 
deeds.  The  writer  has  been  unable  to  learn  how  long  Dr. 
Hunt  was  a  prisoner. 

In  a  letter  written  home  soon  after  the  battle  he  says :  ' '  But 
soon  the  alarm  was  given  that  the  house  was  on  fire.  Then 
I  made  up  my  mind  to  meet  death,  for  I  could  see  no  possible 
way  to  avoid  it.  Still  I  was  calm.  I  thought  of  my  quiet 
home,  my  dear  friends  and  the  last  letter  I  wrote  before  leav- 
ing camp,  in  which  I  asked  my  dear  mother  to  remember  me 
in  her  prayers  in  the  coming  struggle." 

After  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  when  he  again  was  on  the 
field  of  death,  he  remained  two  or  three  weeks  laboring  in  the 
field  hospital,  where,  following  his  exhausted  condition  from 
the  days  and  nights  on  the  field,  he  contracted,  it  is  thought, 
the  disease  of  which  he  soon  after  died,  lamented  by  all  who 
knew  him. 


Samuel  Powers  Carbee,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Haverhill,  N.  H. 

Carbee,  Samuel  P.  Co.  D;  b.  Bath;  age  26;  res.  Bath;  cred.  Bath; 
enl.  Aug.  22,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  5.  '62,  as  Priv.;  app.  Asst.  Surg, 
Oct.  26,  '63;  must,  out  June  21,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Haverhill.  (Rec- 
ord, Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  612.) 

Assistant  Surgeon  Samuel  Powers  Carbee  was  born  in  Bath, 
N.  H.,  June  14,  1836,  and  was  the  youngest  son  of  ten  chil- 


152  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

dren  of  John  H.  and  Anna  (Powers)  Carbee.  His  grand- 
father, Joel  Carbee,  was  of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  and  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Revolution.  His  brother,  William  Carbee,  was 
a  captain  of  Company  H,  Twenty-fourth  Regiment,  Iowa  Vol- 
unteers, and  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Champion  Hills,  IVIiss., 
May  22,  1863. 

Surgeon  Carbee 's  preliminary  education  was  received  in 
the  common  schools  of  his  native  town  and  at  the  seminary  in 
Newbury,  Vt.  His  service  in  the  United  States  army  com- 
menced by  enlisting  August  22,  1862,  in  Company  D,  Twelfth 
Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  and  from  September  25, 
1862,  until  the  28th  of  October,  1863,  he  served  on  detached 
service,  being  on  duty  as  clerk  in  the  commissary  and  medical 
departments,  acting  for  awhile  as  hospital  steward,  then 
he  was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon  of  the  same  regiment 
remained  in  the  service  until  the  close  of  the  war.  After  re- 
ceiving his  commission  as  assistant  surgeon  he  was  all  the 
time  with  the  regiment,  except  from  May  to  December,  1864, 
when  he  was  detailed  for  ser\dce  at  Point  of  Rocks  Hospital, 
Virginia,  and  acted  as  chief  executive  officer  most  of  that 
time.  He  was  present  at  the  battles  of  Chancellorsville,  Get- 
tysburg, Wapping  Heights,  Swift  Creek,  Relay  House,  Drury  's 
Bluff,  Cold  Harbor,  Siege  of  Petersburg  and  capture  of  Rich- 
mond. It  has  been  said  that  he  was  the  first  Union  surgeon 
to  enter  the  city  at  that  time. 

After  being  mustered  out  of  the  United  States  service,  he 
engaged  in  the  active  practice  of  his  profession  at  Haverhill, 
N.  H.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  White  Mountain 
Medical  Society,  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  and  the 
American  Medical  Association ;  also  a  member  of  Kane  Lodge, 
No.  64,  F.  and  A.  M.,  Franklin  Chapter,  Omega  Council,  and 
Mount  Horeb  Commandery  of  Concord,  N.  H.,  and  of  Haver- 
hill Grange,  No.  212,  and  has  held  important  positions  in  all 
these  associations.  He  was  one  of  the  county  commissioners 
of  Grafton  county  from  1885  to  1889  and  surgeon-general  on 
the  staff  of  Governor  Busiel,  1895- '96. 


TWELFTH    NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  153 

Surgeon  Carbee  died  at  his  home  in  Haverhill,  January 
31,  1900. 

Married,  September  30,  1885,  to  N.  Delia  Buck,  daughter 
of  Lyman  Buck  of  Haverhill. 

No  children. 


John  H.  Sanborn,  M.  D., 

Franklin  Falls,  N.  H. 

Sanborx,  Johx  H.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Meredith;  age  32;  res.  Meredith; 
cred.  Meredith;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  11,  '62;  must,  in  to  date 
Sept.  10,  '62;  res.  July  21,  '64.  P.  O.  ad.,  Franklin  Falls.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  639.) 

Surgeon  Sanborn  is  the  only  survivor  of  the  original  three 
surgeons  appointed  by  the  governor  of  New  Hampshire  to 
look  after  the  physical  welfare  of  the  Twelfth  Regiment,  as 
Dr.  Samuel  P.  Carbee  received  his  appointment  at  a  consid- 
erably later  period.  Assistant  Surgeon  Sanborn  is  the  son 
of  Dr.  John  and  Susan  (Hubbard)  Sanborn,  and  was  born 
in  Meredith,  September  23,  1830.  With  a  common  school  edu- 
cation, supplemented  with  a  few  terms  at  Gilmanton  Academy, 
for  a  preliminary  education,  he  commenced  his  professional 
study  with  his  father  and  his  brother,  Dr.  J.  A.  Sanborn  of 
Plymouth,  afterwards  with  Benjamin  Rush  Palmer,  M.  D.,  of 
Woodstock,  Vt.  He  attended  medical  lectures  at  the  Vermont 
Medical  College  in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  and  at  Berkshire  Medical 
College  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
latter  November  23,  1852.  Dr.  Sanborn  practiced  medicine 
in  Alstead  from  1854  to  1856,  was  located  at  INIeredith  from 
1856  to  1874  and  has  been  in  Franklin  Falls  since  1874. 

Patriotism  seems  to  have  been  hereditary  in  his  family,  as 
his  grandfather,  Jeremiah  Sanborn,  and  his  great-grandfather, 
John  Sanborn,  were  both  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  the  lat- 
ter being  an  officer.  Dr.  Sanborn  was  appointed  assistant 
surgeon  in  the  Twelfth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  from  the 
town  of  Meredith,  September  11,  1862,  and  resigned  July 
21,  1864,  returning  to  Meredith  and  resuming  the  practice  of 
medicine. 


164  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

He  was  present  at  the  battles  of  Fredericksburg,  Gettysburg, 
Drury's  Bluff,  Siege  of  Petersburg  and  Cold  Harbor,  but 
was  on  detached  service  from  January  1  to  July  14,  1863,  at 
brigade  hospital  at  Falmouth,  Va. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
the  Centre  District  Medical  Society,  of  which  he  has  been  an 
honored  president.  He  is  a  member  of  various  Masonic  bodies 
and  has  been  on  the  board  of  education  of  the  city  of  Franklin. 

Married,  Elizabeth  H.,  daughter  of  Rev.  Giles  Leach,  May 
16, 1854. 

Children :  Giles  Leach,  born  March  26,  1855 ;  Harriet  Leach, 
born  June  21,  1856;  Susan  Lillian,  born  October  13,  1861; 
Elizabeth  Thompson,  born  October  11,  1872,  all  of  whom  are 
dead  except  Harriet  L.,  who  married  Edgar  A.  Jones  and 
with  whom  Dr.  Sanborn  now  resides,  his  wife  having  died 
February  18,  1895. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

THIRTEENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER 
INFANTRY. 


By  S.  MiLLETT  Thompson, 

Second  Lieutenant,  Thirteenth  Regiment  New  Hampshire 
Volunteers,  and  Historian  of  the  Regiment. 

"This  regiment  volunteered  under  the  call  of  July  1,  1862, 
for  300,000  men.  Gathered  personally  by  their  officers-to-be, 
two  companies  were  formed  in  Rockingham,  Hillsborough  and 
Strafford  counties,  and  one  each  in  Grafton,  Merrimack,  Car- 
roll and  Coos — all  coming  into  Camp  Colby,  near  Concord, 
between  September  11  and  15.  The  muster-in  of  the  rank  and 
file  was  completed  on  the  twentieth  of  September  and  of  the 
field  and  staff,  with  the  exception  of  Assistant  Surgeon  John 
Sullivan,  on  the  twenty-third  of  September.  The  colors  were 
received  on  the  afternoon  of  the  fifth  of  October  and  at  the 
same  time  a  military  outfit,  including  Springfield  rifles,  muzzle- 
loading,  caliber  58. 

"Space  does  not  admit  fairly  of  extended  mention  of  in- 
dividuals. This  was  at  first  almost  wholly  a  regiment  of  native 
Americans  and  of  New  Hampshire's  representative  young  men, 
many  of  them  lineal  descendants  of  the  patriots  of  1776  who 
fought  in  the  Revolution.  The  average  age  was  a  little  under 
twenty-five  years,  average  height  five  feet  and  eight  inches 
and  the  most  were  of  the  dark  blonde  type.  Its  companies 
were  fellow  townsmen  and  its  members  were  in  almost  every 
trade  and  calling — many  of  whom,  too,  since  the  war  closed, 
have  gained  prominent  positions,  commercial,  professional,  and 


156  SURGICAL    HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

in  the  legislatures  of  state  and  nation.  The  detachments,  at 
the  front,  of  its  officers  and  men,  upon  special  and  staff  duties, 
because  of  their  intelligence  and  efficiency,  were  very  numer- 
ous, exceeding  that  of  any  regiment  near  and  associated  with 

it  in  the  service. 

****** 

''Soon  after  daylight  on  the  morning  of  April  3,  1865,  the 
Thirteenth  left  the  outer  Union  line,  at  the  New  Market  Road 
crossing,  and,  leading  its  brigade,  marched  with  all  possible 
speed  for  and  into  Richmond,  arriving  to  find  that  city  del- 
uged in  turmoil,  riot,  ruin  and  raging  fire.  The  movements 
of  the  previous  night  and  the  definite  official  assignments  of 
this  morning's  hot  haste,  chase  and  advance  all  resulted  in 
these  several  honors  and  duties  of  the  Thirteenth  Regiment. 
Capt.  William  J.  Ladd,  on  the  staff  of  General  Devens,  com- 
manding the  Third  Division,  was  the  first  Union  officer;  the 
First  Brigade  pickets,  about  one  hundred  men,  now  advanc- 
ing as  skirmishers  under  command  of  Lieut.  Royal  B.  Pres- 
cott,  were  the  first  Union  troops;  the  Thirteenth,  commanded 
by  Maj.  Nathan  D.  Stoodley,  was  the  first  Union  regiment;  and 
the  flags  of  the  Thirteenth — its  new  United  States  flag,  received 
last  December,  and  its  New  Hampshire  state  flag — were  the 
first  flags  of  the  Union  army  to  enter  Richmond  on  this  event- 
ful and  long-awaited  morning.  And  more:  During  the  ad- 
vance this  morning,  by  order  of  General  Devens,  Capt.  Rufus 
P.  Staniels,  then  an  aide  on  his  staff',  halted  all  the  colored 
troops  at  some  distance  outside  of  the  city,  giving  entire  prece- 
dence to  the  white  troops ;  and  Lieut.-Col.  Norman  Smith  was 
appointed  the  first  general  officer  of  the  day  in  Richmond, 
and  soon  afterwards  provost  marshal.  Extract:  'Richmond, 
Va.,  June  22,  1865.  The  Thirteenth  New  Hampshire  being 
the  first  regiment  of  the  army  whose  colors  were  brought  into 
the  city  of  Richmond.  (Signed)  Charles  Devens,  Brig,  and 
Brev.  Maj.-Geu.,  U.  S.  V.,  Comdg.'  After  returning  to  civil 
life.  General  Devens  frequently  corroborated  the  above  and 
asserted  that  no  colored  troops  entered  the  city  at  all  that 
morning  until  after  the  city  had  been  occupied  by  white  troops 
for  several  hours. 


THIRTEENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEERS.  157 

"Immediately  after  the  occupation  of  the  city,  the  Thir- 
teenth and  other  troops  of  its  brigade  were  engaged  in  re- 
storing order,  putting  out  tires,  guarding  property,  and  gath- 
ering into  Libby  prison  above  two  thousand  of  the  straggling 
and  belated  soldiers  of  Gen.  R.  E.  Lee's  army.  Remaining  on 
duty  in  Richmond  until  the  night  of  the  thirteenth  of  April, 
the  Thirteenth  then  removed  to  a  camp  two  miles  to  the  north. 
Engaged  in  provost,  picket  and  guard  duties  in  the  city  and 
out  until  the  close  of  its  service,  it  had  the  honor,  with  its 
division,  in  May  to  receive  and  welcome  the  homing  columns  of 
Gen.  William  T.  Sherman's  and  other  armies  of  the  Union, 
some  200,000  men,  as  they  passed  through  Richmond. 

"The  Thirteenth,  leaving  the  Broad  Rock  Road  camp,  sailed 
down  the  James  river  from  Richmond  at  8  a.  m.,  the  twenty- 
second  of  June,  in  a  provisional  brigade,  formed  of  the  Tenth, 
Twelfth  and  Thirteenth  New  Hampshire  Regiments;  arrived 
in  Bo-ston,  Mass.,  at  9  p.  m.  of  the  twenty-fifth  of  June;  was 
quartered  in  Faneuil  Hall ;  left  by  rail  at  9  a.  m.,  the  twenty- 
sixth  of  June ;  arrived  at  Nashua  at  noon,  having  a  reception 
and  passing  the  night  there;  was  given  a  public  dinner  at 
Manchester  on  the  twenty-seventh;  and  reached  Concord  be- 
tween 6  and  7  p.  m.  on  that  day ;  had  a  parade  and  review  in 
the  streets.  The  Thirteenth  disbanded  about  5  p.  m.,  the  first 
of  July,  having  on  its  rolls  then  but  321  officers  and  men  out 
of  the  1,285  who  had  stood  in  its  battle  line. 

' '  The  Thirteenth  served  in  the  Defenses  of  Washington,  and 
in  Ninth,  Seventh,  Eighteenth  and  Twenty-fourth  Army 
Corps.  The  actual  number  of  its  engagements  was  above 
twenty,  not  to  mention  days  and  days  of  skirmishing,  picket- 
firing  and  intrenching.  No  one  of  its  officers  deserted,  was 
reprimanded,  cashiered  or  dismissed  the  service,  and  it  main- 
tained by  its  acts  that  character  for  efficiency,  patriotism,  in- 
telligence, bravery  and  trustworthiness,  which  made  it  surely 
one  of  the  American  nation's  most  prominent  historic  regi- 
ments. 

ASSIGNMENTS. 

"The  Thirteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  was  attached 
to  First  Brigade,  Casey's  Division,  Defenses  of  Washington, 


158  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE  REBELLION. 

October  9  to  December  1,  1862 ;  First  Brigade,  Third  Division, 
Ninth  Army  Corps,  December  9,  1862 ;  Third  Brigade,  Third 
Division,  Ninth  Army  Corps,  January  5,  1863 ;  Third  Brigade, 
Getty's  Division,  Department  of  Virginia,  March  13,  1863; 
Third  Brigade,  Getty's  Division,  Department  of  Virginia  and 
North  Carolina,  July  18,  1863.  Continuing  in  same  brigade 
and  division  (Getty's),  was  on  duty  with  the  Seventh  Army 
Corps  in  Department  of  Virginia  from  March  13  to  June  18, 
1863,  and  was  attached  to  Third  Brigade,  Second  Division 
(Getty's),  Seventh  Army  Corps,  in  Department  of  Virginia, 
and  Department  of  Virginia  and  North  Carolina,  June  18  to 
August  1,  1863;  Third  Brigade,  First  (Hechman's)  Division, 
Eighteenth  Army  Corps,  Department  of  Virginia  and  North 
Carolina,  January  14,  1864;  Second  Brigade,  First  Division, 
Eighteenth  Army  Corps,  April  22,  1864 ;  First  Brigade,  First 
Division,  Eighteenth  Army  Corps,  July  25,  1864;  First  Bri- 
gade, Third  Division,  Twenty-fourth  Army  Corps,  December 
4,  1864." 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Fredericksburg,  Va.,  December  11-16,  1862. 
Getty's  Night  Assault,  December  13,  1862. 
Siege  of  Suffolk,  Va.,  April  10  to  May  4,  1863. 
Providence  Church  Road,  Va.,  May  3,  1863. 
Port  Walthall,  Va.,  May  6,  7,  1864. 
Swift  Creek,  Va.,  May  9,  10,  1864. 
Proctor's  and  Kingsland  Creeks,  Va.,  May  12,  13,  1864. 
Drewry's  Bluff,  Va.,  May  14-16,  1864. 

Bermuda  Hundred  (Front),  Va.,  May  16-27,  1864;  August 
27  to  September  28,  1864. 

Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  1-12,  1864. 

Battery  Five,  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  15,  1864. 

Siege  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  15  to  August  27,  1864. 

Mine  Explosion,  Petersburg,  Va.,  July  30,  1864. 

Fort  Harrison,  Va.,  capture  of,  September  29,  1864. 

Fort  Harrison,  Va.,  defense  of,  September  30,  1864. 

Fair  Oaks,  Va.,  October  27,  1864. 


THIRTEENTH    NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  159 

Richmond,  Va.,  occupation  of,  April  3,  1865. 
The  Thirteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  furnished  the 
first  troops  and  its  colors  were  the  first  to  enter  the  city. 

SURGEONS. 

George  B.  Twitchell.  M.  D.,  Samuel  A.  Richardson,  M.  D. 

ASSISTANT  SURGEONS. 

Samuel  A.  Richardson,  M.  D.,  Jeremiah  W.  White,  M.  D. 
EzEKiEL  Morrill,  M.  D.  (not  mustered), 

(see  1st  N.  H.  H.  A.), Horatio  N.  Small,  M.  D. 
Levi  P.  Sawyer,  M.  D.  (see  10th  N.  H.  V.), 

(not  mustered),  Rockwood  G.  Mather,  M.  D. 
John  C.  Emory,  M.  D.,  (not  mustered). 

John  SuLiiivAN,  Jr., 


THIRTEENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


George  B.  Twitchell,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Keene,  N.  H. 

(13  N.  H.  V.) 

Twitchell,  Geobge  B.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Petersburg,  Va.;  age  41;  res. 
Keene;  cred.  Keene;  app.  Surg.  Sept.  15,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  16, 
'62;  res.  Mar.  21,  '63.  P.  O.  ad.,  Keene,  N.  H.  See  Miscel.  Organ- 
izations.    (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  687.) 

(Miscel.  Organizations.) 

Twitchell,  George  B.  U.  S.  V.;  b.  Petersburg,  Va.;  res.  Keene; 
app.  Maj.  and  Surg.  Jan.  7,  '63;  disch.  Oct.  15,  '63.  P.  O.  ad., 
Keene,  N.  H.  See  13  N.  H.  V.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895. 
p.  1082.) 

Surgeon  Twitchell  was  born  in  Petersburg,  Va.,  September 
25,  1820,  and  was  the  son  of  Timothy  and  Susan  (Watson) 
Twitchell,  a  grandson  of  Samuel  Twitchell.  Surgeon 
Twitchell's  parents  moved  to  Pensacola,  Fla.,  while  he  was 
still  very  young.    As  Florida  then  offered  no  educational  ad- 


160  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

vantages,  at  the  age  of  ten  he  and  his  sister  Mary,  a  little 
older,  were  sent  north  to  their  relatives  in  Keene.  Coming  as 
far  as  Hartford,  Conn.,  in  the  care  of  the  master  of  a  sailing 
vessel,  they  accomplished  the  remainder  of  the  journey  by 
stage,  entirely  alone.  Dr.  Twitchell  remained  at  school  at 
Keene  for  four  years,  and  after  returning  to  Florida  for  a 
short  visit  came  back  to  Keene  to  live  with  his  uncle,  Dr.  Amos 
Twitchell,  and  entered  upon  the  study  of  his  profession.  His 
course  in  medicine  and  surgery  was  completed  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1843.  He 
thus  received  his  training  at  one  of  the  best  medical  schools 
in  the  country,  as  well  as  under  the  direction  of  his  uncle,  who 
was  one  of  the  most  eminent  physicians  and  surgeons  of  that 
period  in  New  Hampshire. 

"In  April,  1843,  Dr.  Twitchell  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Keene.  The  position  which  he  w^as  to  fill  was  not 
an  easy  one.  If  it  had  been  it  would  not  have  pleased  him 
half  so  well.  Possessed  with  a  vigorous  phj'^sique,  plenty  of 
courage  and  a  clear  perception  of  the  path  along  which  his 
duty  lay,  he  was  ready  upon  the  death  of  his  uncle  in  1849  to 
fill  the  broad  mantle  which  fell  upon  his  shoulders.  Already 
the  people  of  Cheshire  county  had  discovered  in  the  young 
doctor  that  resolute  and  unflinching  character,  kindness  of 
heart  and  wide  professional  knowledge  and  skill  which  after- 
wards characterized  his  career.  Every  emergency  found  him 
ready  and  equal  to  the  call  which  came,  and  a  few  years  suf- 
ficed to  spread  his  reputation  over  that  extended  territory 
where  he  has  since  been  so  well  known. 

"Dr.  Twitchell 's  services  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  were 
marked  by  the  same  success  which  characterized  his  profes- 
sional work  at  home.  Appointed  in  September,  1862,  as  surgeon 
of  the  Thirteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  he  was  soon 
promoted  upon  the  field  to  brigade  surgeon,  and  in  March, 
1863,  was  commissioned  by  President  Lincoln  a  surgeon  of  the 
United  States  Volunteers  with  the  rank  of  major.  He  was 
assigned  to  the  position  of  surgeon-in-chief  of  the  Sixth  and 
Seventh  Divisions  of  the  Seventeenth  Army  Corps,  Depart- 


THIRTEENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  161 

ment  of  Tennessee,  afterwards  joining  Grant's  army  before 
Vicksburg,  where  the  troops  endured  hardships  which  were 
greatly  augmented  by  the  fever  and  malaria  which  overcame 
the  men  from  the  North.  Port  Gibson,  Jackson,  Champion 
Hills  and  Vicksburg  were  among  the  fields  of  strife  where  his 
strength  and  resources  were  taxed  to  the  utmost  and  where 
he  was  able  to  earn  an  enviable  reputation  as  the  chief  sur- 
geon of  a  large  command.  Never  sparing  himself,  he  finally 
broke  down  under  the  strain  and  in  October,  1863,  was  forced 
to  resign  on  account  of  continued  illness.  He  reached  home 
so  shattered  in  health  that  his  friends  despaired  of  his  re- 
covery. 

"Dr.  Twitchell,  when  a  comparatively  young  man,  achieved 
an  enviable  reputation  among  the  foremost  New  England  men 
in  his  profession,  both  as  a  physician  and  surgeon,  and  owing 
to  the  unusual  vigor  of  mind  and  body  which  he  has  always 
retained,  he  remained  a  very  able  and  skilful  practitioner. 
He  was  noted  especially  for  his  accuracy  in  diagnosis  and  for 
his  fertility  of  resource  in  emergencies.  His  habit  of  reading 
and  constant  study  kept  him  always  in  touch  with  the  ad- 
vanced ideas  and  practice  of  the  profession.  Beginning  his 
medical  work  in  the  forties  as  a  country  physician,  called  upon 
to  treat  almost  every  form  of  human  ailment  or  disease,  he 
came  to  have  a  very  wide  experience  and  knowledge,  both  in 
medicine  and  surgery,  and  the  ability  and  skill  which  he  pos- 
sessed, if  applied  in  the  field  of  a  specialist,  in  accordance  with 
the  custom  which  prevails  to-day,  would  have  been  likely  to 
have  made  him  much  more  famous. 

"As  a  citizen,  Dr.  Twitchell  has  always  been  a  leader  on  the 
side  of  progress  and  development.  He  believed  in  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  race  in  intelligence  and  mental  power  and  in 
such  surroundings  as  would  tend  to  aid  the  development. 
He  was  for  years  a  leader  in  every  public,  charitable  or  hu- 
mane work  in  Keene,  and,  although  never  a  seeker  for  office, 
he  was  often  called  to  positions  of  trust  and  responsibility,  a 
resume  of  which  would  cover  the  growth  of  the  city  of  Keene 


162  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

for  forty  years.  He  was  aatively  identified  with  the  introduc- 
tion of  a  public  water  supply  in  town,  and  it  is  admitted  that 
Keene  would  probably  never  have  enjoyed  its  modern  sewerage 
system  but  for  the  courage  of  Alderman  Twitchell.  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  Keene  public  library,  and  the  school 
system  has  always  felt  his  vigorous  hand  guiding  it  forward ; 
and  manufacturing,  railway,  charitable,  temperance  and  hu- 
manitarian movements  have  always  felt  his  aid. 

"It  has  been  said,  and  without  disparagement  to  John 
Elliott,  the  founder  of  Elliott  City  Hospital,  that  Dr.  Twitch- 
ell's  influence  was  a  most  potent  one  in  leading  to  the  estab- 
lishment of  that  institution,  and  his  invaluable  services  in  its 
development  are  recognized  by  all.  He  was  for  a  long  time 
president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Asylum  for  the  Insane,  and  was  a  member  of  many  medical, 
philanthropic  and  other  associations  and  societies. 

"Dr.  Twitchell  was  a  member  of  local,  state  and  national 
medical  societies  and  was  always  an  active  worker.  To  receive 
an  appointment  to  perform  a  duty  in  any  medical  organiza- 
tion was  always  regarded  by  him  as  an  honor,  and  his  friends 
well  knew  he  would  respond  and  never  say  'not  prepared.' 
He  was  president  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  in 
1857. 

"Thanksgiving  Day,  November  28,  1895,  as  a  mark  of  un- 
usual esteem,  Dr.  Twitchell  was  presented  with  a  silver  loving- 
cup  and  salver  of  handsome  design,  the  gift  of  nearly  three 
hundred  donors,  including  brother  physicians  and  citizens  in 
every  walk  of  life.  This  inscription,  engraved  upon  the  cup, 
outlines  the  sentiment  which  the  gift  expressed : 

' '  '  Presented  to  Dr.  George  B.  Twitchell  in  loving  apprecia- 
tion of  the  good  physician,  the  patriotic  citizen  and  devoted 
friend,  as  a  token  of  affectionate  admiration  of  many  friends. 
1895.' 

"Deceased  leaves  two  sons.  Dr.  George  P.  Twitchell  of 
Greenfield,  Mass.,  and  Dr.  Edward  T.  Twitchell  of  Ashmont, 


THIRTEENTH   NEW    HAMPSHIBE   VOLUNTEERS.  163 

Mass.,  and  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  W.  and  Margaret  W.,  of 
Keene.  His  sister,  Miss  Mary,  who  has  always  lived  with 
him,  also  survives. 

' '  The  cause  of  his  death  was  apoplexy.  The  symptoms  of  his 
trouble  began  on  Monday,  the  twenty-second,  but  the  doctor 
worked  through  the  week,  being  extremely  busy.  He  was 
dressed  to  go  out  and  make  his  calls  Sunday  morning,  but 
found  it  a  physical  impossibility  to  walk  about.  Symptoms 
of  brain  pressure  or  irritation  became  more  marked  from  about 
12  o'clock  Monday  and  he  remained  unconscious  after  that 
time."  (From  New  Hampshire  Sentinel,  Keene,  March  31, 
1897.) 

Dr.  Twitchell  died  March  30,  1897. 

Married,  April  11,  1849,  Susan  E.  Thayer  of  Boston,  Mass., 
who  died  October  7,  1893. 


Samuel  A.  Richardson,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Marlborough,  N.  H. 

RicHARDSox,  Samuel  A.  F.  and  S. ;  b.  Dublin;  age  31;  res.  Marl- 
borough; cred.  Marlborough;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  16,  '62;  must. 
in  Oct.  4,  '62;  app.  Surg.  Apr.  1,  '63;  must,  out  June  21,  '65.  Died 
June  19,  1884,  Marlborough.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p. 
681.) 

Samuel  A.  Richardson  was  the  only  son  and  the  youngest 
of  the  four  children  of  Abijah  and  Mary  (Hay)  Richardson  of 
Dublin,  N.  H.,  where  he  was  born  December  23,  1830.  His 
grandfather  was  Abijah,  who  came  to  Dublin  from  Woburn, 
Mass.,  in  1794,  and  was  a  representative  of  the  sturdy  manhood 
of  those  days  in  possessing  honesty,  piety,  industry  and  thrift. 

Dr.  Richardson's  early  life  was  spent  upon  his  father's 
farm  and  he  assisted  in  such  labors  as  were  usual  at  that 
period.  His  early  education  and  training  were  obtained  in 
the  common  schools,  mostly  in  school  district  No.  2  in  his 
native  town,  which  was  later  supplemented  by  such  higher 
advantages  as  could  be  obtained  at  the  "Hancock  Literary 


164  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

and  Scientific  Institute,"  which  was  quite  a  flourishing  insti- 
tution at  that  time,  and  at  the  "Normal  Institute"  at  Reed's 
Ferry. 

He  early  conceived  the  idea  of  a  medical  education  and  in 
the  intervals  of  farm  work  bent  his  mind  and  studies  in  this 
direction,  and  in  doing  so  was  obliged  to  rely  almost  entirely 
upon  his  own  resources  and  earnings.  He  first  attended  a 
course  of  medical  lectures  at  Philadelphia  in  1852,  and  in 
the  spring  of  the  following  year  became  a  student  in  the  office 
of  Albert  Smith,  M.  D.,  LL.  D.,  of  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  at 
that  time  one  of  the  best  medical  teachers  in  the  state.  He 
attended  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  the  Woodstock  (Vt.) 
Medical  College  in  1854,  and  at  the  Albany  (N.  Y.)  Medical 
College  in  1855  and  1856,  where  he  received  his  degree  of  Doc- 
tor of  Medicine.  He  also  spent  some  time  as  resident  phy- 
sician in  the  Albany  county  almshouse  hospital. 

He  located  in  Marlborough  soon  after  receiving  his  degree, 
taking  the  place  of  Dr.  James  Batcheller,  and  soon  gained 
the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  people  and  soon  had  an  ex- 
tensive and  successful  practice.  His  skill  and  good  judg- 
ment were  recognized  and  he  was  called  to  practice  more  or 
less  in  all  the  adjoining  towns,  and  once  remarked  that  he 
had  visited  patients  in  seven  different  towns  in  one  day. 

In  addition  to  the  arduous  duties  of  his  profession,  he  was 
identified  to  a  considerable  degree  with  the  manufacturing 
interests  of  Marlborough.  He  never  held  any  public  office, 
although  he  was  urged  to  allow  his  name  to  be  used  as  a  can- 
didate for  representative. 

Soon  after  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war.  Dr.  Richardson 
offered  his  services  to  his  country,  and  in  September,  1862,  was 
appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Thirteenth  Regiment  New 
Hampshire  Volunteers,  of  which  George  B.  Twitchell,  M.  D., 
of  Keene,  was  surgeon,  and  Aaron  F.  Stevens,  of  Nashua, 
colonel.  In  recording  his  military  history  the  following  ex- 
tract from  the  army  report  of  Colonel  Stevens  to  the  governor 
of  New  Hampshire  after  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  dated 
December  13,  1862,  will  serve  to  show  how  soon  his  sterling 


THIRTEENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  165 

qualities  were  appreciated  by  his  superior  officer :  ' '  With  par- 
ticular pride  and  pleasure  I  call  your  attention  to  the  services 
of  Assistant  Surgeon  Richardson,  who  in  those  dreadful  days 
proved  himself  an  honor  to  his  profession  and  an  invaluable 
aid  to  the  army  in  its  hour  of  suffering.  While  I  look  with 
shame  and  horror  on  the  account  of  men,  who,  calling  them- 
selves surgeons,  attached  to  other  regiments,  I  am  proud  to 
say  that,  from  personal  observation,  I  know  that  for  two  days 
and  nights  after  the  battle,  and  at  times  when  the  shells  of  the 
enemy  were  falling  around  him,  Dr.  Richardson  pursued  his 
arduous  duties  in  the  hospital  and  out  of  it  with  a  fidelity 
and  ability  that  has  endeared  him  to  me  personally,  and  gained 
him  an  enviable  distinction  among  his  professional  brethren 
in  the  army.  At  this  time  Dr.  Twitchell  was  unavoidably 
detained  in  Washington  and  did  not  arrive  until  several  days 
later." 

In  April,  1863,  Dr.  Richardson  was  promoted  surgeon  of  the 
Thirteenth  Regiment  in  place  of  Dr.  Twitchell,  who  had  re- 
signed. June  23,  1863,  he  was  detailed  as  operating  surgeon 
to  assist  Colonel  Rivers,  Fourth  Rhode  Island  Volunteers. 
April  25,  1864,  he  was  appointed  acting  medical  director  of 
the  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  Eighteenth  Army  Corps. 
December  6,  1864,  he  was  assigned  to  duty  with  the  Flying 
Hospital,  Twenty-fourth  Army  Corps,  as  chief  operating  sur- 
geon, and  June  8,  1865,  was  appointed  surgeon  in  charge  of 
the  same. 

The  Marlborough  historian  says  of  him:  "It  is  impossible 
to  make  any  estimate  of  the  extent  or  magnitude  of  Dr.  Rich- 
ardson's labors  during  this  fearful  period.  That  must  ever 
be  unwritten  history ;  but  from  the  lips  of  surviving  soldiers, 
old  comrades,  and  the  sick  and  wounded,  who  came  under  his 
care,  there  is  but  one  expression  and  that  of  gratitude  and 
heartfelt  thanks  for  his  unselfish  devotion  to  duty,  his  tender 
and  skilful  ministrations  to  those  in  his  charge,  and,  more 
than  all,  his  never-varying  good  cheer  and  light  heart  in  the 
darkest  days,  which  infused  new  life  and  hope  into  the  breasts 
of  many  a  poor  sufferer,  and  rekindled  the  spark  of  life  al- 
most extinguished." 


166  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

Under  date  of  September  8,  1878,  Gen.  Aaron  F.  Stevens 
of  Nashua  said  of  him:  "I  desire  to  reaffirm  now  whatever 
you  may  find  in  my  army  reports  favorable  to  Dr.  Richard- 
son, or  in  appreciation  of  his  talents,  industry  and  profes- 
sional accomplishments,  his  kindness  of  heart  and  ever  prompt 
discharge  of  his  duties  in  camp,  field  or  hospital.  He  was  a 
man  of  superior  talent  and  extraordinary  resources,  admi- 
rably adapted  to  public  professional  service,  as  well  by  his 
force  of  character  and  power  of  org-anization,  as  from  his 
professional  knowledge  and  accomplishments.  Dr.  Richardson 
was  separated  from  my  immediate  command,  early  in  his  term 
of  service,  by  well  deserved  promotion,  but  not  until  I  had 
learned  to  appreciate  and  love  him,  and  to  witness  personally 
his  strength  and  fitness  in  his  line  of  duty. 

'  *  We  all  deplore  his  misfortunes ;  and  I  pray  you,  my  dear 
sir,  to  see  to  it  that  in  Marlborough's  history  ample  justice 
is  meted  out  to  my  friend  and  the  friend  of  the  soldier. ' ' 

After  the  close  of  the  war  Dr.  Richardson  returned  to  his 
home  in  Marlborough  and  resumed  the  active  and  arduous 
work  of  his  profession,  which  he  pursued  unremittingly  for 
several  years;  but  the  exposure,  privations  and  hardships  of 
army  life  gave  him  chronic  malarial  poisoning  as  a  sequel, 
and  thiS;  with  the  hard  work,  riding  over  those  rough  hills  day 
and  night,  gradually  made  inroads  upon  his  health  which  his 
naturally  rugged  constitution  could  not  longer  withstand,  and 
the  death  of  his  only  child,  a  beautiful  young  lady,  in  1872, 
was  a  blow  from  which  his  system  could  not  rally  and  he  was 
obliged  to  relinquish  the  active  duties  of  his  profession  for 
the  remainder  of  his  life,  which  closed  June  19,  1884. 

In  speaking  of  Dr.  Richardson  as  a  physician,  we  cannot 
do  better  than  to  give  the  following  extract  from  the  history 
of  Marlborough : 

"Dr.  Richardson  inclined  toward  surgery  before  the  war; 
and  his  military  life,  with  its  splendid  opportunities  and  prac- 
tice, brought  him,  on  his  return,  into  the  front  ranks  of  New 
Hampshire  surgeons.  He  was  ever  firm,  self-reliant,  withf 
nerves  of  steel,  all  subservient  to  excellent  judgment  and  dis- 


THIRTEENTH   NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  167 

cretion.  In  the  treatment  of  general  diseases  he  always  has 
had  distinguished  success,  never  a  great  medicine  giver  but 
relying  much  upon  the  benign  influence  of  nature  in  the  erad- 
ication and  cure  of  disease.  Many  times  it  is  the  doctor's 
manner  that  helps  the  patient  quite  as  much  as  the  drugs  he 
carries  in  his  medicine  ease.  Dr.  Richardson  always  gained 
the  confidence  of  his  patients  in  the  outset,  then  their  esteem 
and  regard.  They  believed  in  him  thoroughly  and  completely, 
and  got  well  oftentimes  because  he  assured  them  they  could 
not  die.  Dr.  Richardson  was  always  jovial,  always  had  a 
good  story  to  tell  and  some  amusing  anecdote  to  call  the  sick 
man's  attention  from  his  own  ailments,  to  get  him  away  from 
and  out  of  himself,  so  to  speak.  There  was  something  posi- 
tively infectious  in  his  hearty  laugh  and  his  words  of  good 
cheer.  Said  one,  'I  don't  know  why  it  is  but  I  always  feel 
better  after  Dr.  Richardson  has  been  here,  even  though  he 
gives  me  not  a  drop  of  medicine. '  It  is  true  that  there  is  an 
untold  amount  of  potency  in  'the  hearty  laugh  that  doeth 
good  like  a  medicine. '  In  those  grave  and  desperate  cases,  where 
life  and  death  are  equally  balanced  in  the  scale,  each  strug- 
gling for  the  mastery,  here,  too.  Dr.  Richardson  was  equally 
at  home — watchful,  vigilant,  ready  to  meet  any  emergency, 
and  combat  dangerous  symptoms  at  every  turn  with  all  the 
best  chosen  weapons  of  his  art. 

"  It  is  something  worth  living  for  to  have  your  name  deeply 
graven  upon  the  hearts  of  those  whose  sufferings  you  have 
alleviated,  whose  lives  you  have  helped  to  save,  and,  more  than 
all,  to  feel  that  at  all  times  and  in  all  places,  whether  at  home 
or  upon  the  battlefield,  you  have  ever  done  your  duty,  so 
lived,  been  so  disinterested,  so  forgetful  of  self,  so  humane, 
tender,  generous  and  noble  that  'the  nobleness  that  lives  in 
other  men,  sleeping  but  never  dead,  will  rise  in  majesty  to 
meet  thine  own.'  " 

Dr.  Richardson  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society  and  of  the  Connecticut  River  Valley  Medical  Associa- 
tion.   He  was  also  in  affiliation  with  the  Masonic  order,  being 


168  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

a  member  of  Social  Friends  Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M.,  Cheshire 
Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  and  Hugh  de  Payens  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar,  of  Keene. 

Dr.  Richardson  married,  December  18,  1856,  Mary  J., 
daughter  of  Dr.  Charles  W.  and  Mary  (Griffin)  Whitney  of 
Troy,  and  had  one  child,  Mary  Belle,  born  April  12,  1861, 
and  died  December  16,  1872. 


EzEKiEL  Morrill,  M.  D. 
See  First  New  Hampshire  Heavy  Artillery. 


Levi  P.  Sawyer,  M.  D. 

Sawyer,  Levi  P.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Stockbridge,  Vt.;  age  44;  res.  Nashua; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Jan.  2,  '65;  not  must.;  declined  appointment  Jan. 
10,  '65.  Died  Apr.  28,  '68,  Nashua. '  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895.  p.  683.) 


John  C.  Emery,  M.  D. 
Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Emory,  John  C.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Monroe;  age  31;  res.  New  Hampton; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Mar.  1,  '65;  must,  in  Apr.  6,  '65;  must,  out  June 
21,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  667.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  West  Lyman,  now 
Monroe,  N.  H.,  November  9,  1833,  and  was  the  son  of  Chellis 
and  Martha  (Cross)  Emery,  and  a  grandson  of  Samuel  Emery, 
He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools 
of  Vermont,  at  Craftsbury  (Vt.)  and  New  Hampton  (N.  H.) 
Academies.  He  commenced  his  professional  education  at 
Craftsbury,  Vt.,  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  R.  W.  Hill,  taking 
three  years'  private  instruction,  and  matriculated  at  the  Mad- 
ison University  in  1865.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine in  Cambridge,  Vt.,  in  1857,  was  afterwards  in  Lawrence, 
Mass.,  and  Waterville,  Vt.,  until  September,  1863.  He  entered 
the  New  Hampton  Literary  and  Theological  Institute  January 
4,  1863.  In  1864  he  entered  the  Union  army  as  volunteer 
surgeon,   being  appointed   acting  assistant  surgeon,   and  in 


THIRTEENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  169 

April,  1865,  was  appointed  first  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Thir- 
teenth New  Hampshire  Volunteers;  was  mustered  in  April 
6,  1865,  in  Richmond,  Va.,  and  was  mustered  out  of  the  ser- 
vice in  Concord,  N.  H.,  June  30,  1865. 

From  the  Emery  Genealogy  I  find  that  he  began  to  preach 
as  a  licentiate  at  Hdye  Park,  Mass.,  in  September,  1866.  He 
has  been  settled  as  a  minister  in  Haverhill,  Athol  and  Lowell, 
Mass.,  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.,  and  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  is  now 
located  in  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Married,  Mary  E.  Massure,  March  18,  1858.  She  died  in 
Lowell,  Mass.,  July  8,  1888. 

One  child,  Minnie  Frances,  born  August  6,  1866,  in  Hyde 
Park,  Mass. 


Jeremiah  W.  White,  M.  D. 

White,  Jeremiah  W.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Pittsfield;  age  40;  res.  Nashua; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  3,  '62;  not  must.;  declined  appointment 
Sept.  3,  '62.  P.  O.  ad.,  Nashua.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  688.) 


John  Sullivan,  M.  D. 
56  Magnolia  St.,  Dorchester  District,  Boston,  Mass. 

(2  N.  H.) 

Sullivan,  John,  Jb.  Co.  E;  b.  Exeter;  age  21;  res.  Exeter;  enL 
May  27,  '61;  must,  in  June  3,  '61,  as  Priv.;  disch.  Oct.  7,  '61, 
Washington,  D.  C.  P.  O.  ad.,  Boston,  Mass.  See  13  N.  H.  V. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  88.) 

(13  N.  H.  V.) 

StJLLivAN,  John,  Jr.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Exeter;  age  22;  res.  Exeter;  app. 
Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  16.  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  9,  '62;  disch.  disab.  Aug. 
16,  '64.  P.  O.  ad.,  Dorchester,  Mass.  See  2  N.  H.  V.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  686.) 

Surgeon  Sullivan  was  born  September  14,  1840,  at  Exeter, 
N.  H.,  and  was  the  .son  of  John  and  Olivia  (Rowe)  Sullivan, 
and  grandson  of  George  Sullivan,  who  was  a  son  of  Maj.-Gen. 
John  Sullivan  of  New  Hampshire.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  common  schools  of  Exeter  and  Phillips  Exeter 


170  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Academy.  Commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in  1859  under 
the  direction  of  Drs.  William  and  William  G.  Perry  of  Exeter, 
N.  II.  Attended  one  course  of  medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth 
Medical  College,  "then  dropped  my  studies  and  en- 
listed as  private  in  Company  E,  Second  Regiment  New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteers.  Examined  in  the  Surgeon  General's  office, 
Washington,  and  in  September,  1861,  appointed  medical  cadet, 
United  States  army,  and  ordered  to  the  Department  of  the 
West.  Served  thirteen  months  in  Missouri  and  Kentucky, 
when,  in  October,  1862,  a  commission  as  assistant  surgeon  was 
sent  to  me  with  orders  to  report  to  the  Thirteenth  Regiment 
New  Hampshire  Volunteers.  I  served  two  years  with  this 
regiment,  nearly  half  of  the  time  as  acting  surgeon,  when  I  re- 
signed, too  feeble  to  stand  more  field  service.  In  two  weeks 
after  I  reached  home,  an  appointment  of  acting  assistant  sur- 
geon. United  States  army.  Department  of  the  East,  was  sent 
to  me  with  orders  to  report  for  duty  at  United  States  army 
general  hospital,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  where  I  served  as  executive  offi- 
cer until  the  close  of  the  war, ' '  being  in  the  service  over  four 
years. 

"Am  a  Free  and  Accepted  Mason,  member  of  the  Grand 
Army,  of  the  Loyal  Legion  and  the  Society  of  Cincinnati. 
Am  a  lieutenant  in  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Com- 
pany of  Massachusetts;  paymaster  of  First  Battalion  Cav- 
alry, Massachusetts  Volunteer  Militia,  also  paymaster  of  the 
First  Battalion  Artillery,  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Militia; 
have  been  a  member  of  the  finance  committee  of  the  Ancient 
and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  of  Massachusetts,  and  am 
now  ser\dng  a  second  term  of  five  years."  He  was  in  the 
drug  business  in  Boston  for  twenty  years  and  retired  from  the 
same  in  1888. 

Married,  December,  1863,  to  Mary  E.  Wilkins  of  Suncook, 
N.  H. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

FOURTEENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER 
INFANTRY. 


By  Francis  H.  Buffum, 

Sergeant,  Company  F,  Fourteenth  Eegiment  New  Hampshire 
Volunteers,  and  Historian  of  the  Regiment. 

* '  The  Fourteenth  was  the  last  long  term  regiment  furnished 
by  New  Hampshire.  It  was  recruited  mostly  from  the  central 
and  southwestern  sections,  Cheshire  county  raising  five  com- 
panies. ' ' 

****** 

"The  men  were  enlisted  mostly  in  the  month  of  August, 
many  of  them  expecting  to  enter  earlier  regiments.  They  ren- 
dezvoused in  'Camp  Cheshire,'  Concord,  September  19.  The 
muster  into  United  States  service  was  completed  September  24, 
but  the  government  recognition  dates  from  October  16.  On 
entering  the  service  the  colonel  was  51  years  old;  the  lieu- 
tenant-colonel, 55;  the  major,  26;  surgeon,  40;  chaplain,  48; 
adjutant,  30.  The  oldest  captain  was  41,  the  youngest,  20,  and 
the  average  age,  27.  The  youngest  member  of  the  regiment 
was  15;  and  the  eldest,  63,  both  in  Company  F." 

****** 

"This  regiment  was  peculiarly  fortunate  in  its  recruits, 
many  of  them  proving  equal  to  the  best  of  the  original  ma- 
terial. 

"While  in  Augusta  the  Fourteenth  had  in  custody,  for  one 
day,  Jeff  Davis,  just  captured  by  Wilson's  Cavalry. 


172  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN  THE  REBELLION. 

"The  colors  of  the  Fourteenth  were  waved  over  Sumter  by 
the  writer  of  this  sketch  when  Anderson  raised  again  the  flag 
he  hauled  down  four  years  before. 

' '  The  regiment  made  four  sea  voyages,  traveled  fifteen  thou- 
sand miles,  and  served  in  seven  states  of  tke  Confederacy. ' ' 

In  the  preface  to  the  History  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment, 
the  author  says :  ' '  And  still  it  is  the  first  organization  of  Union 
Volunteers  from  the  Granite  State  to  issue  a  work  of  this  kind. 
In  waiting  thus  long,  it  is  probable  that  a  more  satisfactory 
volume  has  been  produced  than  would  have  resulted  from  an 
earlier  attempt  at  publication.  The  committee,  upon  which  the 
veterans  of  the  Fourteenth  devolved  the  duty  now  discharged, 
has  striven  to  present  a  work  free  from  the  crudities  and  nar- 
row range  of  value  which  attached  to  so  many  of  the  publica- 
tions immediately  following  the  close  of  the  war. ' ' 

ASSIGNMENTS. 

"Attached  to  Grover's  Independent  Brigade,  Corps  of  Ob- 
servation on  the  Upper  Potomac,  Defenses  of  Washington, 
October  21,  1862;  Twenty-second  Army  Corps,  Military  Dis- 
trict of  Washington,  April  22,  1863;  Third  Brigade,  Third 
Division,  Sixth  Army  Corps,  February  9,  1864;  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  February  25  to  March  1,  1864;  en  route  to  New  Or- 
leans, La.,  March  1  to  April  12,  1864;  at  Camp  Parapet,  Dis- 
trict of  Carrollton,  Department  of  the  Gulf,  April  13  to  June 
7,  1864;  attached  to  Second  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Nine- 
teenth Army  Corps,  June  7,  1864;  First  Brigade,  Second  Di- 
vision, Nineteenth  Army  Corps,  June  26,  1864;  in  District  of 
Savannah,  Department  of  the  South,  January  17  to  July  8, 
1865." 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Deep  Bottom,  Va.  (Right  Wing,  Companies  A,  B,  C,  D,  H, 
I),  July  27,  28,  1864. 

Winchester,  Va.  (Left  Wing,  Companies  E,  F,  G,  K), 
August  17,  1864. 

Halltown,  Va.,  August  26,  1864. 


FOURTEENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  173 

Berryville,  Va.,  September  3,  1864. 

Lock's  Ford,  Va.,  September  13,  1864. 

Opequan  (or  Winchester),  Va.,  September  19,  1864. 

Fisher's  Hill,  Va.,  September  22,  1864. 

Tom's  Brook,  Va.,  October  9,  1864. 

Reconnoissance  to  Strasburg,  Va.,  October  13,  1864. 

Cedar  Creek,  Va.,  October  19,  1864. 

SURGEON. 

William  H.  Thayer,  M.  D. 

assistant  surgeons. 

Marshall  Perkins,  M.  D.,      Franklin  C.  Weeks,  M.  D., 
Aaron  R.  Gleason,  M.  D.  (not  mustered, 

see  Contract  Surgeons). 


FOURTEENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


William  Henry  Thayer,  M.  D. 

TnAYER,  WiixiAM  H.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Milton,  Mass.;  age  40;  res. 
Keene;  cred.  Keene;  app.  Surg.  Sept.  19,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  19,  '62; 
dismissed  to  date  Jan.  8,  '64;  reinstated  Feb.  18,  '64;  must,  out 
July  8,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  727.) 

The  following  obituary  notice  is  taken  from  the  Boston  Med- 
ical and  Surgical  Journal,  dated  January  27,  1898 : 

"Dr.  William  Henry  Thayer,  whose  death  at  Lanesboro, 
Mass.,  on  December  22,  1897,  was  noted  in  the  Journal,  was 
born  in  Milton,  Mass.,  June  18,  1822.  He  was  educated  at 
Chauncey  Hall  School,  of  which  his  father,  Gideon  Thayer, 
was  the  founder  and  for  a  long  time  the  head  master.  (He  was 
a  grandson  of  Lipheon  Thayer,  who  was  born  in  1769.)  He 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1841  and  studied  medicine 
under  the  preceptorship  of  Dr.  Henry  I.  Bowditch,  and  later 
at  the  Harvard  Medical  School,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  1844. 


174  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

"He  practiced  his  profession  for  five  years  in  Boston,  and 
thence  moved  to  Newton.  During  his  practice  in  Boston,  from 
1844  to  1849,  he  was  physician  to  the  Boston  Dispensary,  was 
connected  with  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  and  also 
with  the  Boylston  Medical  School.  He  was  professor  of  Theory 
and  Practice  of  Medicine  in  the  Vermont  Medical  College 
from  1854  to  1855,  and  in  the  Berkshire  Medical  Institute 
from  1859  to  1863. 

"He  later  moved  to  Keene,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  until 
1862,  when  he  became  surgeon  in  the  Union  Army,  where  he 
remained  until  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he  was  mustered  out, 
having  attained  the  rank  of  medical  director.  In  1866,  he 
settled  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  where  he  acquired  a  large  practice 
and  had  an  enviable  reputation. 

' '  He  was  a  member  of  numerous  medical  societies,  including 
the  Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire,  Vermont  and  Connecticut 
Valley  societies,  and  the  New  York  State  Medical  Association, 
and  was  at  various  times  orator,  librarian  and  president  of  the 
Medical  Society  of  the  county  of  Kings.  He  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  Brooklyn  Pathological  Society. 

"Dr.  Thayer  was  married  in  1845  to  Ellen  Henderson  of 
Boston,  and  had  four  children,  three  of  whom  survive  him, 
one  of  them,  Abbott  Thayer,  having  gained  distinction  as  an 
artist. 

"In  1892  he  was  obliged  to  give  up  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession on  account  of  deafness,  and  removed  to  Lanesboro, 
where  two  of  his  daughters  had  their  home.  There  he  spent 
the  last  days  of  his  life  in  the  enjoyment  of  an  outdoor  life 
and  of  the  company  of  his  children  and  grandchildren." 

His  biographer,  Arthur  Mathewson,  M.  D.,  in  the  Brooklyn 
Medical  Jmirnal  (September,  1898),  says  of  him: 

"He  early  joined  the  Medical  Society  of  Kings  County  in 
1866,  filling  various  offices  therein  from  1867  to  1878,  and 
holding  its  presidency  in  1872-73.  In  1869  or  1870,  he,  with 
his  long-time  friend  and  associate  in  teaching,  Dr.  R.  C.  Stiles, 
and  nine  others,  laid  the  foundation  of  that  useful  and  im- 
portant scientific  organization,  the  Brooklyn  Pathological  So- 


FOURTEENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS.  175 

ciety.  In  this  venture,  feeble  at  the  outset,  he  was  greatly 
interested,  was  frequent  in  his  attendance  and  participation 
in  the  discussions.  Respecting  his  many  contributions  to 
medical  literature  and  his  affiliations  with  medical  bodies, 
which  were  very  numerous,  I  am  enabled  through  the  courtesy 
of  Dr.  William  Schroeder,  to  supply  very  complete  lists,  which 
are  appended  to  this  note. 

"In  1892,  he  was  obliged  to  give  up  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession on  account  of  deafness  and  removed  to  Lanesboro, 
Mass.,  where  two  of  his  daughters  had  their  home.  There  he 
spent  the  last  years  of  his  life  in  the  enjoyment  of  an  outdoor 
life,  and  of  the  company  of  his  children  and  grandchildren. 
His  life  in  the  Berkshire  hills  of  Massachusetts  was  one  of 
serenity  and  repose,  but  those  five  years  were  active,  cheery 
and  fruitful  to  their  close. 

"The  portal  through  which  Death's  processional  has  filed  in 
1897,  has  opened  to  few  choicer  spirits  than  our  long-time 
friend  and  honorary  associate.  He  came  of  a  cultured  and 
refined  strain  of  New  England  stock,  such  as  that  about  which 
his  former  teacher  and  friend.  Dr.  Holmes,  delighted  to  dis- 
course and  to  illustrate.  Dr.  Thayer's  father  was  an  in- 
structor and  Dr.  Thayer  was  all  his  life  long  a  student,  a  pro- 
fessor during  several  years,  and  with  a  readiness  to  impart  of 
his  knowledge  and  learning  to  others  during  all  his  years. 

"Dr.  Thayer's  mind  was  of  fine  fiber,  his  was  a  warm  and 
friendly  temperament,  with  high  ideals,  seeking  ever  the  best, 
and  with  a  devotion  to  principle  and  a  firmness  not  always  so 
clearly  manifested  among  the  refined  and  scholarly  of  our 
profession. 

"I  will  close  this  note  by  quoting  briefly  from  an  estimate  of 
our  deceased  fellow's  worth  by  one  of  his  most  valued  friends: 
*Dr.  Thayer  was  a  good  physician.  He  was  thoroughly  edu- 
cated for  the  work  of  his  profession  and  devoting  himself  to  it 
with  untiring  zeal,  jealous  of  its  honor,  regarding  it  as  a  sacred 
trust,  proud  of  its  illustrious  names  and  great  examples,  grate- 
ful for  the  opportunities  it  furnished  him  to  serve  his  fellow 
men.     Yet  the  professional  relation  with  him  tended  almost 


176  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

inevitably  to  become  a  personal  and  friendly  one.  There  is 
no  calling  that  so  makes  for  friendship  as  that  of  the  phy- 
sician, but  Dr.  Thayer  was  exceptional  among  physicians  in 
the  degree  to  which  he  grappled  his  patients  to  his  heart.  It 
was  hard  to  imagine  how  he  could  have  been  more  engrossed 
in  his  profession  than  he  was ;  yet  he  was  not  made  selfish  by 
his  engrossment,  nor  careless  of  domestic  ties,  nor  indifferent 
to  literature  and  art,  nor  unmindful  of  his  duties  as  a  citizen. 
In  all  these  particulars  he  was  remarkable  for  the  fullness  of 
his  life. 

"  *  I  have  known  no  other  man  of  such  a  uniformly  cheerful 
disposition.  He  saw  the  bright  side  of  everything  that  had  a 
bright  side;  the  silver  lining  to  every  cloud.  The  severest 
trial  that  his  optimism  ever  encountered  was  a  chronic  deaf- 
ness, which  obliged  him  to  abandon  his  profession.  Worse,  if 
possible,  was  its  curtailment  of  his  social  satisfactions.  For  a 
long  time  he  kept  on  hoping  against  hope,  but  when  the  inevi- 
table could  not  be  escaped,  he  adapted  himself  to  it  with  a 
wonderful  patience  and  sweetness,  and  well  nigh  convinced 
himself  that  his  misfortune  brought  him  more  of  gain  than 
loss,  a  country  life  all  the  year  round  and  the  daily  satisfac- 
tion and  delight  of  having  his  children  and  their  children  close 
about  him.     He  had  hosts  of  friends. 

' '  '  To  hear  him  speak  of  them  was  to  feel  the  human  world 
better  and  more  kind.  To  hear  them  speak  of  him  was  to  be 
astonished  and  delighted  that  any  man  could  be  loved  by  so 
many  and  so  much.  His  name  was  like  a  password  admitting 
many,  who,  but  for  that,  were  strangers,  into  immediate  and 
vital  sympathy.  Their  love  for  him  united  them  in  a  de- 
lightful fellowship  which  had  its  orders  and  degrees,  but,  even 
for  the  outer  planets  of  the  system,  counted  much.  I  could 
not  easily  exaggerate  my  sense  of  the  good  influences  that  have 
irradiated  from  this  happy  life.' 

'  *  Membership  in  medical  societies :  1 844 — Massachusetts 
Medical  Society ;  1845 — Medical  Improvement  Society,  Boston ; 
1845 — Suffolk  District  Society,  Massachusetts;  1846 — Medical 
Observation  Society,  Boston ;  1855 — Vermont  Medical  Society ; 


FOURTEENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  177 

1857 — New  Hampshire  ^ledical  Society;  1859 — Berkshire 
District  Society,  Massachusetts;  1860 — Connecticut  Valley 
Society,  New  Hampshire;  1860- '62 — Delegate  American  Med- 
ical Association,  New  York  Physicians'  Mutual  Aid  Asso- 
ciation; 1866 — Medical  Society,  County  of  Kings,  N.  Y.,  cen- 
sor, 1867;  orator,  1869;  librarian,  1878;  president,  1872- '73; 
1870 — Honorary  member  Medical  Society  of  New  York ;  1870 
— Brooklyn  Pathological  Society,  one  of  the  organizers ;  1884 — 
New  York  State  Medical  Association;  1887 — Honorary  mem- 
ber Kings  County  Medical  Association. 

"Subjects  of  medical  papers:  1861 — Edited,  with  Dr.  K.  C. 
Stiles,  The  Berkshire  Medical  Journal;  1872 — Inaugural  ad- 
dress, president  Medical  Society,  County  of  Kings;  1874 — 
Carbonic  Acid  and  Its  Fatal  Effects;  1885 — Report  on  Chol- 
era, Medical  Society,  County  of  Kings ;  1885 — Umbilical  Hem- 
orrhage; 1885 — Chronic  Catarrhal  Gastritis;  1886 — History 
of  Malarial  Fevers  in  Brooklyn ;  1890— Fatty  Heart ;  1892— 
Errors  in  Ventilation ;  1897 — Veratrum  Viride  in  Puerperal 
Convulsions. ' ' 

In  the  same  journal  is  the  tribute  of  a  friend,  Arnold  W. 
Catlin,  M.  D. 

"To  the  words  so  tenderly  recorded  by  others,  giving  the 
life  history  and  beautiful  character  of  our  dear  professional 
brother,  William  Henry  Thayer,  there  is  nothing  to  be  added 
in  the  way  of  loyal  testimony  to  the  memory  of  a  loyal  man, 
but  in  the  passing  of  such  a  one  from  among  his  fellows  there 
must  be  in  the  hearts  of  the  few  who  stood  close  to  him,  and 
to  whom  he  revealed  his  inner  self,  a  sense  of  peculiar  loss  and 
a  most  natural  desire  to  bear  their  testimony,  not  of  praise, 
but  of  honest  recognition. 

"By  right  of  birth  he  was  the  thoughtful  man.  By  right 
of  training,  the  cultured  man.  By  right  of  an  inborn  manli- 
ness of  character,  the  brave,  sincere  Christian  man,  command- 
ing the  respect  and  winning  the  love  of  all  who  knew  him. 
Many  were  the  qualities  that  would  naturally  draw  men  to 
his  side,  but  among  them  all  none  so  winsome  and  abiding  as 


178  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

his  unflinching  integrity  and  sincerity  in  thought,  word  and 
action.  His  absolute  honesty  of  statement  at  all  times  made 
every  one  absolutely  restful  in  such  statement.  He  was  sin- 
cere through  and  through.  He  hated  shams  and  quackeries  of 
all  kinds.  He  was  eager  to  get  the  truth,  and  to  impart  it, 
while  coupled  with  this  was  great  tenderness  and  gentleness  of 
expression.  His  presence  in  the  sick  room  was  a  benediction, 
his  voice  a  renewal  of  confidence,  his  touch  one  of  healing, 
his  mission  that  of  the  comforter  and  counselor  combined. 
The  silent  influence  of  such  a  life  in  a  community  is  great 
indeed,  for  such  natures  realize  the  dignity,  the  duty,  the  privi- 
lege of  service,  and  suffering  humanity  is  ever  in  their  debt. 
The  life  of  such  a  one  is  his  creed,  and  all  who  come  in  touch 
with  such  nobility  are  necessarily  ennobled  and  uplifted. 
Purity  of  thought,  motive  and  diction  were  also  his,  to  look  into 
his  face  was  to  have  the  full  assurance  of  his  pure  life,  and  to 
hear  him  speak  was  to  know  at  once  that  he  was  clean.  Blessed 
are  the  pure  in  heart  for  they  shall  not  only  at  last  see  God, 
but  in  their  lives  here  they  reflect  much  of  the  divine  nature, 
and  by  their  presence  raise  the  moral  tone  of  the  community 
in  which  they  live.  This  also  accounts  for  his  universally 
sunny  disposition.  His  was  a  happy  heart,  and  at  no  time 
could  the  shadows  of  life  make  him  believe  that  there  was  not 
brightness  close  at  hand  ready  to  be  revealed.  Even  in  his 
personal  trials,  and  when  the  world  of  sound  was  closed  to  him 
forever,  still  it  was  not  that  he  was  deprived  of  something 
very  precious,  as  much  so  that  in  this  way  he  was  to  enter  into 
some  larger  experience  and  greater  joy.  His  unselfish  nature 
had  a  wellspring  of  happiness  within  itself,  and  the  storms  of 
life  could  not  disturb  this  anchorage.  Forced  to  resign  his 
chosen  calling,  which  was  to  him  a  divine  business,  peacefully 
he  set  sail  into  the  harbor  of  loving  hearts,  and  there,  inex- 
pressibly happy  in  the  atmosphere  of  a  devoted  affection,  rest- 
ing for  a  time  from  the  turmoil  of  life,  at  length  he  laid  down 
to  rest.     Tenderly  and  mercifully  the  summons  came,  and 

**  'Death's  quick  translation 

**  'Taught  the  brief  summation 
"  'Of  it  all.'  " 


fourteenth  new  hampshire  volunteers.  179 

Marshall  Perkins,  M.  D. 
Marlow,  N.  H. 

Pebkixs.  Marshaix,  F.  and  S.;  b.  Croydon;  age  40;  res.  Marlow; 
cred.  Marlow;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  23,  '62;  must.  In  Sept.  24,  '62; 
must,  out  July  8,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Marlow.  (Record,  Ayling's  Reg- 
ister, 1895,  p.  720.) 

Surgeon  Perkins,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  May 
13,  1823,  in  Croydon  and  was  the  son  of  James  and  Anna 
(French)  Perkins.  After  attending  the  common  schools  of 
his  native  town,  Unity  and  Kimball  Union  Academies  in  New 
Hampshire,  he  then  took  a  course  at  Norwich  University,  Nor- 
wich, Vt.,  and  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in  1849  in 
Plainfield,  N.  II.,  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Baker,  and  en- 
tered Tremont  ]\Iedical  School  of  Boston,  attending  two  courses 
of  lectures  at  Harvard  Medical  School,  and  was  graduated 
from  Harvard  in  July,  1850.  Immediately  settled  in  Marlow, 
N.  H.,  where  he  has  remained  for  forty-six  years. 

September  23.  1862,  he  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of 
the  Fourteenth  New  Hampshire  Kegiment,  remaining  with  the 
regiment  for  three  years.  At  the  close  of  his  service  he  re- 
turned to  Marlow  and  is  still  in  active  practice.  He  enjoys  the 
respect  and  confidence  of  his  fellow-townsmen,  and,  while 
never  seeking  office,  has  been  elected  by  his  fellow-citizens  to 
various  offices  in  the  gift  of  the  towTi. 

Married,  in  December,  1852,  Harriet  A.  Fiske. 

Nine  children,  namely:  James  M.,  Annie  E.,  Hattie  F., 
Waldo  H.,  Martha,  Daniel  H.,  Kate  L.,  Charles  A.  and  Jessie 
M.  Perkins. 

Died  at  his  home  in  Marlow,  June  11,  1902. 


Franklin  C.  Weeks. 

Week.s,  Franklin  C.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Chester;  age  27;  res.  Chester; 
cred.  Chester;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  23,  '62;  must,  in  to  date  Sept. 
16,  '62.  Died,  dis.  March  28,  '64,  New  York  City.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  729.) 

The  regimental  historian  has  the  following  in  regard  to  Dr. 
Weeks : 

"Franklin  C.  Weeks  was  born  in  Chester,  N.  H.,  August  27, 
1835.     He  lived  on  a  farm  until  seventeen  years  of  age,  having 


180  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN  THE  REBELLION. 

the  benefit  of  a  good  commoii  school  education.  He  then  at- 
tended school  at  Hampton  and  got  a  good  academical  training. 
Afterward,  he  was  for  some  time  under  a  private  tutor  and 
then  attended  medical  lectures  and  continued  his  studies  until 
fitted  for  practice.  When  the  war  began  Dr.  Weeks  had  begun 
a  medical  practice  which  promised  to  be  successful,  and  had 
opened  an  office  in  Chester  some  year  and  a  half  before  he  en- 
tered the  military  service.  He  applied  for  the  position  of 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  Eighth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers, 
but  it  was  not  until  the  organization  of  the  Fourteenth  that  he 
secured  an  appointment.  He  went  out  with  Colonel  Wilson's 
regiment,  but  he  was  in  no  physical  condition  for  '  roughing  it, ' 
and  the  first  winter  was  too  much  for  his  weak  powers  of 
endurance.  In  the  early  spring  of  1863,  Dr.  Weeks  did  his 
last  work  in  the  regiment  and  was  henceforth  absent  on  fur- 
lough until  March,  1864,  when  he  attempted  to  return  to  the 
regiment,  but  was  prostrated  in  New  York  City  with  a  severe 
attack  of  diphtheria  and  died  at  the  New  England  rooms  on 
the  twenty-fourth  of  that  month.  His  remains  were  taken 
to  his  native  town  for  interment, 

* '  Surgeon  Weeks  was  noted  in  his  regiment  for  his  punctil- 
ious execution  of  duty  and  he  was  as  particular  in  his  attention 
to  each  case  as  though  it  were  in  his  private  practice.  In  his 
manner  he  was  very  retiring  and  had  none  of  that  self-asser- 
tion that  pushes  for  place.  He  revealed  enough  of  his  real  self 
while  serving  in  the  regiment  to  become  popular  with  all  who 
came  into  official  contact  with  him.  He  had  no  successor  in 
the  Fourteenth. ' ' 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

FIFTEENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


By  Charles  McGregor, 

Corporal,  Company  H,  Fifteenth  Regiment  New  Hampshire 
Volunteers,  and  Historian  of  the  Regiment. 

"The  Fifteenth  New  Hampshire  Regiment  was  mustered 
into  the  United  States  service  in  the  state-house  yard  at  Con- 
cord, Governor  Berry  presenting  the  colors,  on  November  12, 
1862.  This  was  the  very  darkest  period  of  the  war.  It  was  the 
first  regiment  of  New  Hampshire 's  quota  in  response  to  Presi- 
dent Lincoln's  call  for  300,000  nine-months'  men.  A  reference 
to  the  roster  of  the  regiment  will  show  that  it  included  many 
men  who  were  too  young  to  enter  the  service  at  the  outbreak 
of  hostilities,  but  who  had  since  become  of  military  age.  It 
will  also  show  that  many^  at  the  expiration  of  their  term,  who 
possessed  adequate  health,  immediately  re-enlisted  and  re- 
turned to  the  front.  It  is  understood  that  the  nine-months' 
men  were  raised  for  a  special  purpose — as  an  auxiliary  to  our 
struggling  armies  already  in  the  field  and  to  enable  them  to 
strike  the  rebellion  a  staggering  and  fatal  blow.  How  well  this 
work  was  done  and  at  what  a  cost  is  already  recorded  in  his- 
tory." 

****** 

"In  May,  1863,  the  Fifteenth  Regiment  formed  a  part  of  a 
large  army  which  had  now  invested  Port  Hudson,  a  part  hav- 
ing approached  from  the  North  and  a  part  from  the  South, 
and  gradually  drawing  in  upon  the  enemy's  works  and  en- 
closing them  from  the  river  above  to  the  river  below.     The 


182  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN  THE  REBELLION. 

works  thus  invested  consisted  of  a  parapet,  some  seven  miles  in 
extent,  built  in  a  generally  semi-circular  form,  and  enclosing 
a  large  tract  around  the  outside  bend  of  the  river  at  this  place, 
where  the  land  lay  some  eighty  feet  above  the  water  level,  with 
beetling  bluffs  facing  the  river.  The  enemy's  water  batteries, 
for  blockading  the  river,  were  planted  along  the  brink  of  this 
bluff,  and  the  seven  miles  of  parapet  were  for  their  protection 
against  an  army  approaching  from  the  land^  as  ours  had  now 
done. 

"July  16,  1863,  the  regiment  marched  into  the  works  and 
there  remained  till  Sunday,  the  twenty-sixth,  when  it  boarded 
the  steamer  '  City  of  Madison, '  for  Cairo,  111.,  which  place  was 
reached  at  daylight  of  August  3 ;  thence  to  Chicago,  arriving 
at  2  a.  m.  of  Wednesday,  the  fifth,  and  leaving  at  8  a.  m. ; 
thence  home  by  the  Michigan  Southern  and  Lake  Shore  line. 
From  Chicago  and  through  New  York,  the  regiment  enjoyed  a 
continuous  ovation.  Arrived  at  Concord  at  about  noon  of 
Saturday,  the  eighth,  and  was  mustered  out  on  the  thirteenth. ' ' 

ASSIGNMENTS. 

''The  Fifteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  was  with 
United  States  forces  at  Carrollton^  La.,  Department  of  the 
Gulf,  December  24,  1862,  to  January  27,  1863;  attached  to 
First  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Nineteenth  Army  Corps,  Jan- 
uary 27  to  July  11,  1863;  Second  Brigade,  Third  Division, 
Nineteenth  Army  Corps,  July  11  to  July  18,  1863;  Second 
Brigade,  United  States  forces,  Port  Hudson,  La.  (Nineteenth 
Army  Corps),  July  18,  1863,  to  date  of  muster  out." 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Siege  of  Port  Hudson,  La.,  May  27  to  July  9,  1863. 

surgeons. 
Jeremiah  F.  Hall,  M.  D.,  Carl  H.  Horsch,  M.  D. 

assistant  surgeons. 
Benjamin  N.  Towle,  M.  D.,  Joseph  E.  Janvrin,  M.  D. 


FIFTEENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  183 

FIFTEENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


Jeremiah  Forest  Hall,  M.  D. 

Hall,  Jeremiah  F.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Northfield;  age  43;  res.  Wolfebor- 
ough;  cred.  Wolfeborough;  app.  Surg.  Oct.  28,  '62;  must,  in  Nov. 
1,  '62;  resigned  Jan.  19,  '63.  Died,  March  1,  '88,  Portsmouth. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  747.) 

Surgeon  Hall  was  born  in  Northfield,  N.  H.,  December  2, 
1816;  received  his  preliminary  education  at  Sanbornton  and 
Franklin  Academies,  and  his  medical  education  from  the  Medi- 
cal Department  of  Dartmouth  College.  He  located  in  Wolfe- 
borough  in  1837,  and  resided  in  that  town  twenty-four  years. 

"On  the  28th  of  October,  1862,  Dr.  Hall  was  commissioned 
surgeon  of  the  Fifteenth  New  Hampshire  Infantry,  Colonel 
Kingman,  and  joined  his  regiment  at  New  York  City.  Here 
he  was  taken  ill,  but  proceeded  with  his  command  to  Carroll- 
ton,  La.,  the  voyage  by  transport  serving  to  aggravate  his  com- 
plaint. Finding  no  relief  during  his  stay  in  Louisiana,  he 
was  offered  leave  of  absence,  which  he  declined,  preferring 
to  leave  the  service,  his  muster-out  dating  January  19,  1863. 
He  therefore  resigned  and  came  home  to  Wolfeborough. 
Shortly  after,  he  went  South,  to  Washington  and  Virginia, 
for  the  benefit  of  his  health. 

"While  at  the  capital,  he  was  appointed  surgeon  of  the 
Board  of  Enrollment  of  the  First  District  of  New  Hampshire, 
his  commission  dating  May  6,  1863,  and  ordered  to  this  city, 
arriving  in  Portsmouth  shortly  afterward.  He  remained  in 
this  position  until  the  dissolution  of  the  board,  and  was  dis- 
charged to  date  August  1,  1865,  his  first  discharge  being  for 
disability,  the  second  being  for  the  close  of  the  war. 

"A  few  years  later  the  doctor  was  appointed  examining 
surgeon  of  pensioners,  a  position  which  he  held  at  the  time  of 
his  death.  He  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  State 
Medical  Society,  and  was  its  president  in  1872 ;  was  formerly 
a  member  of  Carroll  County  Medical  Society,  and  had  been 
its  president;  and  was  also  an  honorary  member  of  the  Straf- 


184  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN  THE   REBELLION. 

ford  County  Medical  Society.  In  1874  he  was  elected  to  the 
New  Hampshire  senate  from  this  district,  and  was  re-elected 
in  1875." 

"For  eleven  years  he  held  the  position  of  director  in  the 
Lake  National  Bank  at  Wolfeborough,  was  trustee  of  the  Five 
Cent  Savings  Bank  at  the  same  place,  and  president  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  Wolfeborough  Academy.  He  has  been 
director  and  vice-president  of  the  Portsmouth  Trust  &  Guar- 
anty Company,  and  was  its  president  at  his  decease,  having 
held  the  latter  office  ten  years.  He  served  three  complete 
terms  as  trustee  of  the  New  Hampshire  Asylum  for  the  Insane, 
and  was  recently  reappointed.  He  was  alderman  of  the  city 
of  Portsmouth  two  years. 

"Dr.  Hall  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  Annette 
A.  Livy  of  Wolfeborough,  whom  he  wedded  December  14, 
1837. 

"The  second  marriage  was  with  Miss  Frances  E.,  eldest 
daughter  of  the  late  Charles  E.  Laighton  of  Portsmouth,  Octo- 
ber 24,  1872." 

Dr.  Hall  died  March  1,  1888,  at  Portsmouth. 


Carl  Herrmann  Horsch,  M.  D. 
Dover,   N.   H. 

HoEscH,  Carl  H.  P.  and  S.;  b.  Saxony,  Ger.;  age  40;  res.  Dover; 
app.  Surg.  Jan.  20,  '63;  must,  in  Feb.  11,  '63;  must,  out  Aug.  13, 
'63.  Died  Sept.  22,  '91,  Dover.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  748.) 

Surgeon  Horsch  was  born  July  23,  1822,  in  the  small  village 
of  Eythra,  about  six  miles  from  Leipzig,  Saxony.  His  parents, 
Johann  Gottfried  and  Christiana  Friedericke  Horsch,  were 
people  of  moderate  circumstances  and  Carl  was  obliged  to 
work  his  own  way  upward  through  the  world. 

Surgeon  Horsch  received  his  preliminary  education  from 
the  village  schoolmaster,  who  seems  to  have  been  a  man  of 
talent,  and  who  directed  and  developed  the  mind  of  his  pupil 


FIFTEENTH    NEW    HAMPSHIRE    VOLUNTEERS.  185 

with  a  great  deal  of  care  and  ability.  His  professional  educa- 
tion commenced  soon  after  he  was  fourteen  years  of  age,  when 
he  went  to  Altenburg  to  earn  his  own  living.  Here  the  court 
surgeon  was  attracted  toward  him,  advised  him  to  direct  his 
studies  toward  the  profession  of  medicine,  and  gave  him  in- 
struction in  the  rudiments  of  medicine  and  surgery.  It  would 
seem  that  his  good  work  was  amply  rewarded,  for  he  had  the 
satisfaction  of  seeing  him  fitted  for  the  university  before  he 
was  twenty  years  of  age.  He  was  six  years  in  the  university 
and  was  graduated  in  September,  1848.  Returning  to  his 
home,  he  applied  for  a  position  in  the  army,  and,  having 
passed  the  requisite  examination,  entered  the  Saxon  army 
October  1,  1848,  remaining  in  the  service  until  1853,  being 
promoted  to  the  grade  of  surgeon  during  that  period. 

Surgeon  Horsch  came  to  this  country  in  1853,  remained  in 
Boston  with  his  friend,  Dr.  Wesselhoeft,  for  about  two  years, 
when  he  located  in  Dover,  N.  H.,  in  August,  1855,  where  he 
was  in  active  practice  when  the  rebellion  was  inaugurated.  He 
was  appointed  surgeon  of  the  Fifteenth  Regiment  New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteers  January  20,  1863.  This  was  on  the  resig- 
nation of  Surgeon  Hall  on  account  of  illness,  and  Surgeon 
Horsch  immediately  joined  his  regiment  in  New  Orleans,  La., 
and  was  mustered  into  the  service  February  11,  1863.  This 
being  a  nine-months'  regiment,  he  was  mustered  out  of  the 
service  with  the  regiment,  August  13,  1863,  as  the  term  of  en- 
listment then  expired. 

The  Fifteenth  was  in  the  Port  Hudson  campaign  and 
suffered  severely  in  battle  and  from  the  effects  of  climate,  and 
Surgeon  Horsch  came  home  very  much  disabled  in  health, 
from  the  effects  of  over  exertion  in  a  malarial  climate.  From 
this  he  never  fully  recovered. 

He  was  an  indefatigable  worker  in  his  chosen  profession ; 
became  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the 
Medico-Legal  Society  of  New  York,  and  the  Strafford  District 
Medical  Society,  of  which  he  was  an  honored  president  in  1887 
and  1888.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  American  Pub- 
lic  Health   Association   and   throughout   his   whole   medical 


186  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

career  he  always  took  a  deep  interest  in  sanitary  work.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  State  Board  of  Health 
from  its  organization  in  1881  until  ill  health  compelled  him  to 
resign  in  1886.  He  rallied  somewhat  after  this,  but  in  1891 
he  was  prostrated  again,  and  passed  away  September  22, 
1891. 

Married,  in  March,  1858,  Miss  F.  A.  Littlefield,  who,  with 
two  daughters,  survives  him. 


Benjamin  Newell  Towle,  M.  D. 

Charlestown,  Mass. 

Towle,  Benjamin  N.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Freedom;  age  33;  res.  Newmar- 
ket; app.  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  14,  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  15,  '62;  must,  out 
Aug.  13,  '63.  P.  O.  ad.,  Charlestown,  Mass.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1S95,  p.  758.) 

Surgeon  Towle  was  born  in  Freedom,  N.  H.,  January  17, 
1829,  and  was  the  son  of  Lovell  and  Mary  (Bennette)  Towle, 
and  grandson  of  Amos  Towle.  His  preliminary  education  was 
received  at  the  district  school  and  he  fitted  for  college  at  Par- 
sonsfield  Seminary,  Maine.  His  professional  education  was 
commenced  in  1852  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Calvin  Topliff 
and  Dr.  Moses  Sweat  of  Maine.  He  took  three  courses  of  med- 
ical lectures  at  Dartmouth  and  Bowdoin  Colleges,  and  was 
graduated  from  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College 
in  the  class  of  1856.  He  located  in  Newmarket,  N.  H.,  and  it 
was  from  that  place  that  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Fif- 
teenth New  Hampshire  Regiment  October  14,  1864,  being  ap- 
pointed assistant  surgeon.  This  was  a  nine-months'  regiment 
and  he  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  August  13,  1863.  He 
returned  to  New^market,  and  in  1865  removed  to  Somerville, 
Mass.,  where  he  remained  about  one  year,  since  which  time  he 
has  resided  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  giving  attention  especially 
to  catarrhal  diseases.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
Medical  Society  and  of  the  American  Medical  Association. 

Married,  first.  Miss  A.  L.  Demeritt,  December,  1856 ;  second, 
to  Mary  E.  Demeritt  in  June,  1876. 

Children,  two. 


fifteenth  new  hampshire  volunteers.  187 

Joseph  Edward  Janvrin,  M.  D. 
191  Madison  Ave.,  New  York  City. 

(2  N.  H.  V.) 

Janvbin,  Joseph  E.  Co.  K;  b.  Exeter;  age  22;  res.  Exeter;  enl.  May 
21,  '61;  must,  in  June  8,  '61,  as  Priv.;  disch.  to  date  Nov.  30,  '62, 
to  accept  promotion.  P.  0.  ad..  New  York  City.  See  15  N.  H.  V. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  60.) 

(15  N.  H.  V.) 

Janvbin,  Joseph  E.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Exeter;  age  23;  res.  Exeter;  app. 
2  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  28,  '62;  must,  in  Dec.  1,  '62;  must,  out  Aug.  13, 
'63.  P.  O.  ad.,  New  York  city.  See  2  N.  H.  V.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  749.) 

Surgeon  Janvrin  was  born  in  Exeter,  N.  H.,  January  13, 
1839,  and  was  the  son  of  Joseph  Adams  and  Lydia  Ann  (Col- 
eord)  Janvrin,  a  grandson  of  William  Janvrin.  Received  his 
preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools  and  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy.  Commenced  his  professional  education  with 
Dr.  William  G.  Perry  of  Exeter,  N.  H.,  in  1859,  and  continued 
the  same  under  the  direction  of  Prof.  Edmund  Randolph 
Peaslee  of  New  York  City.  Attended  medical  lectures  at  the 
Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College  and  at  the  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  New  York  City,  and  was  grad- 
uated from  the  latter  in  the  class  of  1864.  Began  the  practice 
of  medicine  in  New  York  City  in  1865,  where  he  has  remained 
ever  since. 

While  a  student  in  medicine  he  served  eighteen  months  as  a 
private  in  Company  K,  Second  New  Hampshire  Regiment, 
from  which  he  was  discharged  to  accept  promotion  and  was 
appointed  immediately  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Fifteenth  New 
Hampshire  Regiment,  in  which  he  served  until  the  regiment 
was  mustered  out  of  service  August  13,  1863.  He  was  also 
assi.stant  surgeon.  United  States  Volunteers,  from  July,  1864, 
to  January,  1865. 

Dr.  Janvrin  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, New  York  State  Medical  Association,  New  York  County 
Medical  Association,  New  York  County  Medical  Society,  New 
York   Obstetrical   Society,   American   Gynaecological   Society, 


188  SURGICAL   HISTORr  IN  THE   REBELLION. 

International  Congress  of  Gynaecology  and  Obstetrics;  cor- 
responding member  of  Boston  Gynaecological  Society.  He 
was  president  of  the  New  York  Obstetrical  Society  for  two 
years,  1890  and  1891;  president  of  the  New  York  County 
Medical  Association  in  1896  and  1897;  trustee  of  the  New 
York  Academy  of  Medicine  for  five  years,  and  assistant  sur- 
geon in  the  Woman's  Hospital  of  the  State  of  New  York  for 
ten  years.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Mayflower 
Descendants ;  Society  of  Colonial  "Wars ;  of  the  Military  Order 
of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States ;  George  Washington 
Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic ;  and  the  Union  League  of 
New  York  City.  At  the  time  this  was  written  he  was  presi- 
dent of  the  New  York  Medical  League  and  gynaecologist  of 
the  New  York  Skin  and  Cancer  Hospital. 

For  a  long  period  Dr.  Janvrin  has  been  a  frequent  con- 
tributor to  medical  journalsj  of  which  the  following  are  a  part 
of  his  contributions : 

"A  Case  of  Interstitial  Pregnancy."  {American  Journal 
of  Obstetrics,  New  York,  November,  1874.) 

"The  Simultaneous  Closure  of  the  Ruptured  Cervix  and 
Perineum,  Report  of  Fifteen  Cases."  {American  Journal  of 
Obstetrics,  New  York,  May,  1884.) 

' '  Dermoid  Cysts  of  Both  Ovaries,  with  a  Diverticulum  from 
the  Left  Included  Within  the  Rectum — Ovariotomy,  Recov- 
ery."    {American  Journal  of  Obstetrics,  January,  1886.) 

"A  Case  of  Tubal  Pregnancy  of  Unusual  Interest,  with 
some  Remarks  as  to  the  Treatment  of  such  Cases."  (Trans- 
actions of  the  American  Gynaecological  Association  for  1886.) 

"On  the  Indications  for  Primary  Laparotomy  in  Cases  of 
Tubal  Pregnancy."  (Transactions  of  the  American  Gynae- 
cological Association  for  1888.) 

"A  Clinical  Study  of  Primary  Carcinomatous  and  Sarcoma- 
tous Neoplasms  Between  the  Folds  of  the  Broad  Ligaments, 
with  a  Report  of  Cases."  (Transactions  of  the  American 
Gynaecological  Association  for  1891.) 

"On  the  Limitations  for  Vaginal  Hysterectomy  in  Malig- 
nant Diseases  of  the  Uterus."  {New  York  Medical  Record, 
July  9,  1892.) 


FIFTEENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEERS.  189 

"Vaginal  Hysterectomy  for  Malignant  Disease  of  the 
Uterus."  {New  York  Journal  of  Gynecology  and  Obstetrics, 
September,  1892.) 

' '  The  Paliative  Treatment  of  Such  Cases  of  Malignant  Dis- 
ease of  the  Uterus  and  Adnexa  as  are  not  Amenable  to  Radi- 
cal Operations."  {Gaillard's  Medical  Journal,  New  York, 
January,  1893.) 

"The  Ultimate  Results,  in  My  Own  Experience,  of  Vaginal 
Hysterectomy  for  Cancer  Originating  in  the  Cervix  Uteri." 
{The  Medical  News,  New  York,  February  29,  1896.) 

"Two  Interesting  Cases  of  Surgery  of  the  Kidney,"  (Trans- 
actions of  the  New  York  State  Medical  Association,  1896.) 

"Selection  of  Operation  in  Cases  of  Cancer  of  the  Cervix 
Uteri  and  of  the  Uterus,  Also."  {American  Gynecological 
and  Obstetrical  Journal,  New  York,  May,  1897.) 

"The  Use  of  Catgut  Sutures  in  Ventro-Fixation  of  the 
Uterus."     {The  Memphis  Lancet,  December,  1898.) 

Married,  September  1,  1881,  to  Miss  Laura  L.  LaWall  of 
Easton,  Pa. 

Children:  Edmund  Randolph  Peaslee  and  Marguerite  La 
Wall  Janvrin. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

SIXTEENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


By  Daniel  E.  Howard, 

Captain,  Sixteenth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteer  In- 
fantry. 

"The  Sixteenth  New  Hampshire  Regiment  was  the  second 
to  respond  to  President  Lincoln's  call  for  300,000  volunteers 
for  nine  months.  Many  of  its  members  were  young — sons  of 
those  already  at  the  front.  Llore  were  of  middle  age,  and  quite 
a  large  number  of  mature  years.  Nearly  all  were  sons  and 
citizens  of  New  Hampshire.  How  well  they  did  their  work 
and  how  much  they  suffered  from  the  hardships  of  army  life 
and  the  effects  of  the  malarial  swamps  of  Louisiana,  must  be 
left  untold  in  this  brief  history.  Many  years  have  passed,  and 
the  records  of  the  war  department,  as  compiled  by  the  adju- 
tant-general of  this  state,  will  show  that  few  survive. 
****** 

' '  August  1,  1863,  the  regiment  embarked  on  the  stern-wheel 
transport  'Sallie  List'  for  Cairo.  As  we  passed  up  the  river 
we  called  at  Natchez,  Vicksburg,  Helena,  Memphis  and  Co- 
lumbus. At  Vicksburg  General  Grant  ordered  his  post  sur- 
geon to  examine  our  sick,  and  by  his  order  many  of  our  sick 
were  left  there,  to  be  taken  to  the  fine  floating  hospital  at  that 
place,  and  from  which  some  were  buried  by  those  who  kindly 
cared  for  them.  At  Cairo  we  disembarked,  taking  our  home- 
ward journey  by  rail,  via  Mattoon,  Indianapolis,  Bellefon- 
taine,  Buffalo,  Albany  and  Worcester,  to  Concord. 

"The  regiment  made  several  stops  while  en  route  for  home, 
and  the  kindness  and  sympathy  of  those  strangers  who  so 


SIXTEENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  191 

lovingly  eared  for  and  so  generously  entertained  us — weary, 
sick,  and  soiled  as  we  were — will  never  be  forgotten.  May 
Grod  bless  them  and  theirs  forever.  The  regiment  reached  Con- 
cord August  14,  and  was  mustered  out  the  twentieth. 

"It  will  be  noticed  that  during  the  short  term  of  this  regi- 
ment 's  service,  its  loss  by  death  is  over  twenty-three  per  cent., 
an  extremely  high  ratio." 

The  adjutant  of  the  regiment  says  of  the  Sixteenth,  when 
ordered  home  by  reason  of  expiration  of  service : 

"It  was  August  1,  1863,  when  our  regiment  stood  in  line 
for  the  last  time  on  Southern  soil.  The  line,  however,  was  a 
depleted  and  pitiful  one,  so  much  so  that  the  historian  hesitates 
to  attempt  a  description  of  the  men  who  answered  that  call. 
It  seemed  almost  as  if  death  was  there  with  the  name  of  every 
man  on  his  roll,  and  that  without  much  delay  he  was  to  call 
their  names  one  by  one,  and  thus  break  up  our  ranks  without 
any  command  from  the  officers. 

"What  contrasts  were  suggested!  At  Concord,  in  New 
York,  and  early  in  the  year  at  CarroUton,  La.,  the  ad- 
jutant had  stood  with  pride  before  a  body  of  as  strong  and 
noble  men  as  ever  formed  in  regimental  line.  But  August 
first,  after  fewer  than  twelve  months  had  passed,  the  regiment 
was  scarcely  more  in  number  than  one  of  the  original  com- 
panies had  been. 

"As  the  adjutant  looked  upon  those  haggard  and  pale  and 
bent  forms,  and  as  he  heard  those  husky  and  hollow  voices 
answering  to  the  roll-call,  he  turned  away  from  the  scene  with 
emotions  that  can  find  no  expression  in  any  tongue  spoken  by 
men. ' ' 

The  above  represents  something  of  the  condition  attending 
the  arrival  of  the  regiment  in  Concord  when  it  was  mustered 
out. 

The  number  of  sick  was  so  great  that  it  was  necessary  to 
improvise  quarters  for  their  care,  and  the  city  hall  was  trans- 
formed into  a  hospital  for  that  purpose.  Nearly  fifty  died 
within  a  few  days  after  the  regiment  reached  Concord.  A 
few  months  of  the  life  of  a  soldier  in  the  swamps  of  Louisiana 


192  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

was  sufficient  to  undermine  the  most  robust  constitution,  and 
life  went  out  because  of  the  loss  of  vitality  necessary  to  resist 
the  encroachments  of  disease. 

ASSIGNMENTS. 

"The  Sixteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  was  with 
United  States  Forces  at  Carrollton,  La.,  Department  of  the 
Gulf,  December  27,  1862^  to  January  3,  1863;  attached  to 
Third  Brigade,  Third  Division,  Nineteenth  Army  Corps,  Jan- 
uary 3  to  14,  1863 ;  First  Brigade,  Third  Division,  Nineteenth 
Army  Corps,  January  14  to  July  11,  1863 ;  Second  Brigade, 
Third  Division,  Nineteenth  Army  Corps,  July  11  to  18,  1863 ; 
Second  Brigade,  United  States  Forces,  Port  Hudson,  La. 
(Nineteenth  Army  Corps),  July  18,  1863,  to  date  of  muster 
out." 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Port  Hudson,  La.,  March  14,  1863. 

Butte-a-la-Rose,  La.,  April  20,  1863. 

Siege  of  Port  Hudson,  La.,  June  3  to  July  9,  1863. 

surgeons. 
Thomas  Sanborn,  M.  D.,  Cyrus  M.  Fisk,  M.  D. 

assistant  surgeons. 

Cyrus  M.  Fiske,  M.  D.,  Sylvester  Campbell,  M.  D., 

Hubert  Sleeper,  M.  D. 


SIXTEENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


Thomas  Sanborn,  M.  D, 

Late  of  Newport,  N.  H. 

Sanborn,  Thomas.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Sanbornton;  age  51;  res.  Newport; 
app.  Surg.  Nov.  4,  '62;  must,  in  Nov.  10,  '62;  resigned  June  13,  '63. 
Died  July  23,  '75,  Newport.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p. 

784.) 


SIXTEENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  193 

Surgeon  Sanborn  was  born  in  Sanbornton,  N.  H.,  Septem- 
ber 26,  1811,  and  was  the  son  of  Christopher  Sanborn.  His 
preliminary  education  was  received  in  attending  the  common 
schools  and  occasionally  a  term  at  the  academy  of  his  native 
town.  Commenced  his  professional  education  with  Dr.  Thomas 
P.  Hill  of  Sanbornton  in  1833,  taking  courses  of  medical  lec- 
tures at  Bow^doin  and  Dartmouth.  He  engaged  in  other  busi- 
ness some  of  the  time  in  order  to  defray  expenses,  was  with 
Dr.  Oilman  Kimball  of  Lowell  for  a  period,  also  with  Dr.  W. 
H.  Hosmer  of  New  London  for  two  years  and  w'as  graduated 
from  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College  in  1841. 
He  located  for  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Goshen  after 
graduation,  and  was  in  Newport  and  New  London,  N.  H.,  until 
1848,  when  he  permanently  located  in  Newport. 

He  was  appointed  surgeon  of  the  Sixteenth  New  Hampshire 
Volunteers  in  1862  and  accompanied  General  Banks'  Corps  to 
Louisiana.  Here  his  health  failed  and,  after  a  few  weeks '  dis- 
ability, he  resigned  and  returned  to  his  home,  where  he  died 
July  23,  1875. 

He  was  much  beloved  by  his  fellow-townsmen,  who  had 
elected  him  to  various  offices,  and  he  was  a  Past  Master  of  the 
Mount  Vernon  Lodge  of  Freemasons  and  held  in  high  regard 
by  this  fraternity.  Both  as  a  physician  and  surgeon  for  more 
than  a  quarter  of  a  century  he  was  engaged  in  extensive  prac- 
tice  and  shared  in  a  large  measure  the  confidence  of  his  patrons 
and  the  esteem  of  the  community. 

In  1844  he  married  Miss  Harriett,  daughter  of  Hon.  David 
Allen  of  Newport,  to  whom  there  were  born  two  sons  and 
three  daughters.    One  son  and  one  daughter  survive. 


Cyrus  Mentor  Fisk,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Bradford,  N.  H. 

Fisk,  Cyrus  M.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Chichester;  age  37;  res.  Bradford; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Nov.  4,  '62;  must,  in  Nov.  10,  'G2;  app.  Surg.  June 
13,  '63;  must,  out  Aug.  20,  '63.  P.  O.  ad.,  Lowell,  Mass.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  774.) 

13 


194  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

Surgeon  Fisk  was  born  January  9,  1825,  in  Chichester,  N. 
H.  He  was  the  son  of  Ephraim  and  Margaret  (Dow)  Fiske, 
who  were  both  born  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  the  former  April  17, 
1798,  the  latter  in  1804.  "The  Fiske  (Fisk)  family  came  from 
England,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  so  early  as  the  eighth  year 
of  the  reign  of  King  John  (A.  D.  1208),  in  the  parish  of  Lax- 
field.  Daniel  Fisc  (original  orthography)  seems  to  have  been 
the  first  of  that  name.  Symond  Fiske,  lord  of  the  manor  of 
Stadhaugh,  held  lands  in  Laxfield  parish  and  was  probably 
grandson  of  Daniel  Fisc.  There  was  a  coat  of  arms  wdth  this 
motto,  ^Macte  virtue  sic  ad  astra.'  Simon  was  lord  of  the 
manor  of  Stadhaugh  in  Laxfield,  county  of  Sufi:'olk,  England, 
in  the  time  of  Henry  the  Sixth.  One  of  the  first  to  emigrate 
to  this  country  was  one  Ephraim,  who  settled  in  Tewksbury, 
Mass."  Ephraim,  the  father  of  Cyrus  and  the  third  of  this 
name  in  the  Fisk  family,  moved  from  Chichester  to  Contoocook 
when  the  doctor  was  about  four  years  old.  Surgeon  Fiske 's  pre- 
liminary education  was  obtained  in  the  common  schools  of 
Hopkinton  and  in  Master  John  Ballad 's  private  school  for  boys 
in  Hopkinton  village.  This,  in  its  day,  was  considered  one  of 
the  best  private  schools  in  New  Hampshire.  His  professional 
education  was  commenced  in  1845  with  Dr.  Charles  A.  Savory, 
then  in  Hopkinton,  afterwards  in  Lowell,  Mass.  His  early 
life  was  one  of  great  perseverance  and  hard  work  to  procure 
the  necessary  means  to  obtain  the  desired  education  of  a  regu- 
lar physician,  but  was  unable  to  graduate  at  that  time.  He 
received  an  honorary  degree  from  Dartmouth  Medical  College 
in  1870.  He  began  the  practice  of  medicine  by  being  licensed 
by  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  at  Contoocook  in  1847, 
and  in  1848  located  at  Bradford,  N.  H. 

Dr.  Fisk  resided  in  Bradford  from  1848  to  1872,  except  the 
time  he  was  in  the  army.  He  became  a  member  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Medical  Society  about  this  time  and  was  soon 
engaged  in  a  large  practice  in  Bradford  and  vicinity.  In  the 
winter  of  1848  there  was  an  epidemic  of  smallpox  in  the  west- 
em  part  of  the  town.  There  were  between  forty  and  fifty 
cases  of  variola,  and  the  older  physician.  Dr.  Ames,  being 


SIXTEENTH    NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  195 

afflicted  with  the  disease,  the  work  was  largely  thro"wii  upon 
Dr.  Fisk,  who  went  into  quarantine  with  Bradford's  afflicted 
people,  earing  for  and  ministering  to  them  as  physician  and 
nurse,  and,  subduing  the  epidemic,  commanded  the  confidence 
and  respect  of  the  whole  community.  It  is  on  record  that,  for 
this  great  service  to  the  town  and  its  people,  he  was  remuner- 
ated by  the  town  at  the  rate  of  five  dollars  a  week  for  his  ser- 
vices. It  should  be  remarked,  however,  that  at  this  time 
money  was  scarce,  medical  fees  were  low  and  a  great  deal 
more  was  done  for  charity's  sake  in  bringing  out  the  humane 
side  of  a  physician's  life  than  is  required  or  expected  at  the 
present  time. 

He  was  a  member  of  St.  Peter's  Lodge,  F.  A.  ]\I.,  Bradford, 
and  Woods  Royal  Branch  Chapter  of  Henniker,  N.  H. 

He  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Sixteenth  Regi- 
ment New  Hampshire  Volunteers  November  4,  1862,  being 
the  first  as.sistant  surgeon ;  upon  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Thomas 
Sanborn,  he  was  promoted  surgeon,  June  13,  1863,  and  re- 
mained -s^dth  the  regiment  as  surgeon  until  mustered  out 
of  the  service,  August  20,  1863.  This  regiment  was  as- 
vsigned  to  the  Nineteenth  Army  Corps  of  General  N.  P.  Banks 
and  served  at  New  Orleans  and  various  other  places  in 
Louisiana  and  was  in  the  Siege  of  Port  Hudson.  The  Six- 
teenth was  brigaded  with  the  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  and 
One  Hundred  and  Sixty-second  New  York  and  the  Fourth 
Mas.sachusetts,  with  Colonel  Ingraham  of  the  Thirty-eighth 
^Massachusetts  acting  as  brigade  commander.  The  division  to 
which  they  were  assigned  consisted  of  twelve  regiments  under 
the  command  of  General  Emory.  "The  marches  were  some- 
thing terrible  and  many  escapes  they  had  from  being  captured. 
One  little  incident  in  which  Dr.  Fisk  took  part  will  show  the 
intense  feeling  of  the  Southern  people  at  that  time.  One 
night  after  a  long  day's  march  through  mud  and  water,  the 
regiment  halted  in  hopes  of  a  night  of  rest,  but  were  pre- 
vented by  the  enemy  drawing  near  and  necessitating  a  retreat. 
While  in  consultation  with  the  officers  preparing  for  a  retreat, 
Dr.  Fisk,  who  had  been  prospecting  for  drinking  water,  re- 


196  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

ported  he  had  seen  a  woman  at  the  back  of  a  plantation  house 
near  by,  giving  signals  with  a  candle.  Presumably,  she  was 
communicating  with  Confederate  troops  who  were  known  to  be 
in  close  proximity  to  the  position  they  then  held. ' '  The  effect  of 
climate  on  these  New  England  and  New  York  men  was  very 
debilitating,  and  the  mortality  was  startling.  They  were  wholly 
unacclimated,  and  scarcely  any  person  in  the  whole  brigade 
that  went  through  those  terrible  marches  through  the  swamps 
and  lagoons  of  Louisiana  that  has  not  suffered  from  the  eft'ects 
upon  his  health  ever  since.  Dr.  Fisk's  health  was  so  under- 
mined that  he  never  fully  recovered,  and  for  nearly  a  year 
after  his  return  he  was  able  to  do  but  little  professional 
work.  He  was  ever  afterwards  reminded  of  the  effects  of 
malaria,  and  was  unable  to  do  the  hard  physical  work  that 
was  necessary  to  practice  medicine  in  Bradford;  therefore,  in 
1872,  he  removed  to  Lowell,  Mass.,  where  he  went  into  practice 
in  company  with  his  old  preceptor.  Dr.  Charles  A.  Savory. 
In  1894  he  retired  from  active  practice  and  returned  to  Brad- 
ford, N.  H.,  where  he  died  January  21,  1895.  He  celebrated 
his  seventieth  birthday  on  the  ninth  day  of  January,  when  his 
friends  and  neighbors  assembled  in  his  new  house  to  welcome 
him  back  to  his  early  home.  He  was  stricken  with  apoplexy 
January  17,  and  remained  unconscious  until  his  death. 

While  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  he  belonged  to  the  Massachusetts 
Medical  Society, the  Middlesex  North  District  Society,  of  which 
at  different  times  he  was  president  and  councilor.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  staff  of  St.  John's  Hospital  and  consulting 
physician  of  the  Lowell  General  Hospital.  Served  on  the 
school  board  for  two  years,  was  chairman  of  the  United  States 
Board  of  Pension  Examiners  for  twelve  years,  a  trustee  of 
Lowell  Institute  for  Savings,  and  an  active  member  of  the 
Ladd  and  Whitney  Post,  No.  185,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 
Feeling  that  his  health  would  not  permit  of  more  active  work, 
he  returned  to  Bradford,  where  he  caused  to  have  fitted  up  a 
new  home,  hoping  to  be  able  to  enjoy  for  a  few  years  at  least 
the  well-earned  rest  and  quiet  among  the  granite  hills  and 
streams  of  New  Hampshire,  which  he  loved  so  well.     "In  re- 


SIXTEENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  197 

ligious  belief  he  was  a  Universalist.  Believing  in  God's  su- 
preme goodness  and  love,  and  that  ultimately  all  God 's  created 
ones  would  attain  happiness  in  a  heavenly  home. ' '  In  polities 
he  was  an  uncompromising  Republican. 

While  a  resident  of  Contoocook  he  married  Amanda  M.  Put- 
nam, December  8,  1848. 

Children,  two:  Mary  Jane,  born  June  18,  1850,  and  died 
April  19,  1854;  Clara  Eva,  born  December  21,  1851,  and 
married,  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  June  21,  1876,  George  Henry  Blan- 
chard  of  Bradford,  N.  H. 


Sylvester  Campbell,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Sanborn  ton  Bridge  (Now  Tilton,  N.  H.). 

Campbell,  Sylv'esteb.  F.  and  S.;  res.  Sanbomton;  cred.  Ports- 
mouth; app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  Nov.  6,  '62;  must,  in  Nov.  10,  '62.  Died, 
dis.  Feb.  6,  '63,  Carrollton,  La.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  769.) 

Surgeon  Campbell  of  the  Sixteenth  New  Hampshire  was 
born  in  Acworth,  N.  H.,  February  9,  1834,  and  was  the  son 
of  Horace  and  Sally  (Grout)  Campbell,  a  grandson  of  Hon. 
Isaac  Campbell.  His  preliminary  education  was  received  in 
the  common  schools  of  Sullivan  county  and  at  Colby  Academy, 
New  London.  His  professional  education  commenced  in  1854, 
under  the  direction  of  Thomas  Sanborn,  M.  D.,  of  Newport, 
N.  II.  He  attended  lectures  at  the  Medical  Department  of 
Dartmouth  College  and  at  the  University  of  New  York,  and 
received  his  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  latter  institution  in 
1858.  He  located  for  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Sanbornton 
Bridge,  now  Tilton,  in  1858,  and  remained  there  until  he 
entered  the  army  November  6,  1862. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
of  the  ^Masonic  fraternity,  and  was  superintendent  of  schools 
in  Sanbornton  Bridge  at  the  time  of  his  entering  the  army. 
He  was  appointed  second  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Sixteenth 
New  Hampshire  Volunteers  November  6,  1862,  and  died  at 
Camp  Parapet,  Carrollton,  La.,  February  6,  1863. 

Married,  July  2,  1858,  to  Maria  L.  Manson. 

No  children. 


198  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Hubert  Sleeper,  M.  D. 
Meriden,  N.  H. 

Sleepeb,  Hubert.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Grantham;  age  28;  res.  Grantham; 
cred.  Grantham;  app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  March  18,  '63;  must,  in  Mar. 
23,  '63;  captured  June  28,  '63;  released;  dis.  to  date  Aug.  20,  '63. 
P.  O.  ad.,  Meriden.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  785.) 

Surgeon  Sleeper  was  born  January  13,  1835,  in  Grantham, 
N.  H.,  and  was  the  son  of  Hiram  Lewis  and  Mary  (Leavitt) 
Sleeper,  and  was  a  grandson  of  Hon.  Sanborn  Sleeper  of 
Grantham,  N.  H,  Received  his  preliminary  education  at  the 
common  schools  and  fitted  for  college  at  Kimball  Union  Acad- 
emy. Commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in  1856  in  New  Jer- 
sey under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Kinch,  continuing  the  same 
with  Dr.  S.  J.  Allen  of  White  River  Junction  and  Prof.  Al- 
bert Smith  of  Peterborough.  Attended  four  courses  of  lec- 
tures at  Dartmouth  Medical  College  and  was  graduated  M. 
D.  from  the  same  in  the  class  of  1860.  He  located  immediately 
in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Grantham,  N.  H.,  and  was  a 
resident  of  that  town  at  the  commencement  of  the  War  of  the 
Rebellion. 

He  received  an  appointment  of  second  assistant  surgeon  of 
the  Sixteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  March  18,  1863,  was 
captured  June  28,  1863.  Since  his  service  in  the  army,  he  has 
resided  in  Meriden,  N.  H.  He  was  a  member  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Medical  Society,  of  various  Masonic  bodies  and 
medical  examiner  for  several  life  insurance  companies.  In 
1865,  1866,  and  also  1874,  he  took  a  post-graduate  course  in 
medicine  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  New 
York.  He  has  been  a  long-time  resident  of  Meriden,  N.  H., 
and  has  enjoyed  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  citizens. 
Never  married. 

Since  the  above  was  written.  Dr.  Sleeper  died  at  Meriden, 
October  22,  1902. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

SEVENTEENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER 
INFANTRY. 


By  Charles  N.  Kent, 

First   Lieutenant    Seventeenth   New    Hampshire    Volunteers,    and 

Historian  of  the  Regiment. 

"  'History,'  said  Gallatin,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  in  New  York  City,  when  troops  were  pressing  to  the 
front  in  response  to  President  Lincoln's  first  call  for  volun- 
teers, '  History  will  make  a  faithful  record  of  our  proceedings, 
and  that  record  will  be  consulted  by  future  generations  for 
encouragement,  for  instruction,  and  for  warning  throughout 
all  time. '  The  gallant  and  accomplished  Theodore  Winthrop, 
who  was  killed  at  Great  Bethel,  with  his  last  breath  expressed 
the  hope  that  some  of  his  country  men  'would  keep  careful 
record  of  passing  events,  as  we  are  making  history  hand  over 
hand.'  By  the  wise  and  judicious  enactment  of  New  Hamp- 
shire's Legislature  and  the  approval  of  His  Excellency  the 
Governor,  it  has  been  made  possible  to  record  and  preserve 
in  permanent  form  the  history  of  each  regiment  organized 
within  the  state,  which  did  its  part  for  the  preservation  of  the 
nation  in  the  great  "War  of  the  Rebellion." 

"But  the  record  of  the  Seventeenth  Regiment  is  not  one  of 
good  will  without  brave  deeds.  The  men  who  enlisted  for 
that  organization  went  to  the  war  under  other  commands 
and  their  good  service  reflects  credit  upon  the  original  or- 
ganization and  the  final  organizations  with  which  they  were 

connected." 

•  «*••• 

"Thus  it  appears  that  like  most  of  New  Hampshire's 
33,000   soldiers,   whose   labors,   sufferings,    perils   or   deaths. 


200  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

through  the  greatest  war  of  modern  times,  helped  to  preserve 
the  national  union  and  to  free  a  race  from  chattel  slavery, 
the  men  of  this  Seventeenth  New  Hampshire  Regiment  proved 
themselves  worthy  of  their  birthright  as  American  citizens, 
and  earned  for  themselves  the  tender  remembrance  and 
eternal  gratitude  of  their  fellow-countrymen  and  of  their  de- 
scendants to  the  latest  generation." 

*'The  history  of  the  Seventeenth  Regiment  of  Infantry  is 
peculiar,  as  it  tells  of  patient  service  and  weary  waiting  for 
thirty  years  before  it  received  justice,  which  finally  came  by 
the  high  authority  of  an  act  of  the  Federal  Congress  defining 
its  status  and  recognizing  the  full  rank  of  its  commander. 
The  Seventeenth  has  been  accorded  fraternal  recognition  by 
the  other  military  organizations  of  the  state,  and  its  name  is 
on  the  memorial  stone  at  The  Weirs. 

"It  did  its  full  duty  amid  surroundings  that  taxed  the 
patience  and  zeal  of  officers  and  men,  and  its  history  should 
be  fully  recorded  among  those  of  the  other  commands  that 
upheld  the  fame  of  the  state  during  the  great  contest  that 
saved  the  Union.  Recognizing  the  propriety  and  necessity 
for  the  preparation  of  a  lasting  record  relative  to  this  regi- 
ment, I  have  reisponded  to  the  request  to  supply  this,  so  far  as 
to  quote  from  official  documents  in  my  possession  sufficient  to 
explain  its  position  and  service." 

•vP  ^  ^  ^  flp  ^ 

"The  report  of  the  adjutant-general  for  1866,  in  referring 
to  the  history  of  this  regiment,  closes  in  the  following  lan- 
guage: 

"  'Every  indication  observable  relative  to  discipline,  drill 
and  instruction  proved  the  fitness  of  the  officers  of  the  Seven- 
teenth for  duty;  and  the  excellence  of  the  men,  together  with 
their  attachment  to  their  original  officers  and  organization, 
added  to  the  regrets  that  followed  the  consolidation. 

"  'In  the  record  of  the  New  Hampshire  regiments,  the 
officers  and  men  of  the  Seventeenth  Infantry  should  have 
honorable  mention,  as  citizens  who  performed  their  entire 
duty  under  discouraging  circumstances,  with  steady  prompti- 
tude and  consistent  patriotism.'  " 


SEVENTEENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   YOLUNTEERS.  201 

SURGEON. 

James  D.  Folsom,  M.  D. 

assistant  surgeons. 

Luther  C.  Bean,  M.  D.,  Horatio  X.  Small,  M.  D. 

(see  10  N.  H.  V.) 


SEVENTEENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


James  D.  Folsom,  M.  D. 
St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Folsom,  James  D.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Wheelock,  Vt.;  age  34;  res.  Lancas- 
ter; app.  Surg.  Nov.  4,  '62;  must,  in  Nov.  20,  '62;  must,  out  April 
16,  '63.  P.  O.  ad.,  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.  '  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  796.) 

Surgeon  Folsom  wa,s  born  in  Wheelock,  Vt.,  July  3,  1828, 
and  was  the  son  of  James  and  Agnes  (Sanborn)  Folsom,  a 
grandson  of  James  Folsom.  Received  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools  of  Vermont  and  supplemented  it 
by  an  academic  course  at  Lyndon  Academy,  Vermont.  He 
commenced  his  professional  education  in  Lyndon,  Vt.,  in  1847, 
under  the  direction  of  Drs.  Selim  Newell  of  St.  Johnsbury 
and  Beniah  Sanborn.  He  attended  medical  lectures  at  Wood- 
stock, Vt.,  at  Jefferson  ^Medical  College,  Pennsylvania,  and 
at  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College,  and  was 
graduated  from  the  latter  in  1850.  He  commenced  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine  at  Guildhall,  Vt.,  where  he  remained  two 
years,  and  then  removed  to  Lancaster,  N.  H.,  where  he  re- 
mained for  eighteen  years.  Then  he  removed  to  St.  Johns- 
bury, where  he  has  since  been  located. 

Surgeon  Folsom  is  a  member  of  the  White  Mountain  (N. 
H.)  and  Caledonia  (Vt.)  Medical  Societies.  While  a  resident 
of  Lanca.ster  he  was  appointed  surgeon  of  the  Seventeenth 
Regiment  of  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  November  4,  1862, 
and  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  at  Concord,  April  16, 


202  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

1863.  The  men  who  had  enlisted  in  this  regiment  were  as- 
signed to  fill  up  other  regiments,  and  therefore  the  regiment 
as  an  organization  was  disbanded  April  6,  1863. 

Surgeon  Folsom  has  been  president  of  the  White  Mountain 
Medical  Society  of  New  Hampshire,  also  of  the  St.  Johnsbury 
Medical  and  Surgical  Club  in  Vermont,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  fraternity,  being  a  Sir  Knight  in  the  North  Star 
Commandery  at  Lancaster,  N.  H.  While  a  resident  of  Lan- 
caster he  represented  that  town  in  the  New  Hampshire  Legis- 
lature. 

Married,  in  1852,  to  Flora  Newell. 

Children,  four:  Alice  Estelle,  James  Irving,  Nellie  E.  and 
Flora  M. 


Luther  Cummings  Bean,  M.  D. 

Waukegan,   Lake   County,   111. 
Bean,  Luther  C.     F.  and  S.;  b.  Sanborn  ton;  age  41;   res.  Lebanon; 
cred.   Strafford;    app.  Asst.  Surg.  Nov.  4,  '62;    must,  in  Nov.  20, 
'62;  must,  out  April  IG,  'G3.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p. 
794.) 

Surgeon  Bean  was  born  in  Sanbornton,  December  13,  1820, 
and  was  the  eon  of  Scribner  H.  and  Elizabeth  K.  (Harper) 
Bean.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  common  and 
high  schools  of  Sanbornton,  which  at  that  time  was  under  the 
direction  of  that  successful  educator.  Dyer  H.  Sanborn.  He 
commenced  his  professional  education  in  1846  at  Sanbornton 
Bridge,  now  called  Tilton,  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Enos 
Hoyt,  who  afterwards  removed  to  Framingham,  Mass.  He 
continued  his  professional  education  under  the  direction  of 
the  faculty  of  Dartmouth  and  Vermont  Medical  College,  of 
Woodstock,  attending  three  courses  of  lectures  and  was  gradu- 
ated M.  D.  from  the  Woodstock  Medical  College  in  1849.  He 
practiced  his  profession  for  a  short  time  in  South  Weare  and 
Penacook,  N.  H.,  removing  to  Lebanon,  N.  H.,  in  1852,  where 
he  remained  for  twenty  years,  then  removed  to  Chicago, 
where  he  remained  six  years,  and  has  been  at  his  present 


SEVENTEENTH   NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  203 

residence  in  Waukegan  since  August,  1878.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  of  the  Grafton  County 
and  Connecticut  Valley  Medical  Societies,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Lake  County  Medical  Society  of  Illinois.  He  was  the 
last  secretary  of  the  Grafton  County  Medical  Society  before 
it  disbanded.  He  belongs  to  Masonic  associations,  being  a 
Knight  Templar ;  has  been  alderman  of  the  city  of  Waukegan, 
member  of  the  Board  of  Pension  Examiners,  etc.  He  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  surgeon  of  the  Seventeenth  New  Hampshire 
Regiment  in  November,  1862,  and  was  mustered  out  of  the 
service  April  16,  1863.  The  history  of  the  Seventeenth  Regi- 
ment was  peculiar,  as  this  regiment  was  kept  in  camp  in  Con- 
cord for  a  period  of  about  five  months  and  company  after 
company  was  taken  from  that  organization  and  placed  in  other 
regiments  until  it  became  so  small  that  the  field  and  staff 
was  mustered  out  of  the  service.  This  was  through  no  fault 
of  its  officers,  and  afterwards  the  field  and  staff  were  given 
due  recognition  by  the  War  Department  of  the  United  States. 

Surgeon  Bean  married,  January  27,  1852,  Susan  Gerrish. 

Born  to  this  marriage,  five  children :  Charles  Henry,  Susan 
E.,  Elizabeth  M.,  Willie  A.  and  Susan  A.  Of  these  only  one 
is  living,  Susie  A.  Bean. 

Since  the  above  was  written.  Dr.  Bean  died  at  his  home  in 
Waukegan,  111.,  February  22,  1905,  at  the  age  of  eighty-four 
years. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

EIGHTEENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER 
INFANTRY. 


By  Thomas  L.  Livermore, 
Late  Colonel,  Eighteenth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volun- 
teers. 

' '  Six  companies  of  this  regiment  ( A  to  F)  were  raised  under 
the  call  of  the  president,  July  18,  1864.  They  joined  the 
Engineer  Brigade,  commanded  by  General  Benham,  at  City 
Point,  Va.,  October  4,  1864.  Charles  H.  Bell  of  Exeter  was 
appointed  colonel  and  James  W.  Carr  of  Manchester,  lieu- 
tenant-colonel, but  both  declined  the  commissions.  October 
13,  Joseph  M.  Clough  of  New  London,  lately  a  captain  in  the 
Fourth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  was  commissioned  lieu- 
tenant-colonel, and  William  I.  Brown  of  Fisherville,  then  ad- 
jutant of  the  Ninth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  was  com- 
missioned major,  and  in  the  same  month  they  joined  the  first 
six  companies  at  City  Point.  Although  the  quota  of  this 
state,  under  the  call  of  July  18,  was  completed,  Governor  Gil- 
more,  by  proclamation,  October  13,  caused  enlistments  for  the 
last  four  companies  to  proceed  in  advance  of  the  next  call  of 
the  president  of  December  19,  under  which  proclamation  and 
call  the  regiment  was  completed.  It  was  composed  of  excellent 
material.  The  members  were  almost  entirely  citizens  of  the 
state.  A  good  many  of  them  had  seen  service  in  other  organ- 
izations, and  the  remainder  were  good  men,  whose  delay  in 
volunteering  may  fairly  be  presumed  to  have  been  justifiable. 

"January  17,  1865,  Thomas  L.  Livermore  of  Milford,  then 
major  of  the  Fifth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  and  acting  as- 


EIGHTEENTH   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  205 

sistant  inspector-general  of  the  Second  Army  Corps  on  the 
staff  of  Major-General  Humphries,  was  commissioned  colonel. 
His  muster  was  deferred  under  the  regulation  of  the  War 
Department  that  a  regiment  should  not  be  entitled  to  a  colonel 
until  it  had  ten  companies.  Companies  G  and  H  joined  the 
regiment  at  City  Point  in  February,  and  Company  I  joined  at 
Petersburg  in  March.  The  tenth  company  (K)  was  mustered 
into  service  April  6,  but  on  account  of  Lee's  surrender  was 
detained  at  Galloup's  Island,  Boston  Harbor,  until  May  6, 
when  it  was  mustered  out  of  service.  The  regiment  remained 
a  part  of  Benham's  Brigade  until  March  19,  and  was  employed 
for  some  weeks  in  labor  on  the  fortifications  of  City  Point. 
December  10  the  brigade  moved,  in  severe  weather,  to  the  lines 
in  front  of  Petersburg,  and  there  occupied  the  works  to  the 
left  of  Fort  Davis  for  several  days.  December  18,  as  a 
part  of  a  temporary  brigade  detached  under  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Clough,  it  labored  two  weeks  on  the  works  at  Bermuda 
Hundred,  under  order  of  General  Ferrero;  February  5,  in 
Benham's  Brigade,  the  regiment  was  marched  to  the  front  of 
Petersburg,  and  remained  there  a  week.  March  19,  by  order 
of  General  Meade,  commanding  the  Army  of  the  Potomac, 
the  regiment  was  detached  from  Benham's  Brigade,  and 
ordered  to  report  to  the  commander  of  the  Ninth  Army  Corps, 
to  be  disbanded  and  distributed  among  the  New  Hampshire 
regiments  of  that  command.  The  personal  intercession  of 
Colonel  Livermore  at  army  headquarters  caused  the  order  for 
disbandment  to  be  revoked.  Having  reported  to  General 
Parke,  commanding  the  Ninth  Army  Corps,  March  25,  the 
regiment  supported  the  Eleventh  Massachusetts  Battery  in  the 
engagement  in  which  Fort  Stedman  was  recaptured  from  the 
enemy,  and  on  the  same  day  it  was  assigned  to  the  Third 
Brigade,  First  Division,  Ninth  Army  Corps,  and  was  posted  in 
Fort  Stedman,  where  it  remained  under  constant  fire  until 
the  fall  of  Petersburg.  March  29  the  regiment  repelled  a 
night  attack,  in  which  IMajor  Brown  was  killed  and  Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel Clough  was  slightly  wounded,  and  several  enlisted 
men  were  killed  and  wounded.     April  2  the  regiment  made 


206  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

•  ready  for  an  assault  on  the  enemy 's  line,  which  the  division 
was  ordered  to  make.  Captain  Greenough  was  wounded  while 
forming  the  three  companies,  which  had  been  placed  under 
his  command  for  the  advance  party.  The  assault  was  counter- 
manded. Later  in  the  day,  a  skirmish  line  from  the  regiment, 
supported  by  three  of  its  companies  under  Captain  Potter, 
was  thrown  forward  and  encountered  a  strong  force,  with  a 
loss  of  one  killed  and  several  wounded.  April  3  the  regiment 
entered  Petersburg,  which  had  been  abandoned  by  the  enemy 
the  night  before,  and  then  moved  up  the  Southside  Railroad 
to  Ford's  Station,  where  it  remained  until  the  20th. 

"Captain  Potter  was  promoted  to  major  April  4,  and 
Colonel  Livermore  was  mustered  in  and  took  command  April 
8.  On  the  twentieth  the  command  marched  to  City  Point, 
where  it  took  steamer  and  arrived  at  Alexandria,  April  26, 
and  then  marched  to  Tennallytown,  D.  C,  where  it  went  into 
camp  with  its  brigade,  which  included  also  the  Twenty-ninth, 
Fifty-seventh  and  Fifty-ninth  Massachusetts  Volunteers  and 
One  Hundredth  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 

"Soon  after  arriving  at  Tennallytown,  the  Eighteenth  was 
placed  on  guard  in  Four  and  One-Half  Street,  Washington, 
from  Pennsylvania  Avenue  to  the  Arsenal,  where  the  court- 
martial  was  sitting  for  the  trial  of  the  conspirators  against 
President  Lincoln,  and,  alternating  in  tours  of  four  days  with 
a  regiment  from  another  army  corps,  it  continued  to  perform 
this  duty  during  the  entire  session  of  the  court.  The  selection 
of  the  Eighteenth  as  one  of  the  two  regiments  for  this  duty, 
out  of  the  great  army  then  lying  around  Washington,  was 
high  testimony  to  the  character,  discipline  and  soldierly  ap- 
pearance of  the  regiment. 

"May  19,  1865,  Lieutenant  Caswell  was  appointed  adjutant, 
vice  Hobbs,  discharged  for  disability.  June  10,  Companies  A, 
B,  C,  D,  E  and  F  were  mustered  out,  and  Companies  G,  H  and 
I  went  on  duty  as  provost  guard  in  Georgetown.  June  8,  Col- 
onel Livermore  was  appointed  president  of  a  court-martial  con- 
vened by  the  division  commander  of  the  First  Division,  Ninth 
Army  Corps,  and  June  15,  by  his  order,  was  assigned  to  the 


EIGHTEENTH    NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  207 

command  of  the  Third  Brigade  of  that  division.  He  and 
Major  Potter  were  mustered  out  June  23,  and  Companies  G, 
H  and  I,  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  Clough  were  mustered  out 
July  29. 

"The  Eighteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  was  attached 
to  Engineer  Brigade,  Defences  of  City  Point,  Va.,  Army  of  the 
Potomac,  October  4,  1864,  to  March  18,  1865 ;  to  Ninth  Army 
Corps,  March  19  to  26,  1865 ;  to  Third  Brigade,  First  Division, 
Ninth  Army  Corps,  March  26,  1865,  to  date  of  muster  out. 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Fort  Stedman,  Ya.,  March  25,  29,  1865. 
Petersburg,  Ya.,  April  2,  1865. 

surgeons. 

Samuel  G.  Dearborn,  M.  D.     John  S.  Emerson,  M.  D. 
(not  mustered,  see  8th  Regt.), 

assistant  surgeons. 

Aaron  W.  Shepard,  M.  D.,        Nathaniel  C.  Parker,  M.  D. 
Thomas  R.  Clement,  M.  D.      (not  mustered,  see  U.  S.  N.) 
(not  mustered,  see  10th  Regt.), 


EIGHTEENTH  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  REGIMENT. 


John  Sherman  Emerson,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Lynn,  Mass. 

(9  N.  H.  V.) 

Emebson.  John  S.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Chester;  age  30;  res.  Sandwich; 
cred.  Sandwich;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  July  10,  '62;  must,  in  July  12, 
'62;  disch.  Apr.  15,  '65,  to  accept  promotion.  See  18  N.  H.  V. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  475.) 

(18  N.  H.  V.) 

Emebson,  John  S.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Chester;  age  32;  res.  Sandwich; 
app.  Surg.  Mar.  22,  '65;  must,  in  Apr.  16,  '65,  for  1  yr.;  must,  out 
July  29,  '65.  Died  Sept.  23,  '86.  Lynn,  Mass.  See  9  N.  H.  V. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  810.) 


208  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

Surgeon  Emerson  of  the  Ninth  and  Eighteenth  Regiments 
of  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  was  born  in  Chester,  N.  H., 
July  80,  1832,  and  was  the  son  of  Nathaniel  French  and  Clar- 
issa Goodhue  Emerson,  a  grandson  of  John  Emerson.  This 
was  an  old  and  respected  family  that  had  occupied  the  same 
farm  in  the  town  of  Chester  for  several  generations.  Dr. 
Emerson  labored  upon  the  farm  and  received  his  preliminary 
education  in  the  common  schools  of  Chester,  at  Pembroke 
Academy,  Pembroke,  N.  H.,  at  Thetford,  Vt.,  and  Andover, 
Mass.  Having  a  disposition  to  study  medicine,  he  directed  his 
academical  studies  in  that  direction  and  commenced  his  pro- 
fessional education  in  1851  with  Dr.  James  W.  C.  Ely  of  Prov- 
idence, R.  I.  This  was  continued  under  the  direction  of  Drs. 
Henry  J.  Bigelow,  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  and  Morrill  Wy- 
man  of  the  Medical  Department  of  Harvard  University, 
Avhere  he  attended  three  courses  of  lectures,  and  was  grad- 
uated from  the  same  in  the  class  of  1855.  He  located  for 
the  practice  of  medicine  in  Sandwich,  N.  H.,  remaining 
there  until  he  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States  as 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  Ninth  Regiment  New  Hampshire 
Volunteers  July  10,  1862,  and  remained  with  this  regiment 
in  the  same  capacity  until  he  was  discharged  April  15,  1865, 
to  accept  promotion.  April  16,  1865,  he  was  appointed  sur- 
geon of  the  Eighteenth  New  Hampshire,  and  was  mustered 
out  of  the  service  with  the  regiment,  July  18,  1865. 

The  Ninth  Regiment  was  commanded  by  Col.  E.  Q.  Fellows 
of  Sandwich,  a  graduate  of  West  Point  and  a  fellow-towns- 
man of  Dr.  Emerson,  who  was  very  anxious  that  Dr.  Emerson 
should  accompany  him  and  his  regiment  to  the  front.  The 
Ninth  Regiment  was  a  part  of  the  Ninth  Corps  and  for  a 
considerable  period  under  the  command  of  General  Burnside. 
Soon  after  being  mustered  into  the  service,  he  was  in  the  battle 
of  South  Mountain,  which  \yas  soon  followed  by  the  battle  of 
Antietam.  At  these  battles  Dr.  Emerson  was  in  charge  of  a 
hospital  on  what  was  called  the  Miller's  farm,  where  he  did 
good  service,  his  patients  being  from  both  armies.  Dr.  Emer- 
son was  talking  with  General  Reno  at  the  time  he  was  struck 
by  a  shell  and  killed.  The  Doctor  received  a  slight  wound 
at  the  same  time. 


EIGHTEENTH    NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  209 

Early  in  June,  1863,  the  Ninth  Corps  was  ordered  to  Missis- 
sippi, and  the  Ninth  New  Hampshire  went  up  the  Yazoo  Kiver 
to  Haines  Bluff  and  were  in  the  siege  of  Jackson.  They  were 
also  near  Vieksburg  at  the  time  of  its  surrender.  The  climate 
and  forced  marching  told  heavily  upon  the  men,  and  August 
14,  1863,  the  Ninth,  with  other  regiments,  left  for  Cairo  on 
transports  and  from  there  went  to  Nicholsonville,  Ky.,  where 
almost  every  man  had  become  ill  with  malarial  fever,  and  they 
were  taken  to  Paris,  Ky.  At  this  point  Mrs.  Emerson  joined 
her  husband  and  rendered  valuable  assistance  as  a  nurse  in 
looking  after  the  sick  men.  A  large  mansion  house  was  con- 
verted into  a  hospital,  under  the  charge  of  Surgeon  Emerson, 
who  won  the  confidence  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  place  and 
was  highly  appreciated  for  the  skillful  manner  in  which  he 
treated  his  men  and  for  the  strict  discipline  which  was  main- 
tained. The  men  soon  improved,  and  it  was  a  surprise  to 
those  Southern  people  to  find  so  many  common  soldiers  that 
were  educated ;  it  was  a  frequent  remark  among  them,  ' '  Why, 
your  men  can  all  read  and  write." 

In  April,  1864,  the  Ninth  New  Hampshire  Regiment,  having 
been  reorganized,  was  assigned  to  the  First  Brigade,  Second 
Division,  and  sent  out,  April  23,  to  join  the  Army  of  the  Poto- 
mac. This  organization  was  at  Annapolis,  Md.,  and  as  it  passed 
through  Washington,  was  reviewed  on  the  twenty-fifth  by 
President  Lincoln  and  General  Burnside,  and  joined  Grant's 
array  at  Bristoe  Station,  April  25,  which  at  that  time  was  the 
extreme  rear  of  Grant's  army.  It  left  Bristoe  Station,  on  the 
Orange  and  Alexandria  Railroad,  now  the  Great  Southern, 
jNIay  5,  and  reached  Germania  Ford  at  noon,  May  6.  The 
following  day  it  came  under  fire  at  the  Wilderness  and  from 
that  time  until  about  June  12  it  was  constantly  at  the  front 
and  bravely  doing  its  duty.  A  letter  received  from  Dr.  Emer- 
son, dated  June  10,  1864,  says:  "For  thirty-five  days  we  have 
been  at  the  front  under  fire."  His  biographer  says:  "To  say 
that  his  men  were  brave  and  that  the  sick  and  wounded  were 
faithfully  cared  for  is  but  a  just  tribute  to  brave  and  noble 
men, ' ' 

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210  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

"His  strong  principle,  as  well  as  delight,  both  in  private 
practice  and  in  the  army,  was  to  amputate  as  seldom  as  pos- 
sible, and  to  save  what  at  first  seemed  impossible  members. 
Many  boys  of  the  Ninth  and  others  of  various  regiments  in 
hospitals  gratefully  testify  to  his  skill. 

"In  Lynn  very  severe  cases  of  mutilation  by  machinery 
were  exceptionally  restored.  He  was  absorbed  in  and  devoted 
to  his  profession.  The  exigencies  of  war  appealed  to  him 
strongly  and  from  the  first  he  desired  to  offer  his  services  if 
the  war  was  to  continue." 

The  service  of  the  Eighteenth  Regiment,  in  which  Dr.  Emer- 
son was  commissioned  as  surgeon,  was  short  but  brilliant,  the 
regiment  taking  part  in  the  battles  at  Fort  Stedman  and  Pe- 
tersburg, Va. 

On  returning  to  civil  life.  Dr.  Emerson  located  in  Lynn, 
Mass.,  in  the  year  1866,  remaining  there  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  September  23,  1886.  He  was  a  member  of  the  New 
Hampshire  and  Massachusetts  Medical  Societies,  also  of  the 
local  medical  association  at  Lynn.  Was  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Fraternity  and  of  the  Grand  Army  Post  at  Lynn. 

Dr.  Emerson  gave  special  attention  to  surgery  and  obstet- 
rics, was  a  public  spirited  citizen  and  very  active  in  establish- 
ing and  promoting  the  Lynn  City  Hospital. 

Married,  1855,  Mary  E.  Homer. 

Children :  Mary  H.,  Charles  Bell  and  Margaret  C.  Emerson, 
of  whom  only  one,  Charles  Bell  Emerson,  is  now  living. 


Aaron  Warner  Shepard,  M.  D. 
126  Willoughby  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

(9  N.  H.  V.) 

Shepherd,  Aarox  W.  Non-Com.  staff;  b.  Biddeford,  Me.;  age  21;  res. 
Nashua;  cred.  Nashua;  enl.  July  26,  '62;  must,  in  July  26,  '62,  as 
Hosp.  Steward;  disch.  Dec.  16,  '64,  to  accept  promotion.  P.  O.  ad., 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  See  18  N.  H.  V.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  500.) 


EIGHTEENTH    NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEERS.  211 

(18   N.   H.   V.) 

Shepherd,  Aaron  W.  F.  and  S. ;  b.  Biddeford,  Me.;  age  23;  res. 
Nashua;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Nov.  10,  '64;  must,  in  Dec.  18,  '64,  for  1 
year;  must,  out  July  29,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  See  9  N. 
H.  V.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  823.) 

Surgeon  Shepard  was  born  in  Biddeford,  Me.,  February  17, 
1841,  and  was  the  son  of  John  W.  and  Eliza  (Burns)  Shepard. 
It  would  seem  that  his  parents  removed  to  New  Hampshire, 
for  his  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  public 
schools  of  Nashua,  N.  H.,  including  the  high  school,  and  at 
Gilmanton  Academy.  His  professional  education  conunenced 
in  1861  with  Drs.  Gray  and  Webster  of  Nashua,  and  was  con- 
tinued at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  New 
York  City,  and  at  Long  Island  College  Hospital  at  Brooklyn. 
After  receiving  two  courses  of  lectures,  he  was  graduated  at 
Long  Island  College  Hospital,  in  1866,  since  which  time  he 
has  been  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  that  city.  He  is  a 
member  of  King's  County  Medical  Society  and  King's  County 
Medical  Association,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  Brooklyn 
Board  of  Education.  For  the  past  thirty  years  he  has  been 
phy.sician  to  Kings  County,  N.  Y.,  and  post-mortem  examiner 
for  the  coroner  of  the  same  county,  making,  during  the  thirty 
years,  more  than  eight  thousand  post-mortem  examinations 
for  the  coroner.  He  was  also  house  physician  and  surgeon  in 
Brooklyn  City  Hospital  during  the  cholera  epidemic  of 
August,  1866.  His  services  in  the  United  States  army  were 
hospital  steward  of  the  Ninth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Vol- 
unteers from  July  26,  1862,  to  February,  1865,  when  he  was 
appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Eighteenth  New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteers  until  the  regiment  was  mustered  out  of  the 
service  August,  1865,  by  reason  of  the  close  of  war. 

Never  married. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE  BATTALION,  FIRST  REGIMENT 
NEW  ENGLAND  VOLUNTEER  CAVALRY. 


Also  known  as  First  Rhode  Island  Volunteer  Cavalry. 

By  Ezra  B.  Parker  (Littleton,  N.  H.), 

Late  Captain  of  the  First  Regiment  New  England  Volunteer 

Cavalry. 

The  First  New  England  Cavalry  was  the  first  full  regi- 
ment of  this  arm  of  the  service  raised  in  New  England.  The 
regiment  was  composed  of  three  battalions.  The  First  and 
Third  were  enlisted  in  Rhode  Island  and  the  Second  in  New 
Hampshire. 

The  New  Hampshire  Battalion — Companies  I,  K,  L  and  ]\I — 
was  recruited  mostly  from  the  northern  and  central  portions 
of  the  state,  but  enlistments  for  mounted  service  came  quickly 
from  all  sections. 

The  first  rendezvous  was  at  the  Fair  Grounds,  near  Concord, 
east  of  the  river,  in  the  fall  of  1861,  where  the  battalion  or- 
ganization was  completed,  mustered  into  service  and  horses 
supplied. 

The  New  Hampshire  Battalion  joined  the  two  Rhode  Island 
Battalions  at  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  January  22,  1862,  where  the 
regimental  organization  was  perfected. 

At  the  outset  the  men  were  armed  with  sabres,  Colt's  re- 
volvers and  the  Burnside  carbine.  The  carbine  was  later  re- 
placed by  Sharpe's. 


FIRST  NEW   ENGLAND    VOLUNTEER   CAVALRY.  213 

The  command,  one  thousand  officers  and  men,  under  Col. 
R.  B.  Lawton,  a  captain  in  the  Third  United  States  Cavalry, 
left  Rhode  Island  March  12,  1862,  reached  Washington  March 
18,  and  was  assigned  to  cavalry  brigade  under  General  Stone- 
man  on  East  Capitol  Hill. 

On  March  31  the  name  of  the  regiment  was  changed  from 
First  New  England  Cavalry  to  First  Rhode  Island  Cavalry, 
by  order  of  the  War  Department,  unsupported  by  any  pre- 
liminary correspondence  with  Governor  Berry  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. This  act,  effacing  as  it  did  the  original  character  of  the 
regiment,  was  grievously  received  by  the  men  and  bitterly  felt 
throughout  the  state;  but  a  prompt  disavowal  of  intended  in- 
justice, combined  with  the  sympathetic  and  noble  spirit  dis- 
played by  the  officers  and  men  from  Rhode  Island,  did  much 
to  heal  the  wound  and  fraternize  the  command.  But  the  camp 
guidon,  inscribed  "First  New  England  Cavalry,"  was  cher- 
ished and  preserved  to  the  end. 

The  New  Hampshire  Battalion,  however,  a  little  later,  on 
May  30,  while  temporarily  detached  from  the  regiment,  had  an 
opportunity  at  Front  Royal,  Va.,  to  write  their  identity  with 
their  newly-ground  sabres,  where,  wholly  unsupported,  they 
performed  one  of  the  most  brilliant  exploits  of  the  war  under 
the  eye  of  Major-General  Shields,  who  that  night  published  an 
order  reciting  the  valor  of  the  "brave  Granite  State  Troopers." 

Colonel  Lawton  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  Sayles  resigned 
July  8,  and  were  succeeded  by  Maj.  A.  N.  Duffie  as  colonel  and 
Capt.  J.  L.  Thompson  of  the  New  Hampshire  Battalion  as 
lieutenant-colonel. 

The  drill  and  discipline  of  the  six  weeks,  commencing  with 
this  change  of  field  officers,  resulted  in  incalculable  benefit  in 
developing  the  regiment  to  its  celebrated  condition  of  battalion 
evolution  and  utility  for  service.  To  such  prominence  did  it 
attain  that  it  was  selected  by  General  Hooker,  commanding  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  to  display  its  proficiency  before  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  at  the  grand  review  at  Falmouth  in  the  winter 
of  1862- '63. 


214  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

The  small  force  of  cavalry  attached  to  General  Pope 's  Army 
of  Virginia  in  the  fall  of  1862  decimated  the  ranks  of  the  regi- 
ment by  its  burdensome  duties  and  frequent  conflicts  with  the 
enemy.  It  fired  the  first  shot  and  received  the  first  artilleiy 
fire  in  the  four  great  battles  of  this  campaign,  viz. :  Cedar 
Mountain,  Groveton,  second  Bull  Run  and  Chantilly. 

"The  regiment  was  in  line  on  Falmouth  Heights  all  of  the 
first  day  of  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  waiting  orders  to 
cross  the  river  and  engage  the  enemy,  and  that  night  a  detach- 
ment was  hurried  to  Dumfries  to  repel  a  guerilla  attack  on  the 
government  supplies  at  that  point.  Two  companies,  K  and 
M,  were  on  duty  at  General  Stoneman's  headquarters  during 
the  Fredericksburg  fight. 

"  'Forty  winks'  was  an  adult  potion  for  the  cavalry  in  the 
winter  of  1862- '63.    They  slept  in  the  saddle. 

"Raids  on  both  sides,  night  attacks  in  force  on  the  picket 
line,  was  the  rule,  not  the  exception.  It  was  'play  ball'  all 
the  time. 

"The  successful  initial  exclusive  cavalry  fight,  on  both  sides, 
at  Kelly's  Ford,  March  17,  1863,  resulted  in  the  organization 
of  all  the  cavalry  into  one  army  corps,  and  its  subsequent 
career  furnishes  a  conspicuous  part  of  the  history  of  the  fight- 
ing.    Lee's  invasion  of  Pennsylvania  brought  it  to  the  front. 

"The  perilous  and  untenable  position  which  the  regiment, 
then  numbering  less  than  four  hundred,  was  ordered  to  carry 
and  hold  at  Middleburgh,  on  June  18,  is  a  sample  of  the  de- 
mands made  upon  it;  but  it  never  faltered  or  failed.  Con- 
fronted and  hemmed  in  by  a  force  twenty  times  their  number, 
they  heroically  cut  their  way  out,  with  a  loss  of  over  two  hun- 
dred in  killed,  wounded  and  captured.  To  add  to  the  unfor- 
tunate condition  of  the  captured,  the  cartel  for  the  exchange 
of  prisoners  had  been  recently  suspended,  and  was  never  again 
but  partially  restored.  The  writer  of  this  sketch,  then  adju- 
tant of  the  regiment,  'boarded'  nine  months  in  Libby  Prison 
with  many  others. 


FIRST   NEW   ENGLAND   VOLUNTEER    CAVALRY.  215 

* '  The  regiment  did  not  participate,  as  an  organization,  in  the 
battle  of  Gettysburg,  but  two  men  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Battalion  w^ere  on  mounted  duty  at  Major-General  Sickles' 
headquarters,  and  both  were  killed. 

"On  January  7,  1864,  the  following  order  restored  the  bat- 
talion to  the  custody  of  its  own  state : 

War  Department, 
Adjutant-General's  Office, 
Washington,  January  7,  1864. 


Special  Order  No.  9. 


EXTRACT. 


V.  Companies  I,  K,  L  and  M,  First  Khode  Island  Cavalry, 
are  hereby  permanently  detached  from  that  regiment,  and 
will  be  considered  as  New  Hampshire  cavalry  companies,  they 
having  been  enrolled  and  mustered  into  service  in  that  State. 

All  further  appointments  of  officers  for  the  said  companies 
will  be  made  by  the  governor  of  New  Hampshire,  by  whom  a 
proper  numerical  designation  will  be  given  to  the  force. 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 

E.   D.   TOWNSEND, 

A.  A.  General. 

"The  men  were  immediately  re-enlisted  for  another  three 
years,  forming  the  four  veteran  companies  of  the  First  New 
Hampshire  Cavalry. 


ASSIGNMENTS. 

"The  First  Kegiment  New  England  Volunteer  Cavalry 
(also  known  as  First  Regiment  Rhode  Island  Volunteer  Cav- 
alry) was  attached  to  Abercrombie's  Brigade,  Department  of 
the  Rappahannock,  April  1,  1862;  Third  (Hartsuff's  Brigade, 
Second  Division,  Department  of  the  Rappahannock,  ]\Iay  2, 
1862;  Department  of  the  Shenandoah,  May  24,  1862;  Shields' 
Division,  Department  of  the  Shenandoah,  June  1,  1862;  Third 
Army  Corps,  Army    of    Virginia,    June    28,    1862;    Cavalry 


216  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Brigade,  Third  Army  Corps,  Army  of  Virginia,  August,  1862 ; 
Corps  of  Observation,  Defenses  of  Washington,  September  14, 
1862;  Stoneman's  Division,  Army  of  the  Potomac,  October  28, 
1862 ;  First  Cavalry  Brigade,  Centre  Grand  Division,  Army  of 
the  Potomac,  November  16,  1862 ;  First  Brigade,  Second  Cav- 
alry Division,  Army  of  the  Potomac,  February  25,  1863 ; 
Twenty-second  Army  Corps,  Department  of  Washington,  June 
21,  1863 ;  Second  Brigade,  Second  Cavalry  Division,  Army  of 
the  Potomac,  July,  1863 ;  First  Brigade,  Second  Cavalry  Di- 
vision, Army  of  the  Potomac,  August  13,  1863.  Companies 
I,  K,  L  and  M  were  permanently  detached  January  7,  1864, 
and  became  Companies  I,  K,  L  and  M,  First  Regiment,  New 
Hampshire  Volunteer  Cavalry." 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Front  Royal,  Va.,  May  30,  1862.  (The  New  Hampshire 
Battalion.) 

Cedar  Mountain,  Va.,  August  9,  1862. 

Groveton,  Va.,  August  29,  1862. 

Bull  Run  (second),  Va.,  August  30,  1862. 

Chantilly,  Va.,  September  1,  1862. 

Mountville,  Va.  (Cos.  L,  K  and  M),  October  31,  1862. 

Fredericksburg,  Va.  (Companies  K  and  M),  December  12- 
14,  1862. 

Hartwood  Church,  Va.,  February  26,  1862. 

Kelly's  Ford,  Va.,  March  17,  1863. 

Stoneman's  Raid,  Va.,  April  27  to  May  8,  1863. 

Brandy  Station,  Va.,  June  9,  1863. 

Thoroughfare  Gap,  Va.,  June  17,  1863. 

Middleburgh,  Va.,  June  18,  1863. 

Rapidan  Station,  Va.,  September  14,  1863. 

Culpeper  (or  White  Sulphur  Springs,  also  called  Warren- 
ton  Springs),  Va.,  October  12,  1863. 

Bristoe  Station,  Va.,  October  14,  1863. 

SURGEON. 

James  B.  Greeley,  M.  D. 


FIRST   NEW   ENGLAND    VOLUNTEER    CAVALRY.  217 

FIRST  REGIMENT  NEW  ENGLAND  VOLUNTEER 
CAVALRY. 


James  Bonaparte  Greeley,  M.  D. 

Thornton's  Ferry,  N.  H. 

Gbeelet,  James  B.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Nashua;  age  33;  res.  Nashua;  app. 
Asst.  Surg.  Nov.  3,  '61;  must,  in  Dec.  3,  '61;  app.  Surg.  June  4, 
'62;  resigned  Aug.  31,  'G2.  P.  0.  ad.,  Thornton's  Ferry.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  837.) 

Surgeon  Greeley  wa.s  the  sou  of  Joseph  aud  Hannah  (Thorn- 
ton) Greeley  and  was  born  in  Nashua,  X.  H.,  July  18,  1830. 
His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  common  schools 
and  at  Crosby  Academy  in  Nashua,  Pinkerton  Academy  in 
Derry,  Phillips  Academy  in  Andover,  Mass.  He  commenced 
his  professional  education  in  1852  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  under  the 
direction  of  Drs.  Norman  IMorse  and  George  Gray;  attended 
medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth  Medical  College;  at  the  Ver- 
mont Medical  College  at  Woodstock,  Vt.,  and  was  graduated 
M.  D.  from  the  latter  in  1856.  He  also  took  a  post-graduate 
course  at  Harvard  IMedical  College. 

Surgeon  Greeley  located  in  Nashua  in  1857  and  was  in  that 
city  when  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  occurred.  He  was  for- 
tunate in  his  training  for  army  service,  as  he  had  six  months' 
training  in  the  Marine  Hospital  in  Chelsea,  Mass.,  as  well  as 
one  year  in  the  James  T.  Simpson  Hospital  in  Edinburgh, 
Scotland ,  also  in  London  and  Paris  hospitals.  His  service  in 
the  army  was  little  more  than  one  year,  having  been  ap- 
pointed assistant  surgeon  November  3,  1861,  and  promoted  to 
surgeon  June  4,  1862,  and  resigned  August  31,  1862.  His 
resignation  was  on  account  of  disability  cau.sed  at  the  second 
battle  of  Bull  Run,  when  he  was  so  unfortunate  as  to  receive 
three  wounds,  one  in  the  head,  producing  a  permanent  dis- 
ability, also  a  wound  in  the  arm  and  one  of  the  hip.  He  has 
been  able  to  do  but  very  little  profe.ssional  work  since  his 
resignation. 


218  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN    THE   REBELLION. 

Before  the  war  he  was  city  physician  of  Nashua,  member  of 
the  New  Hampshire  legislature  and  of  the  board  of  education 
in  Nashua.  He  is  a  32d  degree  IMason  and  a  member  of  John 
Foster  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  of  Nashua. 

Married,  June  24,  1858,  Arabella  McGaw,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Henry  Wood  of  Hanover,  N.  H. 

Children,  three  sons:  Harry  Wood,  James  Thornton  and 
Guy  Hastings  Greeley. 

Died  April  20,  1903. 


DARTMOUTH  CAVALRY. 


The  history  of  the  New  England  and  New  Hampshire  Cav- 
alry, as  recorded  by  Captain  Parker  and  Sergeant  Smith,  is 
somewhat  incomplete,  inasmuch  as  it  fails  to  give  a  record  of 
one  company  of  the  three  months'  men  who  served  with  the 
regiment  w^hen  it  was  commanded  by  Rhode  Island  officers. 
This  record  should  not  be  lost,  for  it  refers  to  the  famous  Dart- 
mouth Cavalry.  The  writer  most  willingly  calls  attention  to 
their  services  for  the  reason  that  several  of  its  members,  after 
completing  their  course  in  Dartmouth  College,  pursued  the 
study  of  medicine,  and  their  record  will  be  found  in  a  group 
of  brave  volunteers  who  rendered  service  as  enlisted  men,  and 
afterward  became  well-recognized  members  of  the  noble  pro- 
fession of  medicine  and  surgery. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

DARTMOUTH  CAVALRY, 


Company  B,    Seventh    Squadron,    Ehode    Island    Volunteer 

Cavalry. 

By  John  Scales, 

Secretary  and  Historian  of  the  Class  of  1863,  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege. 

"The  Dartmouth  Cavalry  stands  unique  among  all  the 
military  forces  contributed  by  the  colleges  of  this  country  to 
suppress  the  Great  Rebellion.  Dartmouth  is  the  only  college 
that  furnished  anything  of  the  kind,  and  has  just  occasion 
to  feel  proud  of  that  company  of  cavalrymen,  not  only  for 
what  they  did  but  also  for  what  they  were  ready  and  prepared 
to  do,  had  more  been  demanded  of  them. 

"The  idea  of  forming  such  a  company  was  conceived  by  a 
member  of  the  class  of  1863,  Mr.  Sanford  S.  Burr,  who  be- 
came captain  of  it  after  it  was  organized.  In  May,  1862, 
Captain  Burr  began  to  talk  about  raising  a  company  of  cav- 
alry. The  war  spirit  ran  high  at  that  time.  The  North  was 
threatened  with  an  invasion,  the  capital  of  the  country  was  re- 
garded as  in  great  danger  of  being  captured  by  forces  of 
General  Lee,  and  the  whole  body  of  college  students  was  deeply 
stirred.  President  Lincoln  had  issued  a  call  for  forty  thou- 
sand men  for  three  months,  when  Captain  Burr  took  hold  of 
the  matter  in  earnest  and  got  a  hundred  students  pledged  to 
join  a  company  for  three  months,  in  response  to  the  presi- 
dent's call.    He  then  applied  to  the  governor  of  New  Hamp- 


220  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

shire  to  accept  such  a  company  when  ready  to  be  mustered 
into  the  service ;  the  governor  declined.  A  similar  application 
was  made  to  the  governors  of  Massachusetts  and  Maine,  with 
no  better  success.  He  then  applied  to  Governor  Sprague  of 
Ehode  Island  and  obtained  a  promise  to  accept  the  company 
if  raised  immediately.  This  was  in  June,  when  Hanover  was 
in  all  of  its  beauty  of  scenery  that  inspires  and  delights.  The 
boys  were  continually  discussing  the  question,  but  feared  they 
could  not  get  a  chance  for  the  company  to  be  accepted.  While 
they  were  in  this  state  of  mind  the  joy  they  expressed  can  bet- 
ter be  imagined  than  described  when  Captain  Burr  received  a 
telegram  from  Governor  Sprague  that  he  would  accept  the 
company.  The  news  spread  rapidly  and  the  whole  college  was 
stirred  as  never  before  or  since.  For  a  day  or  two  after,  it 
seemed  as  though  the  whole  college  would  respond  to  Presi- 
dent Lincoln's  call.  Parents  began  to  be  alarmed  lest  their 
young  sons  should  enlist  and  be  off  for  the  war  before  they 
could  reach  them  with  letters  forbidding  rash  and  inconsid- 
erate action.  President  Lord  and  the  faculty  counselled 
against  it  also,  on  the  ground  that  it  would  be  more  beneficial 
to  the  students  to  keep  to  their  books  than  to  go  to  the  war. 
These  influences  tended  to  dampen  the  ardor  of  many  of  the 
students  when  the  time  actually  came  to  enroll  their  names,  so 
finally  it  was  found  necessary  to  admit  a  few  from  Norwich 
University,  then  just  across  the  Connecticut  river  from  Han- 
over, a  few  from  Union,  Bowdoin,  and  one  or  two  other  col- 
leges, with  a  contingent  from  Woodstock,  Vt.,  not  connected 
with  any  college;  but  nearly  all  were  Dartmouth  boys. 

"At  the  time  the  company  was  being  organized  there  was 
no  recruiting  going  on  in  Vermont.  The  Sixth  Vermont  In- 
fantry had  been  filled,  yet  there  were  plenty  of  recruits;  and 
when  some  of  the  college  boys  appeared  in  Woodstock  for 
recruits  for  the  cavalry  company,  Mr.  John  S.  Eaton  of  that 
towTi  and  Mr.  William  S.  Dewey  of  Hartford  were  earnest 
and  enthusiastic  in  meeting  the  call,  both  joining  the  company 
and  persuading  others  to  join.  There  being  no  opportunity  to 
enlist  in  Vermont  at  the  time  and  this  appearing  to  be  the  only 


DARTMOUTH    CAVALRY.  221 

chance  to  go  to  war,  the  boys  thought  best  to  improve  it.  This 
seems  to  be  the  principal  moving  cause  of  what  appears  at  first 
to  be  a  movement  somewhat  out  of  the  usuM  course  on  the  part 
of  the  Woodstock  boys. 

"On  the  evening  of  June  18,  1862,  the  company  left  Han- 
over for  White  River  Junction,  escorted  by  a  large  number  of 
students,  who  wished  to  see  their  classmates  and  friends  safely 
on  board  the  train  that  was  to  take  them  to  Providence,  R.  I., 
where  they  were  to  be  mustered  into  the  United  States  service, 
preliminary  to  entering  the  United  States  volunteer  army. 
They  left  White  River  Junction  on  the  night  express  and  ar- 
rived in  Providence  a  little  past  noon  of  June  19.  There  they 
were  received  by  Col.  A.  C.  Eddy  of  the  governor's  staff,  and 
treated  to  a  generous  lunch  of  crackers  and  cheese  with  hot 
coffee.  They  then  took  the  oath  of  enlistment,  and  went  to 
the  quartermaster's  department  to  get  their  uniforms.  The 
scene  in  that  large  room,  where  the  students  were  not  only 
uniformed  but  also  transformed  from  students  to  soldiers,  was 
ludicrous  in  the  extreme,  and  at  the  same  time,  in  many  cases, 
most  affecting.  It  was  a  shock  to  them  all  to  look  at  them- 
selves in  the  coarse  garbs  of  troopers,  in  comparison  with  the 
'go-to-meeting  suits'  they  had  just  taken  off.  The  transition 
was  so  sudden  and  so  different  from  the  heroes  they  had  pic- 
tured in  the  mind's  eye,  as  they  had  discussed  the  question  on 
the  campus  and  beneath  the  shade  trees  at  beautiful  Hanover, 
that  they  felt  disgusted  with  themselves;  nothing  after  that 
in  their  camp  life  caused  them  so  much  embarrassment. 

"This  transformation  scene  concluded,  the  company  was 
marched  to  'Camp  Codman,'  pleasantly  and  conveniently  lo- 
cated on  Dexter 's  training  ground.  There  they  elected  their 
officers.  They  tossed  a  cent  to  decide  whether  their  company 
or  a  company  of  Rhode  Island  men  should  be  numbered  A  or 
B.  The  Rhode  Island  company  won  the  choice  and  was  called 
*A,'  the  Dartmouth  men,  *B.'  The  former  company  was,  for 
the  greater  part,  made  up  of  men  of  foreign  birth  or  extrac- 
tion, but  the  two  companies  got  along  on  the  most  amicable 
terms  throughout  the  whole  campaign,  which  lasted  until  the 
middle  of  September. 


222  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

''The  students  received  many  kindly  attentions  from  the 
leading  citizens  of  Providence  while  they  remained  there.  The 
Providence  Journal  spoke  of  the  company  in  highly  compli- 
mentary terms.  They  attended  church  on  Sunday  in  a  body 
and  listened  to  Bishop  Clark,  seats  being  specially  reserved 
for  them.  On  the  evening  of  Thursday,  the  twenty-fourth  of 
June,  they  were  tendered  a  reception  and  banquet  by  ex-Gov- 
ernor Hoppin  and  Colonel  Gardner,  at  which  time  the  elite  of 
the  city  were  present  and  Dartmouth  College  was  extolled  to 
the  highest  degree  for  the  patriotism  of  its  students,  as  mani- 
fested by  their  leaving  their  studies  to  defend  the  honor  and 
preserve  the  union  of  the  nation." 

After  leaving  Providence,  the  company  had  the  usual  ex- 
perience of  that  period  and  arrived  in  Washington  June  30. 
They  next  pitched  their  camp  at  Alexandria,  and  in  August 
found  themselves  in  the  vicinity  of  Harper's  Ferry. 

"August  23,  the  mail  train  from  Harper's  Ferry  was 
sacked  and  burned  by  rebel  cavalry,  about  eight  miles  from 
camp ;  the  rebels  were  pursued  by  the  squadron,  but  could  not 
be  captured ;  the  men  were  out  scouting  all  night.  On  the  twen- 
ty-fifth they  charged  the  rebel  cavalry  up  through  Front  Royal 
and  returned  to  camp  the  next  morning.  The  twenty-sixth  of 
August  they  went  over  the  same  ground.  The  first  of  Septem- 
ber they  were  out  on  a  foraging  expedition.  The  second  of  Sep- 
tember the  squadron,  under  Major  Corliss,  left  camp  at  3  p.  m. 
on  a  reconnoissance  and  marched  over  thirty  miles,  through 
Middletown  and  Newtown ;  they  took  four  prisoners ;  returning 
to  camp  they  found  it  deserted,  and  all  the  tents,  stores,  etc., 
belonging  to  the  squadron  burned.  They  had  orders  then 
to  form  the  rear  guard  of  the  brigade  retreating  to  Harper's 
Ferry;  marching  all  night,  they  reached  Harper's  Ferry  at 
9  a.  m.,  September  3,  having  been  in  the  saddle  for  thirty 
hours  and  marched  continuously  sixty-five  miles.  The  squad- 
ron camped  on  Boliver  Heights,  minus  tents  and  almost  every- 
thing else.  The  squadron  remained  there  one  day  and  had 
their  horses  shod ;  then  they  crossed  the  Potomac  to  Maryland, 


DARTMOUTH    CAVALRY.  223 

and  took  position  on  the  Heights,  opposite  the  ferry,  having 
been  assigned  that  position  as  part  of  the  Third  Brigade  of 
Colonel  Miles '  forces,  under  command  of  Colonel  Ford. 

''All  that  the  Dartmouth  men  had  left  from  the  Winchester 
camp  were  a  few  cooking  utensils,  their  overcoats  and  rubber 
blankets.  On  the  Heights  their  rations  consisted  of  coffee  and 
six  'hard-tacks'  a  day.  Here  they  had  to  perform  daily  de- 
tails of  picket  duty,  fully  conscious  that  they  were  cut  off 
from  Washington  and  the  North. 

"From  the  observatory  on  the  Heights  they  could  see  Gen- 
eral Lee's  army  crossing  into  Maryland,  in  the  neighborhood 
of  Frederick.  Two  of  the  college  boys  went  up  Pleasant  Valley 
on  a  private  scout  and  from  the  mountains  on  the  east  they 
saw  Lee's  army  encamped  at  Frederick. 

"It  is  not  my  purpose  to  enter  into  details  of  the  capture 
of  Harper's  Ferry  and  the  forces  there,  except  the  cavalry, 
by  General  Lee's  army,  but  simply  to  say  that  the  Dartmouth 
boys  performed  the  duties  bravely,  as  assigned  them.  After 
it  became  e\adent  that  Harper's  Ferry  must  fall  into  the  hands 
of  General  Lee,  a  conference  of  cavalry  officers  was  called  to 
consider  the  question  of  escaping  with  their  commands  during 
the  night.  A  plan  was  devised  and  Colonel  Miles  reluctantly 
consented  to  let  them  try  to  escape.  About  four  o'clock,  in 
the  evening  of  September  14,  the  proposed  plan  of  escape  was 
made  known  to  Companies  A  and  B  by  their  commander, 
Major  Corliss,  who  closed  with  the  startling  information  that 
'by  the  next  morning  they  would  either  be  in  Pennsylvania, 
or  in  hell,  or  on  their  way  to  Richmond ! '  Suffice  to  say,  the 
Dartmouth  Cavalry  joined  with  the  rest  of  the  cavalry  and 
escaped  to  Pennsylvania,  encountering  several  thrilling  epi- 
sodes on  the  way  through  the  intense  darkness.  At  one  point 
the  whole  cavalry  narrowly  escaped  running  into  General 
Longstreet's  army.  At  another  point  the  escaping  cavalry 
captured  one  of  General  Longstreet's  ammunition  and  com- 
mis.sary  trains,  consisting  of  eighty-five  army  wagons,  each 
drawn  by  six  mules  and  loaded  with  ammunition  and  provi- 
sions, and  followed  by  about  forty  fat  young  steers.    They  ar- 


224  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

rived  in  Greencastle,  Pa.,  on  the  morning  of  September  15,  in  a 
greatly  exhausted  condition,  but  without  the  loss  of  a  man  or  a 
beast  on  the  retreat. 

"At  Greencastle,  Colonel  Voss,  who  was  in  command  of  the 
cavalry,  reported  to  General  McClellan  for  orders,  and  was 
ordered  to  take  position  at  Jones'  Cross  Roads,  on  the  turn- 
pike between  Hagerstown  and  Sharpsburg,  a  position  forming 
the  extreme  right  flank  of  McClellan 's  army  in  the  great 
battle  at  Antietam.  Although  the  time  of  the  Rhode  Island 
Cavalry  had  expired,  they  remained  with  Colonel  Voss'  com- 
mand till  the  battle  of  Antietam  was  ended,  ready  to  join  in 
the  fight,  if  necessary.  As  soon  as  the  battle  was  over,  the 
Rhode  Island  Cavalry  started  for  home. 

"The  Dartmouth  company  reached  Providence  September 
26.  On  the  second  day  of  October,  they  were  mustered  out 
of  the  service,  received  their  pay  and  started  for  Hanover, 
where  they  arrived  in  due  time  and  received  a  royal  welcome. 
The  faculty  were  disposed  at  first  to  require  the  boys  to  pass 
examinations  on  the  studies  they  had  lost  during  the  campaign, 
but  on  learning  they  would  all  be  accepted  by  Brown  Univer- 
sity, the  requirement  was  not  insisted  upon.  Soon  all  settled 
down  to  work,  but  it  was  a  long  time  before  the  students  tired 
of  hearing  the  stories  of  the  campaign. 

"Only  one  man  was  lost.  He  died  of  typhoid  fever  at 
Winchester.  Several  were  captured  by  the  rebels,  and  were 
taken  to  Richmond  and  confined  in  Libby  prison,  but  for- 
tunately were  let  out  in  season  to  arrive  home  with  the  rest,  so 
that  the  campaign  was  a  remarkably  successful  one,  so  far  as 
health  was  concerned;  and  as  regards  their  conduct  in  the 
campaign.  General  White  and  other  officers,  under  whose  com- 
mand they  served,  spoke  of  them  in  terms  of  highest  com- 
mendation and  praise. ' ' 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

FIRST  REGIMENT  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER 

CAVALRY. 


By  Ervin  H.   Smith, 

Late  Sergeant  of  Company  C,  First  Regiment  New  Hampshire 
Volunteer  Cavalry,  and  Historian  of  the  Regiment. 

"In  February,  1864,  the  four  companies  of  cavalry  from 
New  Hampshire,  which  had  been  attached  to  the  First  Rhode 
Island  Cavalry,  returned  to  Concord  to  recruit  a  regiment, 
and  as  soon  as  the  old  battalion  and  Companies  A,  B  and  C 
were  mustered,  the  seven  companies  were  ordered  to  Wash- 
ington, reaching  there  April  25,  1864,  going  into  camp  at 
Camp  Stoneman,  Giesborough  Point.  On  the  seventeenth  of 
May  the  two  battalions  were  ordered  to  the  front  to  join  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  on  reaching  Belle  Plain,  Captain 
Wyatt  of  Company  B,  with  a  detail  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
men,  was  detached  to  guard  rebel  prisoners  to  Philadelphia, 
and  Major  Wyman,  with  one  hundred  and  sixty  men,  was 
ordered  to  protect  the  Aquia  Creek  and  Fredericksburg  Rail- 
road from  the  Potomac  to  High  Bridge.  The  balance  of  the 
regiment  remained  at  Belle  Plain  until  Captain  Wyatt  reached 
Port  Royal  on  his  return  from  Philadelphia,  when  the  two  de- 
tachments were  united  and  transported  to  White  House  by 
boat,  reaching  there  June  6.  Meanwhile  Major  Wyman 
marched  with  his  command  by  way  of  Hanover  Court  House, 
and  joined  the  other  detachments,  after  participating  in  the 

16 


226  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN    THE   REBELLION. 

battles  of  Hanover  Court  House  and  Cold  Harbor.  At  White 
House  the  regiment  was  mounted  and  joined  the  Second 
Brigade,  Third  Division,  Cavalry  Corps,  then  encamped  at 
New  Kent  Court  House." 

*  *  *  4i:  *  * 

' '  The  regiment  remained  at  Darnestown  until  June  29,  when 
it  moved  to  Cloud's  Mills,  Va.,  and  camped  for  two  weeks, 
then  left  for  Concord,  and  July  21,  1865,  was  mustered  out. 

"Before  they  left  for  home  the  enlisted  men  presented 
General  Thompson,  who  had  been  brevetted  brigadier-general 
on  recommendation  of  General  Sheridan,  a  beautiful  and  costly 
silver  dinner  service. 

' '  The  First  New  Hampshire  Cavalry  served  in  two  separate 
detachments  until  March  23,  1865.  Seven  companies  (A,  B, 
C,  I,  K,  L  and  M)  were  attached  to  Second  Brigade,  Third 
Division,  Cavalry  Corps,  June  6,  1864,  to  March  23,  1865; 
with  Cavalry  Forces,  Upper  Potomac,  Department  of  Wash- 
ington, Twenty-second  Army  Corps  (the  detachments  having 
united),  March  23,  1865,  to  muster  out. 

"The  remaining  five  companies  (D,  E,  F,  G  and  H)  were 
attached  to  Cavalry  Division,  Department  of  Washington, 
Twenty-second  Army  Corps,  August  25  to  October  10,  1864; 
with  Cavalry  Forces,  Upper  Potomac,  Department  of  Wash- 
ington, Twenty-second  Army  Corps,  October  10,  1864,  to 
muster  out." 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Hanover  Court  House,  Va.,  May  31,  1864. 

Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  2,  1864. 

White  Oak  Swamp,  Va.,  June  13,  1864. 

Wilson's  Raid  on  the  Weldon  Railroad,  Va.,  June  22-30, 
1864. 

Ream's  Station,  Va.  (during  Wilson's  Raid),  June  22,  1864, 

Nottoway  Court  House,  Va.  (during  Wilson's  Raid),  June 
23,  1864. 


FIRST   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEER   CAVALRY.  227 

Roanoke  Station  and  High  Bridge,  Va.  (during  "Wilson's 
Raid),  June  25,  26,  1864. 

Stony  Creek,  Va.  (during  Wilson's  Raid),  June  28,  29,  1864. 

Ream's  Station,  Va.  (during  Wilson's  Raid),  June  29,  1864. 

Winchester,  Va.,  August  17,  1864. 

Summit  Point,  Va.,  August  21,  1864. 

Charlestown,  Va.,  August  22,  1864. 

Kearneysville,  Va.,  August  25,  1864. 

Berryville,  Va.,  September  15,  1864. 

Opequan  (or  Winchester),  Va.,  September  19,  1864. 

Front  Royal  Pike,  Va.,  September  21,  1864. 

Gooney  Manor  Grade,  Va.,  September  21,  1864. 

Milford,  Va.,  September  22,  1864. 

Waj'nesborough,  Va.,  September  28,  1864. 

Columbia  Furnace,  Va.,  October  7,  1864. 

Tom's  Brook,  Va.,  October  9,  1864. 

Mine  Run  Ford  (or  Back  Road),  Va.,  October  13,  1864. 

Cedar  Creek,  Va.,  October  19,  1864. 

Middle  and  Back  Roads  (or  Middletown),  Va.,  November  11, 
12,  1864. 

Lacey's  Springs,  Va.,  December  20,  21,  1864. 

Wa^-nesborough,  Va.,  March  2,  1865. 

North  Fork,  Shenandoah  (or  Mount  Jackson),  Va.,  ]\Iarch 
6,  7,  1865. 

surgeons  of  the  new  hampshire  volunteer  cavalry. 

Joshua  O.  Stanton,  ]\I.  D.  George  W.  Pierce,  M.  D. 

(not  mustered,  see  Miscel. 
Organizations), 

assistant  SURGEONS. 

George  R.  Dinsmoor,  M.  D.      Frederick  A.  Eldredge,  M.  D. 
(not  mustered,  see  Miscel. 
Organizations), 


228  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

FIRST  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  CAVALRY. 


George  Walton  Pierce, 
Winchester. 

Pierce,  George  W.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Winchester;  age  31;  res.  Win- 
chester; app.  Asst.  Surg.  Apr.  21,  '64;  must,  in  Apr.  22,  '64;  wd. 
in  five  places  and  captd.  Nov.  12,  '64,  Middletown,  Va.;  released  Jan. 
14,  '65;  app.  Surg.  Feb.  17,  '65;  must,  out  July  15,  '65.  P.  O.  ad., 
Winchester.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  879.) 

' '  George  Walton  Pierce,  physician,  Winchester,  was  born  in 
that  town  April  24,  1833,  son  of  Hosea  and  Verlina  (Putnam) 
Pierce.  His  father  was  a  physician  and  practiced  in  Winches- 
ter from  1828  until  his  death  at  the  age  of  ninety-two.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
town,  in  the  academies  at  Townsend,  Vt.,  and  Sherburn  Falls, 
Mass.,  and  at  the  New  England  In.stitute  for  young  men  at 
New  York  City.  He  was  graduated  from  Berkshire  Medical 
College  in  1854  and  in  the  same  year  began  practice  in  Win- 
chester, where  he  has  since  remained.  Prom  April  18,  1864, 
until  the  close  of  the  civil  war,  he  was  surgeon  of  the  First 
New  Hampshire  Cavalry  and  surgeon-general  on  the  staff  of 
Gov.  Moody  Currier.  He  is  president  of  the  town  board  of 
health,  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  public  li- 
brary, president  of  the  board  of  education  and  of  the  Ashuelot 
Valley  Electric  Light,  Heat  &  Power  Company.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  state  legislature  in  1875  and  of  the  senate  in 
1891.  While  in  the  latter  body  he  was  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  railroads.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Asylum  for  the  Insane,  and  past  commander  of  Post  No.  19, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Department  of  New  Hampshire. 
Dr.  Pierce  is  a  Republican  and  has  been  active  in  politics  since 
the  casting  of  his  first  ballot  for  John  C.  Fremont.  He  mar- 
ried Maria   C,   daughter  of  William  Follet  of  Winchester, 

' '  Children,  four :  Alexander  F. ;  Susan  Putnam,  now  Mrs. 
Walter  0.  Stebbins  of  Hinsdale;  Abbie  E.,  now  Mrs.  Edward 
C.  Thompson  of  Winchester;  and  Philip  W.  Pierce." 

Surgeon  Pierce  became  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society  in  1856. 

(From  Men  of  Progress  in  New  Hampshire,  1898.) 


first  new  hampshire  volunteer  cavalry.         229 

Frederic  Augustus  Eldredge,  M.  D. 
Berlin  Heights,  Ohio. 

(5  N.  H.  V.) 

Eldbedge,  Frederic  A.  Co.  E;  drafted;  b.  Pembroke;  age,  26;  res. 
Milford;  cred.  Milford;  drafted  Sept.  2,  '63;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '63,  as 
Priv.;  wd.,  June  3,  '64,  Cold  Harbor,  Va.;  disch.  Oct.  26,  '64,  to 
accept  promotion.  P.  O.  ad.,  Berlin  Heights,  O.  See  I  N.  H.  Cav. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  231.) 

(1  N.  H.  Cav.) 

Eldbedge,  Frederic  A.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Pembroke;  age  27;  res.  Milford; 
app.  2  Asst.  Surg.  July  21,  '64;  must,  in  Nov.  6,  '64;  must,  out 
July  15,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Berlin  Heights,  O.  See  5  N.  H.  V.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  864.) 

Surgeon  Eldredge  was  born  in  Pembroke,  N.  H.,  September 
28,  1837,  and  was  the  son  of  Hezekiah  and  Sarah  (Bennett) 
Eldredge,  a  grandson  of  INIicah  Eldredge.  Received  his  pre- 
liminary education  at  the  common  schools  and  at  Pembroke 
Academy.  Commenced  his  professional  education  in  1861, 
under  the  direction  of  his  father,  Hezekiah  Eldredge,  and  con- 
tinued it  under  the  direction  of  L.  B.  Howe,  M.  D.,  and  Will- 
iam D.  Buck,  M.  D.,  of  Manchester.  Attended  two  courses  of 
medical  lectures  at  the  medical  department  of  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege and  was  graduated  from  the  same  in  the  class  of  1865. 
Commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Manchester,  N.  H., 
and  removed  to  Berlin  Heights,  Ohio,  where  he  has  since  re- 
mained. Dr.  Eldredge  is  a  member  of  the  Cleveland  Medical 
Society  and  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

Dr.  Eldredge  was  a  private  in  the  Fifth  Regiment  New 
Hampshire  Volunteers  from  September  2,  1863,  until  October 
26,  1864,  when  he  was  discharged  to  accept  promotion.  While 
a  private,  he  was  wounded  June  3,  1864,  at  Cold  Harbor,  Va. 
He  was  appointed  second  assistant  surgeon  of  the  First  New 
Hampshire  Cavalry  in  July,  1864,  soon  after  being  wounded, 
but  was  unable  to  report  to  the  regiment  until  later,  and  was 
mustered  in  November  6,  1864,  being  mustered  out  with  the 
regiment  July  15,  1865. 

Married,  in  1866,  Eunice  R.  Crowell. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  HEAVY  ARTILLERY, 


By  Charles  H.  Long, 

Late  Captain  and  Colonel,  First  Regiment  New  Hampshire 
Volunteer  Heavy  Artillery. 

(First  Company.) 


"In  April,  1863,  the  war  department  granted  a  special 
authority  to  the  governor  of  New  Hampshire  to  raise  a  com- 
pany of  hea\y  artillery  to  garrison  the  defenses  of  Portsmouth 
harbor,  and  on  the  seventeenth  of  that  month  Charles  PI.  Long 
of  Claremont  was  commissioned  captain  of  the  same.  The  or- 
ganization was  completed  and  the  company  mustered  into  the 
United  States  service  on  the  22d  of  July,  1863,  and  was  sta- 
tioned at  Fort  Constitution.  It  performed  garrison  duty 
there  until  IMay  6,  1864,  when,  under  orders  of  Major-Gen- 
eral  Dix,  the  company  reported  to  General  Auger,  command- 
ing the  Department  of  Washington,  D.  C,  and  was  assigned 
to  duty  in  the  defenses  of  that  city." 

"The  First  Company,  New  Hampshire  Volunteer  Heavy 
Artillery,  was  stationed  at  Fort  Constitution.  New  Hampshire, 
Department  of  the  East,  July  22,  1863 ;  attached  to  Second 
Brigade,  Haskin's  Division,  Department  of  Washington, 
Twenty-second  Army  Corps,  May  9,  1864;  First  Brigade,  Har- 
din's Division,  Department  of  Washington,  Twenty-second 
Army  Corps,  July  9,  1864;  Second  Brigade,  Hardin's  Division, 


FIRST   NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEER   HEAVY   ARTILLERY.    281 

Department  of  Washington,  Twenty-second  Army  Corps, 
August,  1864;  Defenses  of  Portsmouth  Harbor,  New  Hamp- 
shire, Department  of  the  East,  November  29,  1864." 

(Second  Company.) 

''On  the  18th  of  August,  1863,  the  war  department  granted 
to  the  governor  of  New  Hampshire  special  authority  to  raise 
a  second  company  of  heavy  artillery  to  garrison  the  defenses 
of  Portsmouth  harbor,  and  Ira  McL.  Barton  of  Nev/port  was 
commissioned  captain.  This  company  was  mustered  into  the 
United  States  service  on  the  17th  of  September,  1863,  and 
was  stationed  at  Fort  McClary,  Kittery  Point.  It  remained 
there  doing  garrison  duty  until  May,  1864,  when  it  was  ordered 
to  Washington,  D.  C,  and  was  sent  as  a  relieving  and  occu- 
pying force  into  Forts  Bunker  Hill,  Saratoga,  Lincoln,  Bayard, 
Gaines  and  Foote.  On  or  about  October  1,  1864,  the  company 
became  Company  B,  First  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volun- 
teer Heavy  Artillery." 

******** 

"The  Second  Company,  New  Hampshire  Volunteer  Heavy 
Artillery,  was  stationed  at  Fort  McClary,  Me.,  Department  of 
the  East,  September  17,  1863;  attached  to  Department  of 
Washington,  Twenty-second  Army  Corps,  May  9,  1864;  Has- 
kin's  Division,  Department  of  Washington,  Twenty-second 
Army  Corps,  May  17,  1864;  Hardin's  Division,  Department  of 
Washington,  Twenty-second  Army  Corps,  July  9,  1864;  First 
Brigade,  Hardin's  Division,  Department  of  Washington,  Twen- 
ty-second Army  Corps,  December,  1864;  Defenses  of  Ports- 
mouth Harbor,  New  Hampshire,  Department  of  the  East,  April 
30,  1865." 

(First  Regiment.) 

"On  August  19,  1864,  the  governor  of  New  Hampshire  was 
authorized  by  the  war  department  to  raise  a  battalion  of  at 
least  four  companies  of  heavy  artillery,  and  on  September  20 
to  raise  a  full  regiment  of  twelve  companies,  which  was  done 
by  adding  to  it  the  First  New  Hampshire  Volunteer  Light 


232  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Battery,  which  became  Company  M,  but  which  was  detached 
and  continued  to  serve  as  a  light  battery.  Charles  H.  Long 
of  Claremont  was  commissioned  colonel  of  this  regiment  on 
September  29,  1864.  In  the  regimental  organization  the  First 
and  Second  Companies,  New  Hampshire  Volunteer  Heavy  Ar- 
tillery, were  designated  as  Companies  A  and  B,  respectively. 

' '  The  companies,  as  fast  as  organized,  were  ordered  to  Wash- 
ington and  assigned  to  duty  under  the  direction  of  Major- 
General  Auger.  During  the  winter  of  1864- '65  and  until  the 
muster-out  of  the  regiment,  it  garrisoned  a  line  of  works  in  the 
defenses  of  Washington,  ten  miles  in  extent.  About  fifty  men 
were  detailed  each  day  for  picket  duty  in  front  of  the  line  of 
fortifications.  The  duty  of  the  regiment  was  important  to 
the  safety  of  the  capital  of  the  nation  and  oftentimes  arduous. 

"On  the  21st  of  November,  1864,  Colonel  Long  was  assigned 
to  the  command  of  the  First  Brigade,  Hardin's  Division, 
Twenty-second  Army  Corps.  On  the  twenty -seventh  of  that 
month  Lieutenant-Colonel  Barton,  in  command  of  the  regi- 
ment, was  ordered  to  report  to  Colonel  Long  with  seven  com- 
panies, and  was  assigned  to  duty  in  his  brigade.  The  regiment, 
except  Companies  A,  B  and  M,  was  mustered  out  of  the  ser- 
vice on  the  15th  of  June,  1865." 

ASSIGNMENTS. 

"The  First  Regiment,  New  Hampshire  Volunteer  Heavj'' 
Artillery,  was  attached  to  First  Brigade,  Hardin's  Division, 
Department  of  Washington,  Twenty-second  Army  Corps,  Oc- 
tober 21,  1864,  to  date  of  muster-out.  Prior  to  organization 
of  the  regiment  the  companies,  excepting  Company  M,  which 
was  on  duty  with  the  Second  Army  Corps  as  First  New  Hamp- 
shire Light  Battery,  M'ere  at  different  posts  in  the  Department 
of  Washington,  mostly  in  De  Russey's  Division." 

SURGEON. 

EzEKiEL  Morrill,  M.  D. 

assistant  surgeons. 

Reuben  W.  Price,  M.  D.,  Amos  S.  Bixby,  M.  D. 


FIRST   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEER   HEAVY   ARTILLERY.    233 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE  VOLUNTEER  HEAVY  ARTILLERY. 


EzEKiEL  Morrill,  M.  D. 
Concord,  N.  H. 

(13  N.  H.  V.) 

MoBEiLL,  EzEKiEL.  F.  and  S. ;  b.  Chester,  O.;  age  26;  res.  Concord; 
app.  Asst.  Surgeon  Sept.  7,  '63;  must,  in  Sept.  28,  '63;  disch.  Nov. 
25,  '64,  to  accept  promotion.  P.  0.  ad.,  Concord.  See  1  N.  H.  H. 
Art.      (Record,  AyUng's  Register,  1895,  p.  677.) 

(1  N.  H.  H.  Art.) 

MoBBiix,  EzEKiEL.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Chester,  0.;  age  28;  res.  Concord; 
app.  Surg.  Nov.  17,  '64;  must,  in  Dec.  21,  '64,  unexpired  term  regt.; 
must,  out  June  15,  '65.  P.  O.  ad..  Concord.  See  13  N.  H.  V. 
(Record,  AyUng's  Register,  1895,  p.  947.) 

Surgeon  Morrill  was  born  in  Chester,  Ohio,  July  29,  1837, 
and  was  the  son  of  Alpheus  and  Hannah  (Baker)  Morrill. 
His  early  education  was  in  the  common  schools  and  Hopkinton 
Academy  and  Tilton  Seminary,  New  Hampshire.  He  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  under  the  direction  of  his  father, 
Alpheus  Morrill,  M.  D.,  of  Concord,  X.  H. ;  attended  three 
courses  of  medical  lectures  in  the  following  order :  Dartmouth, 
Cleveland  Medical  School  and  Castleton  Medical  School,  Ver- 
mont, and  was  graduated  from  the  latter  in  1857.  He  com- 
menced the  practice  of  medicine  in  Concord,  X.  H.,  removed 
to  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  where  he  remained  three  years,  was  in 
Salem,  Mass.,  eight  years  and  then  returned  to  Concord,  where 
he  has  since  practiced  his  profession. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Institute  of  Homeopathy, 
also  of  the  Xew  Hampshire  Homeopathic  Medical  Society.  He 
was  assistant  surgeon  in  the  Thirteenth  New  Hampshire  Vol- 
unteers from  September  7,  1863,  to  X'^ovember  25.  1864,  and 
surgeon  of  the  First  Xew  Hampshire  Hea%y  Artillery  from 
November  17,  1864,  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

During  his  long  practice  in  Concord,  X.  H.,  he  has  enjoyed 
the  full  confidence  of  his  friends  and  patrons.  He  never  has 
taken  an  active  part  in  politics,  never  having  had  any  ambition 


284  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN    THE   REBELLION. 

to  hold  office.  His  friends  prevailed  upon  him  to  be  a  candi- 
date and  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Leg- 
islature of  1905. 

Married,  September  21,  1863,  to  Ellen  Rebecca  Bryant. 

Children,  three :  Edward  Henry  Bryant,  who  died  August 
26,  1880;  Annie  Stiekney,  who  died  April  6,  1879;  and  Al- 
pheus  Baker,  who  is  associated  with  his  father  in  the  practice 
of  medicine. 


Reuben  W.  Price,  M.  D. 

Dover,  N.   H. 

(1  N.  H.  L.  Battery.) 

Price,  Reuben  "W.  B.  Gilmanton;  age  26;  res.  Seabrook;  cred.  Sea- 
brook;  enl.  Oct.  13,  '64;  must,  in  Oct.  13,  '64,  as  Priv.;  app.  Asst. 
Surg.  1  N.  H.  H.  Art.,  to  date  Oct.  12,  '64;  must,  out  June  15,  '65. 
P.  O.  ad.,  Laconia.  See  1  N.  H.  H.  Art.  (Record,  Ayling's  Regis- 
ter, 1895,  p.  902.) 

(1  N.  H.  H.  Art.) 

Price,  Reubex  W.  Co.  M  and  F.  and  S.  See  1  N.  H.  L.  Battery. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  951.) 

Surgeon  Price  was  born  in  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  February  12, 
1838,  was  a  son  of  Moses  and  Sarah  (Page)  Price  and  a 
grandson  of  William  Price.  He  received  his  preliminary  edu- 
cation at  the  common  schools  and  at  Gilmanton  Academy. 
Commenced  his  professional  studies  under  the  direction  of 
Nahum  Wight,  M.  D.,  of  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  in  1858.  Attended 
three  courses  of  lectures  at  Dartmouth  and  Bowdoin  Colleges, 
and  was  graduated  from  the  Medical  Department  of  Dart- 
mouth College  in  the  class  of  1862.  Dr.  Price  first  located  in 
Seabrook,  N.  H.,  in  1862,  remaining  there  until  he  enlisted  as 
private  in  the  First  New  Hampshire  Heavy  Artillery,  and  was 
immediately  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  same  regiment. 
Was  assigned  to  the  Twenty-second  Army  Corps  and  at  one 
time  served  upon  the  staff  of  Hardin's  Brigade;  was  mus- 
tered out  of  this  regiment  June  15,  1865.  Afterwards  he  was 
appointed  surgeon  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifteenth  United 


FIKST   NEW    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEER   HEAVY   ARTILLERY.    235 

States  Colored  Troops  and  stationed  at  New  Orleans.  Again 
he  was  transferred  to  the  Eighth  United  States  Colored  Heavy 
Artillery  and  stationed  at  Indianola  and  Victoria,  Texas;  was 
mustered  out  of  the  service  in  Kentucky. 

After  leaving  the  army  he  was  located  in  Greenwood,  Jack- 
son county,  ]\Iiss.,  for  fifteen  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  at  the  time  of  his  residence 
in  Seabrook,  and  a  member  of  the  Missouri  Society  while  a 
resident  of  Greenwood.  Gave  up  the  practice  of  medicine  in 
1880  and  returned  to  New  Hampshire.  He  has  practiced 
dentistry  at  Laconia  and  Alton,  and  has  recently  taken  up  the 
same  in  Dover,  N.  H.  "Was  at  one  time  superintendent  of 
school  committee  in  Gilmanton,  N.  H. ;  deacon  of  the  Congre- 
gational Church  in  Greenwood,  Mo.,  as  well  as  postmaster  at 
the  same  place.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and 
also  of  the  order  of  Chosen  Friends. 

Married,  first.  May  14,  1862,  to  Amanda  C.  Smith  of  Gil- 
manton ;  second,  to  Annette  Chesley,  April  18,  1893. 

Children,  five,  three  living:  ■Minnie,  Ethelyn  M.  and 
Willard  A. 


Amos  Stoddard  Bixby,  M.  D. 
Ludlow,  Vt. 

Bixby,  Amos  S.  Co.  H;  b.  Mt.  Holly,  Vt.;  age  35;  cred.  Acworth; 
enl.  Sept.  1,  '64,  for  1  yr.;  must,  in  Sept.  7,  '64,  as  Priv.;  app.  Asst. 
Surg.  Dec.  1,  '64;  must,  out  June  15,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Ludlow,  Vt. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  924.) 

Surgeon  Bixby  was  born  in  IMount  Holly,  Vt.,  September 
24,  1828.  He  was  the  son  of  Amentus  William  and  Hannah 
Maria  (Stoddard)  Bixby  and  grandson  of  Joseph  Bixby.  His 
preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  district  and  high 
schools  of  his  native  place  and  he  commenced  the  study  of 
medicine  at  Hartford,  Vt.,  with  Dr.  A.  B.  Bixby  as  preceptor, 
attending  three  courses  of  lectures  at  Hanover,  and  was  grad- 
uated from  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  1862.  Commenced 
the  practice  of  medicine  in  Troy,  N.  H.,  and  afterwards  moved 
to  Acworth,  N.  H. 


236  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

Dr.  Bixby  enlisted  as  a  private  soldier  September  1,  1864, 
for  one  year;  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  First  Regi- 
ment New  Hampshire  Heavy  Artillery,  December  1,  1864,  and 
remained  as  such  until  mustered  out  June  15,  1865.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Grand  Army  and  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows. 

Married,  July  21,  1850,  Jane  S.  Stiles,  Windsor,  Vt. 

Children,  four:  Mary  A.,  Wilber  Fisk,  Kate  Salvina  and 
Wentworth  Marble. 

Died,  April  21,  1905. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

SECOND  REGIMENT  UNITED  STATES  VOLUNTEER 
SHARPSHOOTERS. 


By  Samuel  F.  Murray, 

Late  Captain  First  Eegiment  United  States  Volunteer  Sharp- 
shooters. 

The  exigencies  of  the  service  required  scouts,  videts  and 
others  for  reeonnoissance.  New  Hampshire  was  asked  and  did 
enlist  two  companies  for  this  service.  William  B.  Reynolds 
enlisted  as  a  private  and  was  afterwards  commissioned  as- 
sistant and  then  surgeon  of  the  Second  Regiment  United  States 
Volunteer  Sharpshooters. 

"The  record  of  the  sharpshooters  has  no  superior.  Being 
composed  of  companies  from  different  states,  it  caused  a  com- 
mendable rivalry  among  them  not  to  permit  themselves  to  be 
outdone.  If  there  was  any  reeonnoissance  to  be  made,  picket 
line  established,  or  the  enemy's  battery  to  be  reached  by  a 
rifle  ball,  the  'Green-coats'  were  called  upon  to  do  it.  They 
were  engaged  in  more  battles  and  skirmishes  than  the  average 
regiment,  and  caused  more  damage  to  the  enemy  than  any 
other  branch  of  the  service,  and  often  received  the  commenda- 
tion and  notice  of  their  superior  officers." 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Falmouth,  Va.,  April  19,  1862. 

Orange  Court  House  Road,  Va.,  July  26,  1862. 

Bowling  Green,  Va.,  August  6,  1862. 


238         SURGICAL  HISTORY  IN  THE  REBELLION. 

Rappahannock  Station,  Va.,  August  21-23,  1862. 
Sulphur  Springs,  Va.,  August  26,  1862. 
Gainesville,  Va.,  August  28,  1862. 
Bull  Run,  Va.,  August  29,  30,  1862. 
Chantilly,  Va.,  September  1,  1862. 
South  Mountain,  Md.,  September  14,  1862. 
Boonsborough,  Md.,  September  15,  1862. 
Antietam,  Md.,  September  16,  17,  1862. 
Fredericksburg,  Va.,  December  13-15,  1862. 
Chancellorsville,  Va.,  May  1-4,  1863. 
Gettysburg,  Pa.,  July  2-4,  1863. 
Wapping  Heights,  Va.,  July  23,  1863. 
Auburn,  Va.,  October  13,  1863. 
Kelly's  Ford,  Va.,  November  7,  1863. 
Brandy  Station,  Va.,  November  8,  1863. 
Locust  Grove,  Va.,  November  27,  1863. 
Mine  Run,  Va.,  November  28-30,  1863. 
Wilderness,  Va.,  May  5-7,  1864. 
Todd's  Tavern,  Va.,  May  9,  1864. 
Po  River,  Va.,  May  10,  1864. 
Spottsylvania,  Va.,  May  11-16,  1864. 
North  Anna  River,  Va.,  May  23-26,  1864. 
Totopotomoy  Creek,  Va.,  May  30,  31,  1864. 
Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  3-12,  1864. 
Petersburg,  Va.,  June  16-20,  1864. 
Weldon  Railroad,  Va.,  June  21-23,  1864. 
Deep  Bottom,  Va.,  July  27  and  August  14-18,  1864. 
Mine  Explosion,  Petersburg,  Va.,  July  30,  1864. 
Siege  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  September  10-22  and  October  10, 
1864. 

Poplar  Springs  Church,  Va.,  October  7,  1864. 
Boydton  Plank  Road,  Va.,  October  27,  1864. 
Weldon  Railroad,  Va.,  December  8-10,  1864. 
Hatcher's  Run,  Va.,  February  5-7,  1865. 

SURGEON. 

William  B.  Reynolds,  M.  D. 


SECOND   UNITED   STATES    VOLUNTEER   SHARPSHOOTERS.      239 

SECOND   UNITED   STATES    VOLUNTEER    SHARP- 
SHOOTERS. 


William  Buzzell  Reynolds,  ]M.  D. 

(S  X.  H.  V.) 

Reynolds,  William  B.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Acton,  Me.;  age  33;  res.  Mil- 
ton; app.  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  14,  'Gl;  not  must.;  declined  appoint- 
ment Dec.  14,  '61.  See  2  U.  S.  S.  S.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  442.). 

(2  U.  S.  S.  S.) 

Reynolds,  William  B.  Co.  F;  b.  Acton,  Me.;  age  33;  res.  Milton; 
enl.  Oct.  4,  '61;  must,  in  Nov.  26,  '61,  as  sergt. ;  app.  Asst.  Surg. 
Dec.  5,  '61;  surg.  Aug.  12,  '63;  discb.  Jan.  12,  '65.  Died,  Jan.  11, 
'77,  Lynn,  Mass.  See  8  N.  H.  V.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  981.) 

Surgeon  Reynolds  was  born  in  Acton,  ]\Ie.,  August  14,  1828, 
and  was  the  son  of  Dea.  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Farnham) 
Runnells.  It  will  be  observed  that  there  is  a  difference  in  the 
orthography  of  the  name,  which  is  commented  upon  by  his  son, 
E.  G.  Reynolds,  D.  D.  S.,  West  Newfield,  Me.,  who  furnishes 
the  facts  in  this  case,  as  follows : 

He  says:  "You  will  notice  a  difference  in  names  of  father 
and  my  grandfather.  This  dispute  continues  in  the  family 
and  probably  always  will,  a  part  spelling  the  name  'Runnells' 
and  the  other,  'Reynolds.'  The  original  name  was  'Reynolds,' 
but  for  several  generations  back  has  been  'Runnells'  or 
'Runals. '  My  father  and  several  of  his  brothers  spelled  the 
name  'Reynolds.'  " 

His  early  education  was  received  in  the  common  schools  and 
at  Parsonsfield  Seminary,  ]\Iaine.  He  commenced  his  pro- 
fe.ssional  education  with  Dr.  Reuben  Buck  of  Acton,  Me.,  con- 
tinuing the  same  with  the  late  Dr.  J.  C.  Hanson  of  Great 
Falls,  now  the  city  of  Somersworth.  He  attended  medical 
lectures  at  Bowdoin  and  Dartmouth  Colleges,  taking  three 
courses,  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  Dartmouth  College  in  the  class  of  1852.    He  was  lo- 


240  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

cated  in  the  practice  of  medicine  for  a  short  period  at  Acton, 
Me.,  then  came  to  the  village  of  Union  in  the  town  of  Wake- 
field, N.  H.,  where  he  remained  until  1861 ;  was  in  Lawrence, 
Mass.,  from  1865  to  1867;  at  Union  again  from  1868  to  1870; 
at  Tamworth  Iron  Works,  N.  H.,  now  Chocorua,  1870  to  1872, 
and  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  from  1872  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
January  11,  1877. 

He  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  Jefferson  Medical  Col- 
lege, Philadelphia,  1856.  He  was  a  frequent  contributor  to 
medical  journals  and  received  the  respect  and  confidence  of 
the  citizens  wherever  he  practiced  his  profession. 

He  entered  the  service  as  a  private  in  Company  F,  Second 
Regiment,  United  States  Sharpshooters,  October  4,  1861,  and 
was  mustered  November  26,  1861,  as  sergeant ;  appointed  as- 
sistant surgeon  December  5,  1861,  and  surgeon  in  the  same 
regiment,  August  12,  1863,  being  discharged  January  12, 
1865.  Before  his  discharge  he  served  as  brigade  surgeon  in 
the  Third  Division  of  the  Second  Army  Corps.  He  also  served 
as  post  surgeon  at  St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  in  the  winter  of  1867 
and  1868  as  a  contract  surgeon  in  the  Freedman's  Bureau. 

Married,  first,  Clara  Ellen  Swasey  of  Milton,  N.  H.,  No- 
vember 14,  1851,  who  died  May  14,  1867;  second,  Martha 
E.  Lincoln  of  Framingham,  Mass.,  March  9,  1870. 

Children:  By  first  marriage,  Edgar  G.,  1852;  Horatio  M., 
1857;  Lillian,  who  died  in  infancy.  By  second  marriage, 
Clifford  L.,  1871,  and  Allen  D.  Reynolds,  1874. 


UNITED  STATES  ARMY. 


During  the  "War  of  the  Rebellion  there  were  but  few  from 
the  several  states  who  enlisted  and  served  in  the  United  States 
Army.  A  great  majority  of  all  enlistments  came  under  the 
head  of  United  States  Volunteers.  President  Lincoln's  proc- 
lamation for  the  preservation  of  personal  liberty  and  the  idea 
that  our  institution  of  a  free  government  for  the  people  and 
by  the  people  was  in  peril,  was  responded  to  at  once,  and  the 
feeling  of  patriotism  which  prompted  enlistments  in  the  great 
army  of  volunteers  was  the  same  as  would  have  been  to  have 
enlisted  in  the  United  States  Army.  A  great  many,  after 
they  had  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Volunteers,  became 
imbued  with  the  idea  that  the  United  States  Army,  giving  a 
permanent  position,  held  out  certain  inducements  that  were 
not  accorded  to  the  United  States  Volunteers ;  many  men  serv- 
ing in  the  ranks  of  the  volunteers  passed  the  requisite  exam- 
inations and  were  given  positions  in  the  army  and  navy.  In 
proportion  to  her  pojjulation,  New  Hampshire  gave  to  the 
country  as  many  soldiers  as  did  other  states  in  the  Union. 

The  compiler  of  this  book  finds  a  few  who  served  as  surgeons 
in  the  United  States  Army  and  they  are  given  credit  for  the 
same  and  a  place  in  this  volume.  The  records  of  their  work 
will  show  their  patriotism,  their  energy  and  their  loyalty  to  the 
country. 


John  Bell,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Chester,  N.  H. 

Bell,  John.     U.  S.  A.:  b.  New  Hampshire;  res.  New  Hampshire;  app. 
Asst.   Surg.  Aug.   2C,  '61;    resigned  June  24,  '67.     Bvt.  Capt.  and 
Maj.  to  date  Mar.  13,  '65,  for  faithful  and  meritorious  service  dur- 
ing the  war.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1031.) 
16 


242  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Surgeon  Bell  was  born  in  Chester,  July  19,  1831,  and  was 
the  son  of  Samuel  and  Lucy  Dana  (Smith)  Bell.  He  fitted 
for  college  at  Derry,  Gilmanton  and  Phillips  Academy  of 
Andover,  Mass.,  completing  the  course  at  Dartmouth  College, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  A.  B.  in  1852.  He  commenced 
the  study  of  medicine  the  same  year  under  the  direction  of 
Dr.  James  P.  Whittemore  of  Chester,  N.  H.,  attending  lectures 
at  Harvard  and  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  was  grad- 
uated M.  D.  from  the  latter  in  1854.  He  was  located  in  the 
practice  of  medicine  in  Kingston,  afterwards  removed  to 
Derry,  N.  H.,  where  he  lived  from  1855  to  1857,  and  was  in 
New  York  from  1857  to  1861. 

Dr.  Bell  was  commissioned  acting  assistant  surgeon  August 
26,  1861,  attached  to  the  Fifth  United  States  Cavalry,  served 
in  the  South,  was  promoted  to  surgeon  in  1865  and  placed  in 
charge  of  the  General  Hospital  at  Annapolis  Junction,  Md. ; 
afterwards  in  charge  of  the  Fort  Jefferson  Hospital  in  Florida 
until  June  24,  1867.  He  returned  to  New  Hampshire  and 
practiced  medicine  in  Dover  from  1867  to  1874;  was  in  busi- 
ness in  Chester  from  1874  to  1876 ;  practiced  medicine  in  Man- 
chester from  1876  to  1880,  when  he  moved  to  Chester,  where 
he  remained  until  his  death,  which  occurred  November  13, 
1883.  He  became  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society  in  1856. 

Married,  April  7,  1854,  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Phineas 
and  Hannah  Lock  (Purinton)  Beede  of  Fremont,  N.  H.  Seven 
children. 


Elliott  Coues,  M.  D. 
Surgeon,  United  States  Army,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Surgeon  Coues  was  a  world-famed  ornithologist  and  sci- 
entist; he  was  born  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  September  9,  1842, 
and  was  the  son  of  Samuel  Elliott  and  Charlotte  Haven 
(Ladd)  Coues.  Eleven  years  after  birth  his  family  moved  to 
Washington,  D.  C,  where  Dr.  Coues  has  since  resided.  As  a 
boy  he  was  educated  under  Jesuit  influence  at  the  seminary 


UNITED   STATES    ARMY.  243 

now  known  as  Gonzaga  College,  and  in  1857  he  entered  a 
Baptist  college,  now  Columbia  University.  He  was  graduated 
A.  B.  from  the  Academic  Department  of  that  institution  in 
1861,  and  from  the  Medical  Department  in  1863.  He  received 
the  honorary  degrees  of  A.  M.  and  Ph.  D.  from  this  university. 

His  taste  for  natural  history  developed  early  in  an  enthu- 
siastic devotion  to  ornithology,  and  before  he  graduated  he 
was  sent  by  the  Smithsonian  Institution  to  collect  birds  in 
Labrador.  Among  his  earliest  writings  are  the  account  of 
this  trip  and  a  treatise  on  the  birds  of  the  District  of  Columbia, 
both  published  in  1861. 

While  yet  a  medical  student,  he  was  enlisted  by  Secretary 
Stanton  as  medical  cadet  in  the  United  States  Army,  and 
served  a  year  in  one  of  the  hospitals  in  Washington.  On 
graduating  in  medicine,  in  1863,  he  was  appointed  by  Surgeon- 
General  Hammond,  for  a  year,  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  the 
army,  and  on  coming  of  age  passed  a  successful  examination 
for  the  medical  corps  of  the  army.  He  received  his  commis- 
sion in  1864  and  was  immediately  ordered  to  duty  in  Arizona. 
His  early  years  of  service  in  that  territory,  and  afterwards  in 
North  and  South  Carolina,  were  utilized  in  investigating  the 
natural  historj'-  of  these  regions,  respecting  which  he  published 
several  scientific  papers. 

After  about  ten  years  of  ordinary  military  service  as  post 
surgeon  in  various  places,  he  was,  in  1873,  while  on  duty  at 
Fort  Randall,  Dakota,  appointed  surgeon  and  naturalist  of 
the  United  States  northern  boundary  commission.  In  1876 
his  services  were  secured  as  secretary  and  naturalist  of  the 
United  States  geological  and  geographical  survey  of  the  terri- 
tories. The  following  year  he  was  elected  to  the  chair  of  anat- 
omy in  the  National  Medical  College  in  Washington  and  also 
to  the  Academy  of  Natural  Science.  Shortly  afterward  he 
resigned  from  the  army  and  devoted  himself  to  his  college 
work  and  his  labors  for  the  Smithsonian  Institute. 

About  twenty  years  ago  he  became  interested  in  spiritualism 
and  for  a  time  was  a  devotee  of  theosophy,  but  afterwards  be- 
came one  of  the  severest  critics  of  that  doctrine. 


244  SUEGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

Dr.  Coues  had  charge  of  the  department  of  general  biology, 
zoology  and  comparative  anatomy  in  the  Century  dictionary. 

He  was  twice  married.  By  his  first  wife  he  had  three  chil- 
dren, and,  in  1887,  he  married  Miss  Mary  E.  Bates  of  Phila- 
delphia. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  British  Ornithologists'  Union  and 
of  almost  every  similar  organization  in  this  country  and 
Europe. 

Surgeon  Coues  was  chiefly  known  by  his  numerous  works 
on  ornithology,  mammalogy,  herpetology,  bibliography,  lexi- 
cography, comparative  anatomy,  natural  philosophy,  psychical 
research,  etc.  His  official  positions  were  medical  cadet,  United 
States  Army,  1862-1863 ;  acting  assistant  surgeon,  United 
States  Army,  1863-1864;  assistant  surgeon.  United  States 
Army,  1864—1881 ;  resigned  November  17 ;  professor  of  zoology 
and  comparative  anatomy,  Norwich  University,  Vt.,  1869 ;  sur- 
geon and  naturalist.  United  States  northern  boundary  com- 
mission, 1873-1876;  collaborator,  Smithsonian  Institution, 
1875;  secretary  and  naturalist.  United  States  geological  and 
geographical  survey  of  the  territories,  1876-1880 ;  professor  of 
anatomy,  National  Medical  College  (Medical  Department  of 
Columbian  University),  Washington,  1877-1887;  professor  of 
biology,  Virginia  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College,  1883; 
chairman  general  and  joint  committees  of  the  Psychical  Sci- 
ence Congress,  World's  Congress  Auxiliary,  1892,  and  several 
more  since  1892. 

Scientific  associations:  Corresponding  member,  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia,  1861;  corresponding  mem- 
ber, Lyceum  of  Natural  History  of  New  York,  1863;  corre- 
sponding member.  Academy  of  Science  of  St.  Louis,  1864 ;  cor- 
responding member.  Natural  History  Society,  Boston,  1866; 
corresponding  member,  Essex  Institute  of  Salem,  1866 ;  mem- 
ber, Maryland  Academy  of  Sciences,  1871;  foreign  member, 
British  Ornithologists'  Union,  1872;  honorary  member,  Min- 
nesota Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  1873;  member,  Philo- 
sophical Society  of  Washington,  1874 ;  corresponding  member, 
Zoological  Society  of  London,  1876 ;  fellow,  American  Associa- 


UNITED   STATES    ARMY.  245 

tion  for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  1876 ;  member,  National 
Academy  of  Sciences  of  the  United  States  of  America,  1877; 
member,  American  Philosophical  Society,  1878;  honorary 
member,  Nuttall  Ornithological  Club,  1878;  member,  Anthro- 
pological Society  of  Washington,  1879 ;  honorary  member,  So- 
ciety of  American  Taxidermists,  1880;  original  member.  Bio- 
logical Society  of  Washington,  1881 ;  corresponding  member, 
Boston  Zoological  Society,  1882 ;  honorary  member,  Linncean 
Society  of  New  York,  1883 ;  one  of  the  founders  and  vice-presi- 
dents, American  Ornithologists '  Union,  1883 ;  honorary  mem- 
ber, Newport  Natural  History  Society,  1883 ;  original  member, 
Society  of  Naturalists  of  the  Eastern  United  States,  1883 ;  cor- 
responding member,  Kidgway  Ornithological  Club,  Chicago, 
1884;  associate  member.  Society  for  Psychical  Research,  Lon- 
don, 1884;  founder  and  president.  Gnostic  Theosophical  So- 
ciety of  Washington,  1884;  member,  Alumni  Association  of 
Columbian  University,  1887;  honorary  member,  Spencer  F. 
Baird  Naturalists '  Association,  1887 ;  honorarj^  member,  Cali- 
fornia Academy  of  Sciences,  1888;  honorary  member,  Ghost 
Club  of  London,  1888 ;  corresponding  member,  Portland  Soci- 
ety of  Natural  History,  1890;  member,  American  Anthropo- 
metric Society,  Philadelphia,  1890 ;  member,  American  Society 
for  the  Extension  of  University  Teaching,  1891 ;  honorary 
member,  Congres  Ornithologique  International,  1891 ;  member, 
American  Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Science,  1891; 
member,  American  Library  Association,  1891 ;  member.  Uni- 
versity Marine  Biological  Association,  1891 ;  first  honorary 
president,  Arizona  Historical  Society,  1892;  active  member, 
National  Geographic  Society  of  Washington,  1892;  corporate 
member,  American  Oriental  Society,  1892 ;  member.  Esoteric 
Christian  Union  of  London,  1892 ;  foreign  member,  Society  for 
Psychical  Research  of  ]\Iunich,  Bavaria,  1892;  honorary  mem- 
ber, Academy  of  Science,  Tacoma,  Wash.,  1893;  honorary 
member,  Florida  Society  for  Scientific  Research,  1893,  and 
several  more  since  1893. 

Principal  works  are:  "Key  to  North    American    Birds," 
1872;  "Field  Ornithology,"    1874;  "Birds    of    the    North- 


246  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN  THE  REBELLION. 

west,"  1874;  "Fur-bearing  Animals,"  1877;  "Monographs 
of  North  America  Rodentia  (with  Allen),"  1877;  "Birds 
of  the  Colorado  Valley,"  1878;  "Ornithological  Bibli- 
ography," 1878-1880;  "New  England  Bird  Life  (with 
Stearns),"  1881;  "Check  List  and  Dictionary  of  North  Amer- 
ican Birds,"  1882;  "Avifauna  Columbiana  (with  Prentiss)," 
1883;  "Biogen,  a  Speculation  on  the  Origin  and  Nature  of 
Life,"  1884;  "New  Key  to  North  American  Birds,"  1884; 
"The  Dsemon  of  Darwin,"  1884;  "Code  of  Nomenclature  and 
Check  List  of  North  American  Birds  (with  Allen,  Ridgway, 
Brewster,  and  Henshaw),"  1886;  "A  Woman  in  the  Case," 
1887;  "Neuro-Myology  (with  Shute),"  1887;  "Signs  of  the 
Times,"  1888.  Also  author  of  several  hundred  monographs 
and  minor  papers  in  scientific  periodicals,  and  editor  or  asso- 
ciate editor  for  some  years  of  the  Bulletin  of  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey,  Bulletin  of  the  Nuttall  Ornithological  Club, 
American  Naturalist,  American  Journal  of  Otology,  Encyclo- 
paedia Americana,  Standard  Natural  History,  The  Auk,  The 
Biogen  Series,  Die  Sphinx  (Leipsig),  The  Century  Dictionary 
of  the  English  Language  (in  general  biology,  comparative 
anatomy  and  all  departments  of  zoology),  The  Travels  of 
Lewis  and  Clark,  etc.,  and  several  more  since  1893. 

Professor  Coues  died  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  December  25,  1899. 


Dr.  Ezra  LIitchell,  Jr. 
Lancaster,  N.  H. 

Surgeon  Mitchell  was  born  November  12,  1842,  at  Mechanics 
Falls,  Maine.  He  is  the  son  of  Ezra  and  Mary  (Perry) 
Mitchell,  and  a  grandson  of  Joseph  Mitchell  of  Waterville, 
Maine.  His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Maine  and  afterwards  at  the  State  Seminary, 
Lewiston,  Me.  He  commenced  his  professional  education  in 
1861  under  the  direction  of  J.  A.  Evelith,  M.  D.,  of  Mechanics 
Falls,  Me.  He  attended  three  courses  of  lectures,  one  of 
which  was  at  the  Medical  Department  of  Harvard  University 
and  two  at  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1866. 


UNITED    STATES  ARMY.  247 

While  a  student  of  medicine,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
the  Ninth  ]\Iaine  Volunteer  Infantry  in  1863  and  became  a 
medical  cadet  in  the  United  States  Army  in  1864,  where  he 
remained  one  year.  Upon  graduating  at  Dartmouth  in  1866, 
he  located  for  the  practice  of  medicine,  in  1867,  in  Groveton, 
where  he  remained  four  years  (1867  to  1871).  In  1871  he 
removed  to  Lancaster,  N.  H.,  where  he  has  remained  until  the 
present  time. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  White  Mountain  Medical  Society  and 
the  Xew  Hampshire  State  ^^ledical  Societj^,  of  which  he  has 
been  president.  He  was  surgeon-general  of  the  National 
Guard  of  New  Hampshire  from  1881  to  1883 ;  president  of  the 
Board  of  United  States  Pension  Surgeons  at  Lancaster  from 
1878  to  1898,  continuously;  president  of  Lancaster  Savings 
Bank;  vice-president  of  Lancaster  Trust  Company;  director 
of  Lancaster  Savings  Bank  &  Trust  Company :  fraternal  mem- 
ber of  the  Masons,  and  is  now  active  president  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Association  of  Military  Surgeons. 

In  1904  he  organized  and  became  president  of  the  Coos 
County  Medical  Society. 

One  child,  Ernest  H.  Mitchell. 


Arthur  Clark  Newell,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Long  Pine,  Neb. 

(12  N.  H.  V.) 

Newell,  Arthur  C.  Co.  B;  b.  Barnstead;  age  23;  res.  Barnstead, 
cred.  Barnstead;  enl.  Aug.  30,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  1,  '62;  as  Priv.; 
tr.  to  Co.  G,  11th  N.  H.  V.  See  11  N.  H.  V.  and  Miscel.  Organiza- 
tions.    (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  634.) 

(11  N.  H.  V.) 

Newell,  Arthur  C.  Co.  G;  b.  Barnstead;  age  23;  res.  Barnstead; 
enl.  Aug.  30,  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  25,  '62,  as  Priv.;  disch.  Aug.  9,  '64; 
Ft.  Covington,  Ky.,  to  accept  promotion.  See  12  N.  H.  V.  and 
Miscel.  Organizations.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  585.) 

(Miscel.  Organizations.) 

Newell,  Arthur  C.  U.  S.  A.;  b.  Barnstead;  age  25;  res.  Barnstead; 
app.  Medical  Cadet  July  25,  '64.  for  1  yr.;  disch.  May  12.  '65,  to 
accept  promotion;  must,  as  Asst.  Surg.  18  Ohio  Inf.  May  19,  '65; 
must,  out  Oct.  9,  '65.  Died,  Dec.  17,  '84,  Long  Pine,  Neb.  See  11 
and  12  N.  H.  V.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1068.) 


248  SURGICAL   HISTOKY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Surgeon  Newell  was  born  in  Barnstead,  N.  H.,  May  2,  1839, 
and  was  the  son  of  William  Hill  and  Olive  (Dennett)  Newell. 
He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools 
of  Barnstead  and  the  academies  at  Pittsfield  and  New  Hamp- 
ton, and  was  two  years  in  Dartmouth  College.  He  commenced 
the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  John  Wheeler  of  Pittsfield,  in 
1862,  and  continued  the  same  with  Jonathan  Smith  Ross, 
M.  D.,  surgeon  of  the  Eleventh  New  Hampshire  Volunteers. 
He  attended  medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth  and  the  Cincinnati 
Medical  College  and  was  graduated  from  the  latter  in  1865. 
This  Cincinnati  Medical  College  is  one  of  the  oldest  medical 
colleges  in  Ohio,  and  one  from  which,  occasionally.  New  Hamp- 
shire men  have  been  graduated  for  a  long  period ;  the  late  Dr. 
Gage  was  a  graduate  of  that  college,  in  1837. 

Dr.  Newell  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  South 
Barnstead,  where  he  remained  only  a  few  months,  removing  to 
Gonic  village,  remaining  there  for  a  few  years,  and  was  after- 
wards, for  nearly  ten  years,  in  the  town  of  Farmington,  N.  H. ; 
from  there  he  removed  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  and  after  a  short 
period  removed  to  Long  Pine,  Neb.,  where  he  died  December 
18,  1884,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  New  Hampshire  and  Strafford  District  Medical 
Societies,  belonged  to  the  Masons,  Odd  Fellows  and  other  fra- 
ternal societies,  and  while  in  Farmington  he  was  a  member  of 
the  school  committee. 

His  military  service  was  first  a  private  in  Company  B  of 
the  Twelfth  New  Hampshire,  in  which  he  enlisted  August  30, 
1862,  but  was  immediately  transferred  to  Company  G  of  the 
Eleventh  Regiment,  from  which  he  was  discharged  August  9, 
1864,  at  Fort  Covington,  Ky.,  to  accept  promotion.  It  was 
during  his  two  years'  service  in  the  Eleventh  Regiment  that 
he  gave  attention  to  the  study  of  medicine  under  the  direction 
of  Surgeon  Ross.  Prior  to  being  mustered  out  of  the  Elev- 
enth Regiment,  he  was  appointed  medical  cadet  for  one  year, 
and  was  discharged  May  2,  1865,  to  again  accept  promotion. 
He  was  mustered  in  as  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Eighteenth 
Ohio  Infantry  May  18,  1865,  and  remained  with  the  regiment 
until  October  9,  1865,  when  he  was  mustered  out  of  the  United 
States  service. 


UNITED   STATES   ARMY.  249 

Surgeon  Newell  was  twice  married:  first,  to  Jennie  Hayes 
of  Gonic,  N.  H. ;  second,  to  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  Cham- 
berlain of  New  Durham,  N.  H. 

Three  children,  two  of  whom  are  living:  Agnes  and  Arthur 
Newell. 


Francis  L^usan  Town,  M.  D.,  Col,  U.  S.  A.  (Retired.) 
San  Antonio,  Tex.,  and  Lancaster,  N.  H. 

Town,  Fbaxcis  L.  U.  S.  A.;  b.  Jefferson f  age  25;  res.  Lancaster; 
app.  from  Pennsylvania,  1  Lt.,  Asst.  Surg.,  May  28,  'Gl;  Capt.,  Asst. 
Surg.,  May  28,  '66;  Maj.,  Surg.,  Oct.  20,  '66;  Lt.  Col.,  Deputy  Surg. 
Gen.,  July  10,  '89;  Col.,  Asst.  Surg.  Gen.,  June  28,  '94.  Bvt.  Capt. 
and  Maj.  to  Mar.  13,  '65,  for  faithful  and  meritorious  service;  Bvt. 
Lt.  Col.  Mar.  13,  '65,  for  faithful  and  meritorious  service  during 
the  war.  P.  O.  ad.,  Washington,  D.  C.  (Record,  Ayling's  Regis- 
ter, 1895,  p.  1081.) 

Surgeon  Town  was  born  in  Jefferson,  Coos  county,  N.  H., 
January  11,  1836,  and  was  the  son  of  Barton  Oilman  and  Har- 
riet Francis  (Tifft)  Towne  and  grandson  of  Hon.  Amos  Towne 
of  Littleton,  N.  H.,  who  was  a  native  of  Keene,  in  Cheshire 
county,  X.  H.  (It  will  be  observed  that  Surgeon  Town  has 
dropped  the  final "e "in  his  name,  as  he  himself  gives  the "e "in 
his  father's  and  grandfather's  name,  showing  that  he  for  some 
reason  has  dropped  it.)  Surgeon  To\^ti  became  a  resident  of 
Lancaster  at  a  very  early  age  and  received  his  preliminary  edu- 
cation at  Lancaster  Academy  and  was  in  the  Chandler  Scien- 
tific Department  of  Dartmouth  College,  but  did  not  graduate. 
He  commenced  his  professional  education  in  1856,  under  the 
direction  of  Dr.  J.  W.  Barney  of  Lancaster,  N.  H.,  and  Dr. 
Ralph  Bugbee  of  Littleton,  N.  H.,  and  Professor  Edmund  R. 
Pea.slee  of  New  York  City.  He  attended  the  ISIedical  Depart- 
ment of  Dartmouth  College  and  was  graduated  from  the  same 
in  the  class  of  1860.  He  commenced  his  professional  labors  at 
the  Charity  Hospital,  Blackwell's  island.  New  York,  and  after- 
wards in  the  old  New  York  Hospital,  then  on  Broadway,  until 
the  war  commenced  in  1861.  He  entered  the  regular  army  in 
May,  1861,  and  has  passed  through  the  following  grades : 


250  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

' '  First  lieutenant  and  assistant  surgeon,  United  States  Army, 
May  28,  1861 ;  captain  and  assistant  surgeon.  May  28,  1866 ; 
brevet  captain,  major  and  lieutenant-colonel ;  promoted  major 
and  surgeon,  October  20,  1868 ;  lieutenant-colonel  and  surgeon, 
July  10,  1889 ;  promoted  colonel  and  assistant  surgeon-general, 
United  States  Army,  June  28,  1894 ;  retired,  October  10,  1896, 
as  colonel,  United  States  Army." 

His  service  in  the  United  States  Army  has  been  as  follows ; 

"From  1861  to  1863,  in  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland ;  fall  of 
1863,  organized  the  'Harvey'  General  Hospital  for  the  State 
of  Wisconsin,  at  Madison,  Wis. ;  1864,  served  with  General  R. 
C.  Wood,  assistant  surgeon-general,  United  States  Army,  who 
had  general  control  of  army  medical  affairs  in  the  West  and 
Southwest ;  1865,  post  surgeon  at  the  barracks,  Louisville,  Ky. ; 
1866,  chief  surgeon.  Military  District  of  Kentucky ;  1867-1871, 
on  the  frontier  in  Montana,  post  surgeon  at  Old  Fort  Shaw, 
Indians  there  hostiles  in  those  days;  1871-1874,  post  surgeon 
at  Fort  Preble,  Portland  harbor.  Me. ;  1874-1878,  on  the  fron- 
tier in  the  western  portion  of  Indian  Territory  (now  Okla- 
homa), at  Fort  Sill,  Indians  there,  Kiowas  and  Comanches, 
were  hostiles;  served  in  the  campaign  of  1874  against  these 
hostiles;  1878,  on  leave  in  Europe;  1879-1884,  served  in  the 
Territory  (now  State)  of  Washington;  1884-1888,  served  in 
the  State  of  Texas;  1888-1892,  post  surgeon  at  the  'Presidio,' 
Harbor  of  San  Francisco,  Cal. ;  1893,  at  Fort  Porter,  Buffalo, 
N.  Y. ;  winter  and  spring  of  1894,  on  duty  at  military  head- 
quarters at  Chicago,  111. ;  1894-1896,  medical  director.  Military 
Department  of  Texas,  at  San  Antonio,  Tex. ;  subsequently, 
colonel,  United  States  Army,  retired." 

His  civil  appointments  were:  One  of  the  superintending 
school  committee  in  Lancaster,  N.  H.,  in  1858,  and  was  ap- 
pointed by  the  governor,  county  commissioner  of  schools  and 
member  of  the  state  board  of  education  in  1859. 

Residence  during  the  summer  at  Lancaster,  during  the  win- 
ter months,  San  Antonio,  Texas. 


UNITED   STATES    ARMY.  251 

Major  Warren  Webster,  Surgeon,  U.  S.  A. 
Late  of  Haverhill,  N.  H. 

By  Henry  P.  Watson,  M.  D.,  Manchester. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  at  Gilmanton,  N.  H., 
March  7,  1837,  and  was  the  second  son  of  Caleb  and  Hannah 
(Peaslee)  Webster.  The  place  of  his  birth  was  a  very  aristo- 
cratic old  mansion  house  of  colonial  times,  now  standings  and 
still  in  the  family  name,  I  think.  His  father  was  an  affluent 
merchant  of  the  times  and  his  mother  a  woman  of  strong  intel- 
lectual attainments. 

Caleb  Webster,  Jr.,  father  of  Warren,  was  born  May  1,  1791, 
and  was  the  ninth  son  of  Caleb  Webster  by  his  second  mar- 
riage. Benjamin,  an  ancestor  of  Caleb,  born  in  1701,  is  said 
to  have  been  the  first  child  born  in  the  town  of  Kingston,  N.  H. 

In  early  life  Dr.  Webster  is  said  to  have  been  of  very  deli- 
cate health  and  his  early  training  was  largely  left  to  the  care 
of  his  mother,  from  whom  he  inherited  so  many  sterling  quali- 
ties, which  later  on  gave  intelligent  scope  and  direction  to  his 
life-work.  About  1845,  while  yet  a  lad,  his  father  removed 
from  Gilmanton  to  North  Haverhill,  where  he  conducted  a 
general  mercantile  business,  having,  also,  branches  at  Gilman- 
ton, N.  H.,  and  Groton,  Vt.,  which  were  largely  intrusted  to 
the  management  of  the  elder  brother,  now  the  Hon.  Sidney 
Webster  of  New  York. 

It  is  probable  that  Warren  also  served  more  or  less  time  in 
some  of  his  father's  stores.  Outside  the  public  schools  his 
early  training  and  preparation  for  college  was  obtained 
through  private  tutors,  which  the  financial  ability  of  his 
parents  enabled  them  to  provide.  At  the  comparatively  early 
age  of  seventeen  he  was  sent  abroad  on  account  of  his  health, 
making  a  tour  of  Europe  and  the  continent,  spending  much 
time  in  the  large  towns  and  cities,  especially  in  Paris,  where 
he  perfected  himself  in  the  French  language,  which  he  spoke 
with  ease  and  freedom.  On  his  return  from  Europe,  he  began 
the  study  of  medicine  and  a  little  later  entered  the  Medical 
Department  of  Harvard  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
with  honors  in  March,  1860. 


252  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

On  June  twenty-third,  following  his  graduation,  he  passed 
an  examination  and  was  appointed  lieutenant  and  assistant 
surgeon,  United  States  Army.  He  was  mustered  into  service 
June  twenty-ninth  of  the  same  year  and  immediately  went 
upon  duty  with  his  regiment,  which  was  then  engaged  in  sup- 
pressing an  uprising  of  the  Indians  on  the  Pawnee  Fork. 

Upon  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  w^ar  in  1861,  he  was  or- 
dered with  his  regiment  to  the  front  in  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac,  where  he  served  continuously  during  that  protracted 
struggle,  under  every  commanding  general,  from  McClellan 
to  Grant.  At  one  time  he  was  the  medical  officer  in  charge  of 
the  transportation  of  Federal  and  Confederate  prisoners  at 
Aquia  Creek,  Va. 

On  May  3,  1863,  he  was  brevetted  captain  for  "gallant  and 
meritorious  service  in  the  battle  of  Chancellorsville,  Va. ' '  At 
the  beginning  of  the  battle  a  large  mansion  of  some  wealthy 
Confederate  who  had  deserted  it  on  the  approach  of  the  con- 
tending forces,  was  taken  by  him  as  a  field  hospital.  As  the 
battle  raged  with  varying  fortunes,  this  hospital  would  be 
alternately  within  our  ow^n  and  the  enemy's  lines  and  filled 
with  the  wounded  of  both  armies,  where  both  loyal  and  rebel 
surgeons  vied  with  each  other  in  their  common  work  of 
humanity.  At  one  time  Surgeon  Webster  relates  that  this 
hospital  became  situated  exactly  between  the  lines  of  the  con- 
tending forces,  when  the  firing  became  so  incessant  and  annoy- 
ing that  the  surgeons  could  no  longer  pursue  their  work.  Now 
there  happened  to  be  a  typical  Southern  fireplace  in  this  tem- 
porary hospital,  large  and  of  generous  proportions,  blackened 
by  years  of  constant  use,  to  which  Surgeon  Webster  retired, 
and  seating  himself  within  its  ample  recess,  upon  a  half-burned 
log,  with  back  against  the  sooty  brick,  composedly  lighted  his 
pipe  and  smoked  until  the  tide  of  war  again  brought  it  within 
our  own  lines  and  he  was  able  to  resume  his  surgical  work. 
Dr.  Webster  was  accustomed  to  facetiously  allude  to  this  smok- 
ing incident  of  the  battle  as  the  "gallant  and  meritorious  ser- 
vice" for  which  he  was  subsequently  brevetted. 


UNITED   STATES   ARMY.  253 

On  March  13,  1865,  for  "faithful  and  meritorious  service 
during  the  war"  he  was  brevetted  major.  June  23,  1865,  he 
was  appointed  captain  and  assistant  surgeon.  On  July  28, 
1866,  he  was  commissioned  major  and  surgeon ;  brevetted  lieu- 
tenant-colonel September  twenty-eighth  of  the  same  year  for 
"meritorious  and  distinguished  services  at  Hart's  island  and 
David's  island,  New  York  harbor,  where  cholera  prevailed." 

Afterwards,  while  stationed  at  Douglass  island,  he  told  the 
writer  that  with  the  proceeds  obtained  by  the  sale  of  the  refuse 
and  garbage  of  the  camp,  he  maintained  a  brass  band  during 
his  entire  time  of  service  on  that  island.  Soon  after  the  close 
of  the  war  he  was  transferred  to  the  Army  of  the  Southwest, 
with  headquarters  at  Austin,  Tex.  Early  in  1871,  his  health 
beginning  to  suffer,  he  was  given  a  six  months'  furlough  and 
came  to  North  Haverhill,  where  his  aged  and  widowed  mother 
resided. 

Just  before  starting  for  the  North,  the  officers  of  the  garri- 
son presented  him  with  a  magnificent  set  of  cuff-buttons  of  jet, 
upon  each  of  which  were,  in  raised  and  solid  gold,  a  pair  of 
cross-bones  and  skull,  with  a  dazzling  jewel  in  each.  Of  these 
he  was  naturally  quite  proud  and  wore  them  on  his  journey 
home.  One  day  a  fellow-traveler  in  the  parlor  coach,  presum- 
ably a  Knight  Templar  Mason,  observing  them,  leaned  forward 
and  politely  inquired  if  he  was  not  also  a  Mason  ?  Turning 
at  once,  he  denied  the  soft  impeachment,  upon  which  his  friend 
somewhat  sarcastically  advised  him  to  "remove  those  jewels 
from  his  sleeves  and  put  them  in  his  pocket."  Quick  as  a 
flash,  with  that  peculiar  sparkle  of  the  eye  and  sang  froid  for 
which  he  was  always  noted,  the  major  rejoined,  that  "if  a 
doctor  had  not  a  right  to  wear  the  skull  and  cross-bones,  he 
wished  he  would  tell  him  who  had. ' '  For  some  months  Doctor 
Webster  was  the  victim  of  complete  aphonia,  or  loss  of  voice, 
but  from  which  he  nearly  recovered  before  the  expiration  of 
his  furlough. 

On  his  reporting  for  service  again,  he  was  assigned  to  duty 
in  the  War  Department  at  Washington,  where  he  remained 
many  months — a  year  or  two,  I  think.     He  next  applied  for 


254  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

and  obtained  the  position  of  post  surgeon  at  Mare  island  in 
the  harbor  of  San  Francisco.  On  his  return,  he  was  again 
for  some  months  on  duty  in  the  office  of  the  surgeon-general. 

He  was  next,  for  a  time,  on  duty  at  Fort  Ethan  Allen,  Vt., 
and  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.  He  was  transferred  to  Fort  Preble  in 
Portland  harbor,  where  he  had  a  long  term  of  service  and 
became  very  popular  with  the  garrison  officers,  as  well  as  with 
the  city  physicians. 

In  1872,  while  on  a  lengthy  leave  at  North  Haverhill,  he 
began  the  study  of  the  German  language  and  pursued  it  by 
himself  with  unremitting  assiduity,  with  occasional  tutors  in 
both  Washington  and  Baltimore,  as  evidenced  by  receipts  in 
the  possession  of  the  writer,  until  he  became  a  most  proficient 
scholar  of  that  somewhat  difficult  language  and  literature. 

While  at  Fort  Preble  in  1881,  in  connection  with  Dr.  James 
A.  Spalding,  an  opthalmia  surgeon  and  formerly  of  the  army, 
I  think,  he  translated  Ludwig  Mauthner's  treatise  on  "Sym- 
pathetic Diseases  of  the  Eye, ' '  which  was  published  by  William 
Wood  &  Co.,  New  York. 

Afterwards,  for  several  years,  he  was  stationed,  first  at 
Fortress  Monroe,  then  at  Fort  Lafayette,  and  later  at  Fort 
Warren,  near  Boston. 

Except  on  detached  duty  in  the  War  Department,  this  was 
his  last  active  service  before  his  retirement,  February  28,  1889. 
During  his  nearly  thirty  years  of  active  army  life,  he  was  fre- 
quently called  to  render  special  and  important  services  to  the 
government,  such  as  judge-advocate  general  at  courts  martial, 
etc.  He  was,  on  one  occasion  during  the  Rebellion,  himself 
tried  before  a  court  martial  for  disobedience  of  orders,  in  that 
he  refused  to  turn  into  the  ranks  a  deserter  who  had  volun- 
tarily returned  to  camp  ill  of  typhoid  fever  and  under  his 
professional  care  and  who  subsequently  died  of  the  disease, 
as  I  remember  it.  Although  Major  Webster  was  clearly  in 
the  right,  viewing  the  case  from  a  strictly  professional  stand- 
point, it  was,  nevertheless,  a  violation  of  ordere  and  upon  the 
charge  and  specification  the  court  found  him  guilty  and  sen- 
tenced him  to  confinement  to  the  post  limit  with  loss  of  pay  for 


UNITED   STATES   ARMY.  255 

six  months.  The  then  secretary  of  war,  the  Hon.  Edwin  M. 
Stanton,  approved  the  findings  of  the  court  martial,  but  com- 
muted the  sentence  to  six  weeks'  imprisonment  within  the 
limits  of  his  post  without  loss  of  pay. 

After  his  retirement  much  of  his  time  was  passed  in  Wash- 
ington and  Baltimore,  w^here  he  devoted  considerable  periods 
to  literary  work.  He  was  a  member  of  the  American  Medical 
Association,  the  Neuralogical  Society,  etc.,  as  well  as  an  honor- 
ary member  of  several  foreign  associations,  and  was  a  frequent 
contributor  to  many  medical  publications. 

He  was  a  voluminous  reader  and  a  patron  of  high-class  liter- 
ature, both  medical  and  classical.  He  accumulated  one  of  the 
largest  libraries,  which  the  year  before  his  death  he  donated 
to  the  son  of  his  old-time  friend,  George  M.  Watson,  M.  D., 
of  Manchester,  N.  H. 

In  personal  appearance  Major  Webster  was  of  medium 
height,  full  face,  high  forehead  and  walked  with  the  easy  grace 
and  lofty  carriage  of  a  typical  army  officer.  He  was  never 
married.  Outside  of  army  circles,  few  knew  him  intimately; 
but  when  in  company  with  personal  friends  he  was  accustomed 
to  somewhat  relax  his  military  dignity  and  become  the  agree- 
able and  social  companion  and  the  capital  story-teller,  of  which 
he  had  an  inexhaustible  fund.  His  counsel  was  frequently 
sought  in  civil  life  and  as  a  surgeon  he  was  remarkable  for 
coolness  and  skill. 

Dr.  Webster  was  a  brilliant  conversationalist,  but  was  never 
obtrusive  of  his  own  opinions  and  always  deferential  towards 
those  of  others.  He  certainly  could  not  be  styled  controver- 
sial, yet  maintained  his  own  position  with  an  array  of  facts 
and  illustrations  which  usually  carried  conviction.  He  would 
frequently  lead  a  younger  brother  into  deep  professional 
waters,  not  to  expose  or  humiliate  him,  but  to  teach  him  habits 
of  thorough  investigation,  independence  of  thought  and  self- 
reliance.  He  was  intensely  enthusiastic  in  every  work  he  un- 
dertook, methodical  and  persistent  in  its  pursuit.  He  was  a 
good  observer  and  a  logical  reasoner.  He  always  stated  his 
premises  correctly  and  clearly,  which  generally  led  to  right 


256  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

conclusions.  He  had  the  rare  faculty,  possessed  only  by  a 
few,  of  being  a  good  post-prandial  speaker.  He  was  of  affluent 
means,  outside  of  his  official  income,  and  was  thus  enabled  to 
surround  himself  with  the  luxuries  of  the  day  and  indulge  his 
taste  for  travel  and  literary  pursuits  to  an  extent  denied 
many  of  his  less  fortunate  professional  brethren. 

In  private  life  he  had  few  intimate  friends  whom  it  pleased 
him  to  admit  to  the  inner  court  of  his  friendship.  In  public 
life  he  was  the  personification  of  militarj^  dignity  and  honor 
and  no  breath  of  suspicion  ever  tarnished  his  public  acts.  He 
enjoyed  the  personal  friendship  and  esteem  of  his  ranking 
officers  and  of  the  prominent  professional  men  of  his  day, 
among  whom  he  had  a  wide  acquaintance.  The  later  years 
of  his  life  were  largely'  passed  in  Baltimore,  where  he  num- 
bered among  his  intimate  friends  Professors  Osier,  Kelley  and 
others  of  the  Johns  Hopkins  University,  where  he  occupied  a 
suite  of  rooms  through  their  courtesy.  In  politics  he  was  an 
uncompromising  Democrat,  although  it  is  not  certainly  known 
that  he  ever  exercised  his  right  of  suffrage,  or,  if  so,  where. 

While  yet  only  slightly  past  the  meridian  and  while  still  in 
the  full  vigor  and  splendor  of  his  intellectual  life,  he  was  sud- 
denly stricken  down  while  in  his  rooms  at  the  university.  Rec- 
ognizing the  approach  of  the  enemy  with  whom  he  had  so  often 
broken  a  lance,  at  his  own  request  he  was  removed  to  St. 
Mary's  Hospital,  where,  on  the  thirteenth  day  of  January, 
1896,  he  passed  to  the  great  unknown. 

On  the  eighteenth,  attended  by  a  single  relative  and  a  few 
life-long  friends,  his  remains  were  tenderly  deposited  by  the 
side  of  his  father  and  mother  in  the  churchyard  at  Horse 
Meadow,  near  North  Haverhill,  beside  the  bank  of  the  gently 
flowing  river,  near  which  his  early  years  were  passed,  whose 
tuneful  waves  as  they  glide  along  its  pebbly  shore  shall  forever 
chant  his  requiem. 


Augustus  Wiswall  Wiggin,  M.  D. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Wakefield,  N.  H., 
June  9,  1841,  and  was  the  son  of  Henry  Lamson  and  Elizabeth 


UNITED   STATES   ARMY.  257 

Bond  (Wiswall)  Wiggin,  grandson  of  Joseph  Wiggin.  Re- 
ceived his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools  and 
at  Wakefield  Academy,  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips-Exeter 
Academy  and  was  graduated  from  Dartmouth  College  in  1862. 
Taught  school  at  Belmont,  Mass.,  from  1862  to  1863.  He 
commenced  his  professional  education  under  the  direction  of 
Dr.  M.  B.  "Warren  of  Rochester  in  1863,  attended  medical  lec- 
tures at  Bowdoin  Medical  College  in  1864,  and  at  Georgetown 
Medical  College,  "Washington,  D.  C,  and  received  the  degree 
of  M.  D.  from  the  latter,  March  2,  1865. 

June,  1864,  he  received  an  appointment  from  the  secretary 
of  war  as  medical  cadet  and  was  assigned  to  duty  on  board 
the  transport  ' '  Atlantic, ' '  which  was  used  to  convey  wounded 
soldiers  from  Fortress  Monroe  to  hospitals  in  the  North. 
March  15,  1865,  was  in  Lincoln  General  Hospital  as  assistant 
to  Surgeon  R.  O.  Abbott,  United  States  Army;  June  6,  1865, 
appointed  assistant  surgeon  in  the  Fifth  United  States  Colored 
Artillery  (Heavy),  "Vicksburg,  Miss.;  September,  1865,  de- 
tached from  regiment  and  assigned  to  duty  as  surgeon  in 
charge  of  post  hospital  at  Grenada,  Miss. ;  May,  1866,  was  mus- 
tered out  of  service  and  discharged  at  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  October, 
1866,  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  in  United  States  Volun- 
teers ;  August,  1867,  was  assigned  to  duty  at  Fort  Hays,  Kan., 
with  a  column  of  cavalry  to  guard  the  reconstruction  party 
preparing  the  road-bed  and  putting  down  rails  of  the  Kansas 
(now  Union  Pacific)  Railway;  October,  1867,  to  May,  1868, 
was  at  Fort  "Wallace,  Kan. ;  August,  1868,  to  December,  1869, 
at  the  United  States  Military  Academy,  "West  Point,  N.  Y. ; 
January,  1870,  at  Camp  "Warner,  Ore. ;  May,  1870,  Camp 
Douglas,  Corinne,  Utah;  July,  1870,  at  Fort  Stevens,  Ore.,  also 
attending  surgeon  at  headquarters  of  the  Military  Department 
at  Portland,  Ore.     Died  at  Fort  Stevens,  Ore.,  March  6,  1875. 


John  Tredick,  Jr. 

(11  N.  H.  V.) 

Tbedick,  John,  Jr.     Co.  K;   b.  Dover;   age  24;   res.  "Wakefield;  cred. 
Wakefield;  enl.  Aug.  15,  'C2;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Prlv.;  dlsch. 

17 


258  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE  REBELLION. 

to  date  Mar.  6,  '64,  to  accept  appointment  as  Hosp.  Steward,  U. 
S.  A.  See  Miscel.  Organizations.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  596.) 

(Miscel.  Organizations.) 

Tbedick,  John,  Jr.  General  Service,  U.  S.  A.;  b.  Dover;  age  25;  res. 
Wakefield;  enl.  Mar.  7,  '64,  for  3  yrs.  as  Priv.;  app.  Hosp.  Steward 
Mar.  7,  '64;  disch.  Aug.  19,  '65,  Covington,  Ky.  See  11  N.  H.  V. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1081.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Dover,  N.  H.,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1838,  and  was  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  W.  (Copp) 
Tredick.  His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  com- 
mon schools  and  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips-Exeter  Academy. 
He  commenced  his  professional  education  under  the  direction 
of  Dr.  J.  S.  Boss  at  Great  Falls.  August  15,  1862,  he  enlisted 
as  private  in  Company  K,  Eleventh  New  Hampshire  Volun- 
teers, and  served  as  nurse  and  hospital  steward  until  March 
7,  1864,  also  served  with  Battery  D,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 
He  was  discharged  for  promotion  and  re-enlisted  as  hospital 
steward  in  the  regular  army,  being  stationed  near  Covington, 
Ky.,  and  was  discharged  from  the  United  States  service 
August  19,  1865.  He  attended  medical  lectures  at  the  Jeffer- 
son Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
same  March  9,  1867.  He  first  settled  in  practice  in  Dunton, 
111.,  where  he  remained  until  November,  1867;  was  in  Phila- 
delphia until  February,  1869,  when  he  removed  to  Perrymans- 
ville,  Harford  county,  Md.,  remaining  there  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  May  18,  1881. 

Married,  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  March  11,  1874,  Annie  L., 
daughter  of  Daniel  M.  and  Louisa  Swift  of  Perrymansville, 
Md. 


Edward  Martin  Tucker,  M.  D. 

Canaan,  N.  H. 

(Veteran  Reserve  Corps.) 

Tdckeb.  Edwabd  M.  Co.  I,  44  Regt.;  b.  Springvale,  Me.;  age  25; 
cred.  Hillsborough;  enl.  Sept.  8,  '64;  must,  in  Sept.  8,  '64,  as  Priv.; 
tr.  to  Independent  Company,  V.  R.  C;  disch.  Dec.  18,  '65,  to  re-enl. 
as  Hosp.  Steward,  U.  S.  A.  Prior  service  in  3  Mass.  Battery.  Rec- 
ord, Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1014.) 


UNITED    STATES   AEMY.  259 

Dr.  Tucker  was  born  April  22,  1839,  in  Springvale,  York 
county,  Me.,  and  was  the  son  of  John  and  Eliza  (Hussey) 
Tucker,  and  grandson  of  Ezra  Tucker.  He  received  his  pre- 
liminary education  in  the  common  schools  of  Dover,  N.  H., 
and  at  a  commercial  school  in  Boston,  Mass.  He  commenced 
his  professional  education  at  Dover,  N.  H.,  in  1864,  under  the 
direction  of  Dr.  Levi  Gerrish  Hill,  and  continued  the  same 
with  Drs.  J.  F.  Frisbee  and  Edward  Cowles.  This  was  while 
he  was  a  hospital  steward  in  the  Volunteers  and  the  United 
States  Army.  He  attended  three  courses  of  medical  lectures 
at  the  Georgetown  Medical  College,  District  of  Columbia,  and 
the  Medical  Department  of  Bowdoin  College  in  ]\Iaine,  grad- 
uating from  the  latter  in  July,  1872.  He  commenced  the 
practice  of  medicine  in  Canaan,  X.  H.,  July  28,  1873,  and  has 
remained  there  ever  since. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  and 
health  officer  of  the  town  of  Canaan,  county  physician  and 
surgeon  for  the  town  of  Canaan,  and  has  been  a  member  of 
the  board  of  education  for  the  same  town.  He  is  a  fraternal 
member  of  the  Masons,  Knights  of  Pythias,  Odd  Fellows, 
and  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  also  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Sons  of  the  Revolution.  He  was  medical  director 
of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  for  the  Department  of 
New  Hampshire  only  a  few  years  since,  and  has  been  justice 
of  the  peace  of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire  for  many  years. 

His  army  record  was  a  long  and  varied  one,  commencing 
with  an  enlistment  in  the  Third  Massachusetts  Light  Artillery, 
September  5,  1861,  and  ending  as  hospital  steward  in  the 
United  States  Army,  December  22,  1871,  nine  years,  three 
months  and  two  days.  Being  under  size  and  weight,  he  was 
refused  an  enlistment  in  the  infantry  and  cavalry  branches 
of  the  service,  but  persistently  pressing  himself  forward, 
was  allowed  to  enlist  in  the  Massachusetts  Light  Artillery  and 
went  to  the  front  immediately.  He  took  part  in  the  siege  and 
battle  of  Yorktown,  Hanover  Court  House,  Mechanicsville, 
Gaines's  Mill,  Malvern  Hill,  Gainesville,  Va.,  and  Antietam 
and  Shepardstown,  Md.  In  all,  nine  battles  in  a  little  over  one 
year. 


260  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

General  Martin,  commanding  the  battery,  said  of  him: 
"During  the  period  of  his  service  in  the  battery  he  was  a 
brave  and  efficient  soldier  and  performed  his  duty  faithfully 
and  was  not  absent  from  duty  a  day  until  the  date  of  his 
injury. ' ' 

He  was  wounded  September  20,  1862,  in  the  battle  of  Shep- 
ardstown  and  was  discharged  from  the  service  on  account  of 
the  injury,  July  22,  1863.  He  was  assigned,  September  8, 
1864,  to  Company  I,  Twenty-fourth  Regiment,  Veteran  Re- 
serve Corps;  appointed  hospital  steward  of  the  regiment  in 
April,  1865,  and  was  discharged  from  this  regiment  and  the 
volunteer  service  to  accept  promotion  the  twenty-second  of 
December  of  the  same  year,  and  was  appointed  hospital  stew- 
ard in  the  United  States  Army  by  General  Grant  on  the  same 
date  and  served  until  December  22,  1871. 

"After  my  appointment,  the  adjutant-general  ordered  me 
to  report  to  the  surgeon-general,  who  ordered  me  to  report  to 
R.  O.  Abbott,  surgeon,  United  States  Army,  and  medical 
director,  Department  of  Washington,  who  ordered  me  to  duty 
in  the  office  of  the  surgeon-in-chief.  Defences  of  Washington, 
and  from  there  I  was  assigned  to  duty  at  Fort  Whipple  (now 
Fort  Myers),  Va.,  remaining  there  until  October,  1867.  When 
I  was  ordered  to  report  for  duty  at  Battery  Rogers,  Alexan- 
dria, where  I  remained  until  April,  1869,  when,  after  breaking 
up  the  hospital  here,  as  at  Fort  Whipple,  and  turning  the 
property  in,  I  was  ordered  by  General  Sherman  to  Fort  Wads- 
worth,  New  York  harbor,  and  from  there  to  Fort  Preble,  Port- 
land harbor,  Me.,  where  I  left  the  army  in  December,  1871, 
against  the  protest  of  General  McDorsee,  at  that  time  com- 
manding the  Department  of  the  East,  who  offered  me  a  fur- 
lough, to  graduate,  and  then  one  to  go  South  for  my  health. 
(I  was  on  crutches  at  this  time  and  had  been  for  months.) 
I  did  not  enlist  in  the  Veteran  R^eserve  Corps,  but  was  as- 
signed to  it,  and  got  an  order  from  the  War  Department  for 
an  examination  to  go  to  the  front,  but  was  refused,  and  then 
very  soon  after  was  appointed  steward  of  the  Twenty-fourth 
Veteran  Reserve  Corps." 


UNITED   STATES   ARMY.  261 

On  being  discharged  from  the  service,  he  entered  the  Medi- 
cal Department  of  Bowdoin  College,  graduating  from  the  same 
in  July,  1872.  He  has  resided  in  Canaan  since  July,  1873, 
an  honored  and  respected  citizen  and  successful  physician. 
By  reason  of  wounds  received  in  the  service,  his  health  has 
been  very  much  impaired  and  he  has  never  been  able  to  per- 
form the  arduous  duties  of  his  profession  for  many  months  at 
a  time  without  breaking  down  and  being  obliged  to  remain 
quiet  to  allow  his  wounds  to  heal  again. 

Married,  February  20,  1879,  Mary  Albina  Kimball,  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  and  Nancy  A.  (Adams)  Kimball  of  Grafton, 
N.  H.  Mrs.  Tucker  had  two  great-grandfathers  in  the  Revo- 
lution; one,  Capt.  Peter  Kimball,  was  wounded  at  Benning- 
ton, and  they,  with  the  doctor's  great-grandfather,  enlisted 
from  Boscawen. 

One  child,  Luie  Albina  Tucker,  born  April  28,  1884. 


UNITED  STATES  VOLUNTEERS, 


The  war  records  of  New  Hampshire  from  1861  to  1865  pre- 
sent the  names  of  several  who  seemed  to  have  been  commis- 
sioned for  special  work  along  the  lines  of  medicine  and  sur- 
gery. These  men  were  sometimes  assigned  to  regiments,  but 
more  often  found  their  work  to  be  in  charge  of  hospitals  or 
camps  where  a  large  number  of  enlisted  men  were  massed  to- 
gether for  the  purpose  of  recuperating  their  health.  The  pro- 
fession of  medicine  furnished  our  country  with  several  from 
New  Hampshire.  They  were  faithful  to  their  duties,  patriotic 
in  their  impulse  and  deserve  honorable  mention  among  the 
quota  of  New  Hampshire  Volunteers. 


Thomas  Russell  Crosby,  M.  D. 

Hanover,  N.  H. 

Ceosby,  Thomas  Russell.  U.  S.  V.;  b.  Gilmanton;  res.  Hanover; 
app.  Maj.  and  Surg.  Sept.  11,  '62;  must,  out  July  27,  '65.  Bvt.  Lt. 
Col.  U.  S.  V.  to  date  June  1,  '65,  for  faithful  and  meritorious  ser- 
vices. Died  Mar.  1,  '72,  Hanover.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  1041.) 

Surgeon  Crosby  was  born  in  Gilmanton,  October  22,  1816, 
and  was  the  twelfth  child  of  Dr.  Asa  Crosby  and  the  half- 
brother  of  Drs.  Josiah  and  Dixi  Crosby.  His  early  education 
was  received  in  the  common  schools  of  New  Hampshire  and 
at  Gilmanton  Academy,  which  was  at  that  time  one  of  the 
best  in  the  state.  He  then  entered  an  advanced  class  in  Dart- 
mouth College,  pursued  his  medical  and  classical  courses  at 
the  same  time,  and  was  graduated  A.  B.  and  M.  D.  the  same 
year,  1841.  He  first  located  in  Campton,  but  in  1843  moved  to 
Manchester.  About  1850  he  became  affected  with  lead  poison- 
ing and  was  obliged  to  leave  Manchester,  as  at  that  time  all 
the  public  water  supply  of  that  city  was  transmitted  through 
lead  pipes,  and  he  removed  to  Hanover  in  1852. 


UNITED   STATES   VOLUNTEERS.  263 

Not  being  able  to  attend  to  the  active  duties  of  his  profes- 
sion, he  gave  his  attention  to  chemistry,  and  when  the  State 
Agricultural  College  was  opened  he  became  the  professor  of 
chemistry  as  applied  to  agriculture,  and  was  also  professor  of 
chemistry  in  Norwich  University.  About  1858  Surgeon 
Crosby  had  so  far  recovered  his  health  as  to  be  engaging  in 
active  practice. 

It  appears  that  he  went  to  the  front  as  a  volunteer  after  the 
battles  on  the  Peninsula,  as  his  biographer  says:  "A  ^nsit  to 
Fortress  Monroe  convinced  him  that  he  could  endure  the 
Southern  climate  and  he  immediately  offered  his  services,  pass- 
ing an  examination  at  Philadelphia."  He  was  commissioned 
surgeon  September  11,  1862,  and  assigned  to  duty  by  being 
placed  in  charge  of  Columbia  College  Hospital,  near  "Wash- 
ington, and  remained  in  this  hospital  until  he  was  mustered 
out  of  the  service  July  27,  1865.  He  was  eminently  success- 
ful in  the  administration  of  his  hospital  work,  which  was  recog- 
nized by  the  government  in  granting  him  the  title  of  "brevet 
lieutenant-colonel,  United  States  Volunteers,  to  date  from  June 
1,  1865,  for  faithful  and  meritorious  services." 

He  returned  to  Hanover  and  resumed  his  professional  work, 
continuing  to  labor  until  a  few  hours  of  his  death,  which 
occurred  March  7,  1872. 

^larried,  in  February,  1843,  to  Louisa  P.,  only  daughter 
of  the  late  Colonel  Bunton,  and  sister  of  the  recently  deceased 
General  Bunton,  both  of  the  United  States  Regular  Army. 


George  Franklin  French,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Fbencii,  George  F.  U.  S.  V.;  res.  Gilmanton;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  June 
4,  '63;  app.  Maj.  and  Surg.  June  13,  '63;  resigned  June  5,  '65;  app. 
Asst.  Surg.  U.  S.  A..  Feb.  28,  '66,  declined  appointment.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1048.) 

Surgeon  French  was  born  in  Dover,  N.  H.,  October  30, 
1837,  and  was  the  son  of  John  Andrew  and  Mary  Elizabeth 
(Twombly)  French,  and  a  grandson  of  Andrew  French.  He 
received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  and 


264  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

fitted  for  college  at  the  Dover  high  school  and  was  graduated 
A.  B.  from  Harvard  University  in  1859;  the  degree  of  A.  M. 
was  conferred  from  the  same  institution  in  1871.  On  gradu- 
ating, he  secured  the  position  of  instructor  in  Greek  and  Latin 
in  the  private  school  of  Professors  Lane  and  Lovering,  holding 
it  for  three  years,  during  which  he  was  also  a  proctor  in  the 
university,  pursuing  at  the  same  time  the  study  of  medicine. 
He  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  Medical  Department 
of  Harvard  University  in  1862  and  at  once  entered  the  army, 
being  appointed  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  1862,  and  surgeon 
of  the  United  States  Volunteers   June  13,  1863. 

The  first  year  of  his  service  he  was  stationed  in  a  large  gen- 
eral hospital  at  Alexandria,  Va.,  where  he  acquired  a  prac- 
tical experience  in  military  surgery,  which  enabled  him,  a 
year  later,  to  obtain  a  commission  from  President  Lincoln  as 
surgeon  of  the  United  States  Volunteers. 

He  was  immediately  ordered  to  Vicksburg  and  assigned  to 
duty  as  the  personal  staff  surgeon  of  General  U.  S.  Grant, — a 
position  which  he  retained  until  General  Grant  was  ordered  to 
Washington  to  assume  command  of  the  entire  army. 

Dr.  French  was  now  ordered  to  the  front  to  organize  field 
hospitals  in  the  wake  of  Sherman's  advancing  columns,  draw- 
ing supplies  and  resources  for  that  object  from  the  enemy's 
country.  At  Rome,  Ga.,  he  organized  and  established  a  field 
hospital  with  a  capacity  of  thirty-five  hundred  beds  and  a  few 
months  later  another  field  hospital  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  of  five 
thousand  beds. 

On  Sherman's  March  to  the  Sea.  Dr.  French  was  surgeon- 
in-chief  of  the  Fii-st  Division,  Fifteenth  Army  Corps,  a  com- 
mand which  in  the  eyes  of  the  Southerners  were  the  incendia- 
ries of  Columbia,  S.  C,  but  a  division  of  brave  and  true  men, 
whose  names  will  be  handed  down  to  history  as  a  portion  of 
the  original  command  of  General  W.  T.  Sherman  on  the  battle- 
field of  Shiloh.  At  the  close  of  the  war.  Dr.  French  was 
brevetted  lieutenant-colonel  and  tendered  a  commission  in 
the  regular  army,  which  was  declined.  The  six  months  fol- 
lowing were  spent  in  Dover,  where  he  did  much  professional 
work. 


UNITED   STATES    VOLUNTEERS.  265 

In  1866  Dr.  French  established  himself  in  Portland,  Me.; 
occupied  the  chairs  of  physiology  and  obstetrics  in  the  Port- 
land School  for  Medical  Instruction  and  was  also  lecturer  on 
dermatology.  He  was  a  member  of  the  original  staff  of  the 
Maine  General  Hospital. 

For  the  benefit  of  his  wife's  health  he  removed,  in  1879,  to 
Minneapolis,  Minn.  He  at  once  entered  upon  a  large  prac- 
tice, became  one  of  the  founders  and  supporters  of  the  Min- 
nesota College  Hospital,  and  from  1882  until  1885  was  pro- 
fessor of  obstetrics  in  that  institution,  and  in  1885  and  1886 
occupied  the  chair  of  gynecology  in  the  Minnesota  Hospital 
College. 

In  1887  Dr.  French  accepted  an  appointment  by  the  gov- 
ernor of  Minnesota  on  the  State  Medical  Examining  Board, 
of  which  he  was  the  first  president ;  in  1890  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  Minnesota  Academy  of  Medicine.  He  also  was  a 
member  of  the  State  Medical  Societies  of  ]\Iaine  and  Minnesota, 
the  National  Medical  Association,  American  Public  Health 
Association  and  the  American  Association  for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Science,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Society  of  the 
Army  of  the  Tennessee,  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion  and  the  Harvard  Club  of  Minnesota,  of  which  he  was 
twice  president,  and  was  a  frequent  contributor  to  some  of 
the  best  medical  journals  in  the  United  States. 

Surgeon  French  died  in  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  July  13,  1897. 
The  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States, 
Headquarters  Commandery,  State  of  Minnesota,  appointed  a 
committee  to  prepare  a  tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory  of 
their  companion,  George  F.  French,  and  they  reported  as 
follows : 

"Your  committee  appointed  to  prepare  a  record  and  a 
tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  our  late  companion,  Dr. 
George  Franklin  French,  beg  leave  to  report  the  following : 


266  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

*'In  IVIemoriam. 

"george  franklin  french. 
"  Compamons: 

"We  halt  a  moment  on  the  ever-accelerated  march  to  that 
environment  which  now  surrounds  our  late  companion,  George 
Franklin  French,  to  drop  a  tear  to  his  memory  as  we  inscribe 
briefly  upon  our  records  the  story  of  his  life. 

' '  He  finished  life 's  work  and  solved  death 's  mystery  on  the 
thirteenth  day  of  July,  1897,  at  his  home  in  Minneapolis. 
Counting  time  by  '  fingers  on  a  dial, '  he  had  lived  nearly  sixty 
years,  having  been  born  at  Dover,  in  the  State  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, on  the  thirtieth  day  of  October,  1837.  In  the  uniform 
courtesy  shown  by  him  to  every  human  being  with  whom  he 
came  in  contact,  in  good  deeds  unostentatiously  performed, 
and  in  duty  well  done,  he  was  a  centenarian.  His  preparation 
for  college  was  in  his  native  town.  He  graduated  at  Harvard 
with  the  class  of  '59,  spent  the  following  three  years  as  a 
tutor,  pursuing  at  the  same  time  the  study  of  medicine.  In 
1862  he  received  his  doctor's  degree,  and  shortly  thereafter,  in 
August  of  that  year,  was  appointed  acting  assistant  surgeon 
in  the  army.  After  nearly  a  year 's  experience  in  the  hospitals 
of  Alexandria,  Va.,  he  was,  on  the  thirteenth  day  of  June, 
1863,  commissioned  as  surgeon  of  the  United  States  Volunteers 
by  President  Lincoln  and  assigned  to  duty  on  the  personal 
staff  of  General  Grant,  with  whom  he  remained  until  the  gen- 
eral departed  for  "Washington  in  1864,  when  he  was  assigned 
to  duty  in  establishing  field  hospitals  in  the  wake  of  Sherman 's 
Army.  On  Sherman's  March  to  the  Sea  he  was  surgeon-in- 
chief  of  the  First  Division  of  the  Fifteenth  Army  Corps.  At 
the  close  of  the  war  he  was  brevetted  lieutenant-colonel  and 
was  tendered  a  commission  in  the  regular  army,  which  he  de- 
clined. In  1866  he  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion at  Portland,  Me.,  where  he  remained  for  thirteen  years, 
building  up  a  large  and  lucrative  practice,  occupying  in  the 
meantime  the  chairs  of  physiology,  practice  of  medicine  and 
obstetrics  in  the  Portland  School  for  Medical  Instruction.     In 


UNITED   STATES  VOLUNTEERS.  267 

1879,  on  account  of  the  ill  health  of  his  wife,  and  to  procure 
for  her  an  extreme  change  of  climate,  he  removed  to  the  City 
of  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  Here 
he  was  at  once  accorded  first  rank  by  his  professional  brethren 
and  soon  obtained  an  extensive  practice.  He  had  the  zeal  of 
a  true  lover  of  humanity.  He  labored  assiduously  and  ear- 
nestly to  build  and  foster  hospitals  and  a  school  of  medicine  in 
the  city  of  his  adoption.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  and  in- 
corporators of  the  iMinnesota  College  Hospital,  and  afterwards 
a  professor  of  obstetrics  therein.  Later  he  occupied  the  chair 
of  gj^necology  in  the  Minnesota  Hospital  College,  which  latter 
institution  was  the  nucleus  of  the  medical  school  that  after- 
wards became  a  part  of  the  University  of  Minnesota.  Then 
came  his  appointment  by  the  governor  as  a  member  of  the 
State  Medical  Examining  Board,  and  his  election  by  the  board 
as  the  first  president  thereof.  In  1890  he  was  also  elected 
president  of  the  Minnesota  Academy  of  Medicine.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  following  medical  societies :  Medical  Society  of 
Maine,  INIedical  Society  of  Minnesota,  the  American  Medical 
Association,  the  American  Public  Health  Association,  and  he 
was  as  well  a  member  of  the  American  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science. 

"His  ripe  scholarship,  original  thought  and  medical  expe- 
rience rendered  him,  for  many  years,  a  valuable  contributor  to 
the  current  medical  literature  of  his  day.  He  remained  in  the 
active  practice  of  his  profession  to  the  week  of  his  death.  He 
was  a  comrade  of  John  A.  Rawlins  Post,  No.  126,  Department 
of  Minnesota,  G.  A.  R.,  and  became  a  companion  of  the  First 
Class  of  the  ^Minnesota  Commandery  of  the  Military  Order  of 
the  Loyal  Legion  on  the  seventh  day  of  December,  1887. 

"As  we  close  the  gap  made  in  our  ranks  by  the  death  of 
our  beloved  companion,  we  desire  here  to  bear  witness  to  his 
many  virtues.  He  was  a  genial  companion,  a  faithful  friend, 
a  good  citizen,  loyal  and  brave,  and  an  honest  man." 

Married,  October  14,  1862,  to  Clara  A.,  daughter  of  the 
late  Levi  G.  Hill,  M.  D.,  of  Dover,  N.  H. 


268  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Children,  four:  Levi  Hill,  Margaret  Leighton,  Katherine 
Shackford  and  Elizabeth  Ayers  French.  The  son  graduated 
from  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Minnesota 
in  1894,  took  a  post-graduate  course  during  the  years  1895  and 
1896  in  Paris  and  London,  became  a  practicing  occulist  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  is  now  major  in  the  Third  Regiment 
United  States  Volunteer  Cavalry. 


Timothy  Haynes,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Concord,  N.  H. 

Haynes,  Timothy.  U.  S.  V.;  b.  Alexandria;  age  53;  res.  Concord; 
app.  Maj.  and  Surg.  Oct.  7,  '61;  resigned  Nov.  6,  '62.  Died  June 
28,  '83,  Concord.      (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1054.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Alexandria,  N.  H., 
September  5,  1808,  and  was  the  son  of  David  and  Rebecca 
Haynes.  His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  com- 
mon schools  and  academies  of  New  Hampshire.  He  com- 
menced his  professional  education  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
R.  D.  Muzzey  of  Hanover,  and  while  a  student  of  medicine 
he  was  demonstrator  of  anatomy  for  some  time  at  Dartmouth 
Medical  College.  Afterward  he  attended  medical  lectures  at 
the  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  from  which  insti- 
tution he  was  graduated  in  1836.  Immediately  after  receiving 
his  degree,  he  located  for  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
Concord,  N.  H.  Dr.  Haynes  made  a  specialty  of  surgery,  in 
the  practice  of  which  he  attained  quite  a  reputation  for  skill 
and  success.  For  many  years  previous  to  the  great  fire  of 
1851  he  had  an  anatomical  museum  in  the  Stickney  block, 
next  north  of  the  Eagle  Hotel,  consisting  of  a  valuable  collec- 
tion, which  was  totally  destroyed  by  that  fire.  He  had  many 
students  during  his  early  professional  life,  who  shared  the 
advantages  of  his  museum  and  his  demonstration  of  anatomy. 

October  7,  1861,  he  was  appointed  surgeon  in  the  United 
States  Volunteers  and  served  in  that  capacity  until  November 
6,  1862. 

Married,  in  1843,  Miss  Laura  Bracket  of  Littleton. 


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Children :  Three  daughters,  Mrs.  William  H.  Stevens,  for- 
merly of  Littleton,  N.  H. ;  Nellie  S.  and  Lizzie  B.  Haynes. 

Died  June  28,  1883.  He  was  a  successful  business  man 
and  left  his  native  town  a  substantial  endowment  for  a  free 
library. 


Charles  Emerson  Swasey,  M.  D. 
Somersworth,  N.  H. 

Swasey,  Charles  E.  U.  S.  V.;  b.  Milton  Mills;  age  33;  res.  Milton; 
app.  Asst.  Surg,  to  date  Nov.  7,  '62;  Maj.  and  Surg,  to  date  Aug. 
15,  '63;  disch.  Oct.  19,  '65;  Bvt.  Lt.  Col.  to  date  Oct.  12,  '65,  for 
faithful  and  meritorious  service.  P.  0.  ad.,  Somersworth.  (Rec- 
ord, Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1079.) 

Surgeon  Swasey  was  born  in  Milton  Mills,  N.  H.,  November 
29,  1829,  and  was  the  son  of  Charles  and  Eunice  (Paul)  Swa- 
sey, a  grandson  of  Nathaniel  Swasey.  His  preliminary  educa- 
tion was  received  in  the  common  schools  of  New  Hampshire 
and  at  the  Literary  Institute  of  New  Hampton,  N.  H.  His 
profeSvsional  education  commenced  in  1858  under  the  direction 
of  Dr.  Horatio  B.  Buck  of  Philadelphia.  He  attended  lectures 
at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  and  was  graduated  M.  D. 
from  the  same  in  March,  1861.  Commenced  the  practice  of 
medicine  in  New  Hampton,  N.  H.,  but  was  there  only  a  short 
time  when  he  removed  to  Milton  Mills,  N.  H.,  and  after  his 
service  in  the  army  he  removed  to  Great  Falls,  now  the  City  of 
Somersworth,  where  he  has  resided  for  twenty-seven  years. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  of 
the  Strafford  District  and  the  Somersworth  and  Berwick  Med- 
ical Societies.  He  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason,  a  member  of  the 
Littlefield  Post,  No.  8,  Department  of  New  Hampshire,  G.  A. 
R.,  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  and  Society  of  Som- 
ersworth, N.  H.  He  has  been  city  physician  of  the  City  of 
Somersworth  since  its  organization  under  a  municipal  charter. 

While  a  resident  of  Milton  Mills,  he  was  impressed  with  the 
idea  that  his  services  might  be  of  assistance  to  the  government, 
and  receiving  a  letter  from  a  friend  in  Washington,  informing 
him  of  the  demand  for  surgeons,  he  sold  his  team,  disposed  of 


270  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE  REBELLION. 

his  other  effects  and  left  for  Washington  in  less  than  twenty- 
four  hours.  He  arrived  in  Washington  July  26,  1862,  and 
made  a  contract  with  Surgeon-General  William  A.  Hammond 
at  once  and  was  assigned  to  duty  in  Columbia  College  Hospital 
in  that  city.  Subsequently,  under  a  permit  from  the  secretary 
of  war,  he  passed  an  examination  before  the  medical  board, 
and,  November  7, 1862,  was  commissioned  by  President  Lincoln 
assistant  surgeon,  United  States  Volunteers,  with  the  rank  of 
first  lieutenant.     His  biographer  says  of  him: 

* '  This  was  a  period  when  Washington  and  its  hospitals  were 
overflowing  from  fresh  arrivals,  in  frightful  numbers,  of  the 
mangled  and  dying  from  the  great  battlefields  of  Virginia.  A 
long  army  experience  knew  no  more  exacting  service  than  the 
delicate  handling  of  these  suffering  men ;  the  removal  of  clo- 
thing stiffened  with  blood  and  dirt,  uncovering  neglected 
wounds,  cleansing  their  persons,  begrimed  with  the  smoke 
and  dust  of  battle,  into  presentable  form,  participating  in  the 
great  number  of  surgical  operations  and  hurriedly  putting 
such  as  could  bear  the  change  in  readiness  for  transportation 
to  Northern  hospitals,  in  order  to  make  room  for  more  ar- 
rivals. ' ' 

After  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  there  were  a  great  many 
officers  who  ' '  fell  out ' '  by  reason  of  sickness  on  the  withdrawal 
of  our  forces  from  Pennsylvania,  and  Surgeon  Swasey  was 
sent  by  Surgeon- General  Hammond  to  Frederick  City,  Md.,  to 
care  for  these  officers.  October  15,  1863,  he  was  commissioned 
by  President  Lincoln  surgeon  of  the  United  States  Volunteers 
with  the  rank  of  major.  Three  months  later  he  was  under 
orders  from  the  District  of  the  Frontier,  wnth  headquarters  at 
Fort  Smith,  Ark.  To  reach  this  place  he  was  obliged  to  make 
the  journey  from  St.  Louis  and  was  forty-six  days  on  the 
route,  which  was  beset  with  bushwhackers,  who  were  noto- 
riously careless  in  the  use  of  firearms,  and  it  was  therefore 
anything  but  a  pleasant  experience.  His  biographer  con- 
tinues : 

* '  Navigation  of  the  lower  Mississippi  and  its  tributaries  was 
nearly  suspended;  the  weather  was  exceedingly  cold  and  the 


UNITED   STATES    VOLUNTEERS.  271 

gtreams  were  choked  with  ice.  No  wood  was  available  for  get- 
ting up  steam,  save  green  wood  prepared  from  trees  felled  by 
the  boats'  crews  as  needed;  progress  was  difficult  and  often  im- 
possible and  attended  by  serious  mishaps;  thrice  our  boats 
were  snagged  and  finally  abandoned  on  sand-bars. 

"When  night  came  we  anchored  in  the  middle  of  the  stream, 
every  light  was  extinguished  and  every  voice  hushed,  lest  we 
should  reveal  ourselves  as  a  mark  for  the  bushwhackers. 
Our  beds  were  the  bare,  stilted  decks  with  turned-down  chairs 
for  pillows,  covered,  if  at  all,  with  blankets  procured  by  a 
'tip'  from  the  steward,  and  wet  at  that.  The  offer  of  a  post 
to  lean  against  in  a  warm  place  for  ten  dollars  would  have 
found  many  bidders.  Subsistence  was  at  times  reduced  to 
*  hard-tack'  and  portions  of  half-starved  cattle  found  sheltered 
and  browsing  in  the  cane-brake,  so  weak  that  in  camp  parlance, 
when  they  were  killed  one  had  to  hold  them  up  while  another 
knocked  them  down. 

"Arrived  at  Fort  Smith,  he  was  attached  to  the  staff  of 
Brig.-Gen.  John  M.  Thayer,  late  governor  of  Nebraska,  com- 
mander District  of  the  Frontier,  as  medical  director  of  the 
district  and  also  in  charge  of  the  United  States  General  Hos- 
pital. Isolation  from  our  base  of  supplies  cut  us  off  from 
'regulation'  support,  and  with  ideals  of  a  hospital  brought 
from  the  East,  he  felt  it  incumbent  by  'hook  or  by  crook'  to 
make  up  the  deficiency,  which  he  did,  sometimes  by  ways  devi- 
ous but  justifiable  as  '  war  measures. '  The  medical  staff,  made 
up  chiefly  of  local  talent,  was  for  obvious  reasons  composed  of 
incompetent  men,  so  that  the  surgical  duties  devolved  largely 
upon  himself.  The  personnel  and  mode  of  warfare  of  the 
hostile  forces  was  such  as  to  greatly  enhance  the  hazard  and 
horror  of  war.  There  were  the  poor  Arkansans,  Texans,  In- 
dians, half-breeds,  border  ruffians  and  other  irresponsibles, 
"while  the  whole  region  was  infested  with  vexatious  guerillas. 
Thousands  of  wretched  refugees,  who,  for  their  loyalty  or  by 
the  destruction  of  their  homes,  had  been  driven  within  our 
lines,  swarmed  in  the  surrounding  forests,  sheltered,  if  at  all, 
under  ledges  or  coverings  improvised  from  the  peeled  bark  of 
trees. 


272  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN  THE  REBELLION. 

"The  suffering  was  quite  indescribable,  and  death  became 
so  familiar  as  to  be  scarcely  noticed.  Graves  dug  for  dead 
soldiers  had  to  be  guarded  to  prevent  their  being  stolen  and 
filled  with  these  unfortunates.  Most  domestic  animal  life  be- 
came extinct.  Of  the  thousands  of  horses  and  mules  that  were 
alive  at  one  time  scarcely  ten  remained.  Army  rats  took  the 
place  of  cats  and  dogs.  Of  course  such  a  lamentable  condition 
of  things  to  a  susceptible  nature  was  a  veritable  'reign  of 
terror. ' 

"A  supply  triain  from  Kansas,  to  which  they  were  looking 
for  relief,  was  captured  by  the  rebels.  In  this  extremity  a 
rise  in  the  river  opened  up  communication  with  Little  Rock, 
three  hundred  miles  distant,  and  orders  were  given  to  evacuate 
the  post.  He  was  given  command  of  a  steamer  and  ordered  to 
ship  the  sick  and  wounded  and  such  hospital  supplies  as  he 
could,  and  to  destroy  the  remainder  that  they  might  not  fall 
into  the  hands  of  the  rebels.  The  order  was  obeyed,  and  after 
an  eventful  trip  he  was  relieved  of  his  charge  at  Little  Rock. 
The  order  to  evacuate  was  not  fully  accomplished,  and  soon 
after  he  was  ordered  to  Fort  Smith  again,  where  he  served  on 
the  staffs  of  General  Thayer  and  Brig.-Gen.  Cyrus  Bussey  as 
medical  director  and  medical  purveyor  of  the  district,  till 
August  27,  1865,  when  he  was  ordered  to  Little  Rock  in  charge 
of  the  United  States  General  Hospital. 

"October  17,  1865,  he  was  again,  unsolicited,  commissioned 
brevet  lieutenant-colonel,  United  States  Volunteers,  by  Presi- 
dent Johnson,  'for  faithful  and  meritorious  services.'  Soon 
after,  his  services  being  no  longer  needed,  by  an  order  dated 
October  19,  1865,  he  was  mustered  out,  after  three  years  and 
three  months  of  faithful,  conscientious  and  loyal  service,  and 
on  December  2,  1865,  rejoined  his  family,  who  for  two  years 
were  much  of  the  time  ignorant  of  his  whereabouts  and  filled 
with  anxious  forebodings,  not  knowing  whether  he  were  dead 
or  alive,  and  not  knowing  as  they  would  ever  see  him  again. ' ' 

Married,  December  31,  1851,  Susan  G.  Buck,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Reuben  Buck  of  Acton,  York  county.  Me. 

One  child,  Sarah  Jessie  Swasey,  wife  of  Robert  A.  Barnet, 
Boston,  Mass. 


united  states  volunteers.  273 

Augustus  Chapman  Walker,  M.  D. 
Greenfield,  Mass. 

Surgeon  "Walker  was  born  in  North  Barnstead,  N.  H.,  June 
9,  1833,  and  was  the  son  of  Joseph  Aleott  and  Abigail  (Mur- 
ray) Walker,  grandson  of  AVilliam  Walker.  His  preliminary- 
education  was  received  in  the  common  schools  and  at  the  Thet- 
ford  (Vt.)  Academy;  he  was  graduated  A.  B.  from  Dartmouth 
College  in  1862  and  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  in  1871  from 
the  same  institution.  Between  the  ages  of  sixteen  and  twenty- 
two  he  was  employed  in  a  general  merchandise  store  at  New- 
market, N.  H.  He  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in  1860 
under  the  direction  of  Drs.  A.  B.  Crosby  at  Hanover,  Mark 
Walker  at  North  Barnstead  and  Levi  G.  Hill  at  Dover,  and 
attended  medical  lectures  at  the  Medical  Department  of  the 
University  of  Vermont,  at  Burlington,  and  at  the  Medical  De- 
partment of  Harvard  University,  from  which  he  received  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  in  1866.  He  located  for  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Greenfield,  where  he  has  since  resided. 

In  September,  1862,  he  was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon, 
United  States  Volunteers;  served  as  assistant  surgeon  of  the 
One  Hundred  Thirty-third  Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer 
Infantry,  1862- '64;  surgeon  of  the  Eighteenth  Regiment,  New 
York  Volunteer  Cavalry,  October,  1864,  to  June,  1865;  sur- 
geon-in-chief of  the  Cavalry  Division,  New  Orleans,  La.,  from 
April  to  June,  1865 ;  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Second  Regiment, 
Massachusetts  Volunteer  Militia,  1867. 

Dr.  Walker  was  physician  to  the  jail,  Greenfield,  1867-1905 ; 
United  States  examining  surgeon  for  pensions  since  1887; 
member  of  the  board  of  health  of  Greenfield  during  1894  and 
of  the  board  of  registration  in  medicine,  Massachusetts,  since 
1894. 

lie  is  a  member  of  the  Franklin  District  Medical  Society, 
has  been  vice-president  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society, 
member  of  the  American  Medical  Association. 

Married,  September  11,  1866,  Miss  Maria  Churchill  Grant 
of  Lyme,  N,  H. 

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274  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN  THE  REBELLION. 

Children:  Robert  Turner,  graduate  of  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology,  1890;  Sidney  Grant,  graduate  of 
Dartmouth  College,  1891 ;  and  William  Augustus  Walker. 


Hon.  Claudius  B.  Webster,  M.  D.,  A.  M. 

Webster,  Claudius  B.  Dec.  24,  '62,  commis.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  U.  S. 
A.;  disch.  Sept.  11,  '65.  (Record,  Association  of  Military  Sur- 
geons, '99.) 

Hon.  Claudius  B.  Webster,  M.  D.,  A.  M.,  was  born  in 
Hampton,  N.  H.,  on  December  10,  1815.  His  parents  were 
Rev.  Josiah  and  Elizabeth  (Knight)  Webster.  The  former 
was  graduated  from  Dartmouth  College  in  1798,  receiving  the 
degree  of  bachelor  of  arts  and  later  that  of  master  of  arts. 
He  studied  theology  with  Rev.  Stephen  Peabody  of  Atkinson, 
and  on  November  13,  1799,  was  ordained  to  the  Trinitarian 
Congregational  ministry  and  installed  over  the  Second  Parish 
Church  in  Ipswich  (now  Essex),  Mass.,  where  he  remained 
until  June,  1808,  when  he  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Congre- 
gational Church  in  Hampton,  N.  H.,  in  which  town  he  filled 
a  successful  pastorate  until  his  death  in  1837. 

Rev.  Josiah  Webster 's  father  was  Nathan  Webster,  a  farmer 
of  Chester,  N.  H.,  who  belonged  to  the  same  branch  of  the 
Webster  family  from  which  Daniel  Webster  was  descended, 
and  who  traced  his  ancestry  directly  back  to  Thomas  Webster 
of  Ormsby,  Suffolk  county,  England,  and  who  emigrated  to 
America  and  settled  in  Hampton  about  1650.  The  Webster 
family  in  England  was  characterized  by  honor,  stability  and 
prominence,  one  of  its  members,  bearing  the  same  name  as 
the  colonist  above  mentioned,  having  received  the  honors  of 
knighthood. 

The  descendants  of  the  Hampton  emigrant,  aside  from  the 
great  expounder  of  the  constitution,  include  a  long  list  of 
persons  who  have  become  illustrious,  not  only  in  the  liberal 
professions,  but  in  literature,  the  arts  and  the  sciences. 

Claudius  B.  Webster  was  fitted  for  college  at  Hampton  and 
was  given  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts  at  Dartmouth  in  1836, 


UNITED   STATES   VOLUNTEERS.  275 

and  was  subsequently  honored  with  the  degree  of  master  of 
arts.  Among  the  distinguished  members  of  his  class  at  Han- 
over were:  Eev.  Samuel  C.  Bartlett,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  ex-presi- 
dent of  the  college ;  Prof.  Erastus  Everett,  LL.  D.,  of  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y. ;  Ex-Gov.  James  W.  Grimes,  LL.  D.,  United  States 
senator  from  Iowa ;  Prof.  Edmund  R.  Peaslee,  M.  D.,  LL.  D., 
of  New  York  City,  and  Hon.  John  Wentworth,  LL.  D.,  mem- 
ber of  congress  from  Illinois.  After  leaving  college  Mr.  Web- 
ster went  West,  where  for  three  years  he  was  engaged  as  a 
civil  engineer  in  the  laying  out  of  the  Peoria  &  Warsaw  Rail- 
road. He  then  returned  to  New  Hampshire  and  studied  medi- 
cine at  Boscawen  with  his  brother.  Dr.  Eliphalet  K.  Webster, 
and  attended  a  course  of  lectures  at  Dartmouth  Medical  Col- 
lege. Later  he  was  enrolled  a  student  at  the  College  of  Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons  of  New  York,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1844.  After  a  short  practice  of  the  profession  of 
medicine,  he  accepted  the  position  of  principal  of  the  Female 
Academy  at  Norwich,  Conn.,  where  he  remained  about  sixteen 
years,  and  as  an  able,  faithful  and  conscientious  instructor, 
he  gained  a  high  rank  in  the  educational  world. 

In  1862  he  resigned  the  principalship  of  the  Norwich  Acad- 
emy to  become  an  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  the  United 
States  Army.  It  appears  that  in  the  autumn  of  that  year  Dr. 
Webster  was  in  Washington,  D.  C,  visiting  relatives.  At 
that  time  the  government  had  upon  its  hands  a  great  responsi- 
bility in  the  care  of  sick  and  disabled  contrabands.  When 
the  Confederates  were  forced  to  move  southward  they  took 
with  them  all  the  able-bodied  negroes  of  both  sexes,  leaving 
in  their  wake  the  ill,  lame  and  otherwise  disabled  colored 
people.  The  abandoned  negroes,  in  all  degrees  of  destitution, 
naturally  flocked  northward  to  Washington.  They  numbered 
thousands  and  the  world  probably  never  saw  a  more  pitiable 
lot  of  humanity.  These  unfortunate  people  were  b}'  the 
United  States  government  gathered  at  Camp  Barker,  an  old 
cavalry  encampment  in  the  outskirts  of  the  city,  the  site  of 
which  is  now  known  as  the  Iowa  Circle,  upon  which  have  been 
erected  some  of  the  most  elegant  residences  in  Washinjrtou. 


276  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

Upon  this  ground  had  been  built  stables  for  the  horses  and  a 
large  number  of  huts  for  the  cavalrymen.  The  government 
renovated  the  camp  for  the  reception  of  these  contrabands  and 
appointed  Dr.  Webster  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  medical 
charge,  with  nurses  to  assist  him.  Dr.  Webster  remained 
there  a  year  and  a  half  and  during  that  time  a  temporary 
hospital  was  erected  and  other  improvements  carried  out.  His 
duties  were  of  an  arduous  and  trying  nature,  and  during  his 
service  hundreds  of  cases  of  smallpox  were  entered  upon  the 
records.  In  the  spring  of  1864  these  people  were  removed  to 
the  General  Lee  estate,  opposite  Washington,  where  the  govern- 
ment had  erected  houses  for  their  occupancy  and  also  a  hos- 
pital. Dr.  Webster  continued  in  charge  of  these  contrabands 
in  their  new  location  for  some  months,  when  he  was  ordered 
to  the  Southwest,  with  headquarters  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  where 
he  had  superintendence  of  railway  hospital  trains  that  were 
used  in  conveying  sick  and  wounded  soldiers  of  our  army  from 
Southern  to  Northern  hospitals.  He  personally  accompanied 
those  trains,  transferring  the  soldiers  who  were  able  to  travel 
from  hospitals  as  far  south  as  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  to  hospitals 
in  the  North.  While  in  the  performance  of  these  duties,  he 
was  commissioned  by  Governor  Buckingham,  known  as  the 
"war  governor"  of  Connecticut,  to  care  and  provide  for  any 
soldiers  belonging  to  regiments  from  that  state  whom  he  might 
find  in  Southern  hospitals,  and  for  which  services  he  declined 
the  remuneration  that  was  tendered  him. 

After  the  discontinuance  of  the  hospital  trains  at  the  close 
of  the  war,  Dr.  Webster  was  engaged  in  forwarding  the  sol- 
diers still  remaining  in  the  large  hospitals  in  Louisville  and 
Jeffersonville  (Ind.)  to  their  homes  or  to  hospitals  farther 
north.  He  continued  in  that  work  until  the  autumn  of  1865, 
when  he  was  honorably  discharged  from  the  United  States 
service.  During  his  three  years  of  hospital  work  Dr.  Webster 
performed,  from  time  to  time,  gratuitous  service  for  the 
United  States  sanitary  commission.  His  labors  for  the  govern- 
ment were  performed  with  remarkable  faithfulness  and  sin- 
cerity and  justly  entitled  him  to  the  gratitude  of  the  nation. 


UNITED   STATES   VOLUNTEERS.  277 

After  leaving  the  medical  department  of  the  army,  Dr. 
Webster  returned  to  Norwich,  Conn.,  to  enjoy  a  few  years  of 
rest  and  leisure,  a  vacation  which  he  had  well  earned.  A  gen- 
tleman of  his  ability  and  patriotism  and  with  so  large  an 
acquaintance  with  the  prominent  men  of  the  country  w^as  not 
likely  to  remain  long  in  private  life,  and  hence  the  people  of 
his  city  were  not  surprised  to  learn  in  1870  that,  entirely  un- 
expectedly and  unsought,  he  had  been  appointed  by  President 
Grant,  United  States  consul  at  Sheffield,  Eng.,  one  of  the 
most  important  consulates  in  Great  Britain.  He  filled  that 
position  until  1886,  when,  according  to  custom  in  the  changes 
in  the  national  administrations,  he  was  succeeded  by  an  ap- 
pointee of  President  Cleveland.  In  view  of  the  frequent 
changes  in  consulates,  it  is  worthy  of  remark  that  Dr.  Web- 
ster's term  of  sixteen  years  at  Sheffield  extended  over  four 
administrations  at  Washington  and  was  the  longest  United 
States  consulship  on  record  in  that  country.  It  is  needless 
to  state  that  he  performed  his  duties  at  Sheffield  with  dignity, 
ability  and  fidelity  and  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  suc- 
cessive presidents  from  whom  he  received  his  commissions. 
He  made  no  attempt  to  become  conspicuous  in  English  public 
life,  but  devoted  his  time,  outside  of  direct  official  labors,  to 
the  cultivation  of  cordial  and  friendly  relations  with  those 
English  manufacturers  and  merchants  who  were  extensively 
engaged  in  shipping  Sheffield  goods  to  America.  The  extent 
of  this  commerce  may  be  shown  by  the  fact  that  in  one  year 
during  Dr.  Webster's  tenure  of  office  the  value  of  shipments 
from  Sheffield  to  America  amounted  to  $1,500,000. 

While  at  Sheffield,  the  honor  devolved  upon  him  to  receive 
Ex-President  Grant  while  on  his  journey  around  the  world. 
After  the  announcement  was  made  of  the  appointment  of  a 
successor  to  Dr.  Webster  at  Sheffield,  the  London  papers  ex- 
pressed sincere  regret  that  there  should  be  withdrawn  one  who 
had  so  long  represented  his  country  with  such  fidelity,  tact 
and  unswerving  courtesy.  After  leaving  Sheffield,  Dr.  Web- 
ster took  a  long  European  tour  and  then  returned  to  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home,  although  pass- 
ing more  or  less  of  his  time  in  Washington  and  Chicago, 


278  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

On  October  31,  1844,  Dr.  Webster  was  married  to  Miss  Mary- 
Elizabeth  Webster,  of  Pembroke,  N.  H.,  a  lineal  descendant  of 
Hannah  Dustin.  She  was  a  lovely  and  refined  lady  and  after 
a  happy  marriage  extending  over  forty-two  years,  death  came 
to  her  at  Sheffield  after  a  long,  useful  and  exemplary  life. 
Doctor  and  Mrs.  Webster  had  no  children. 

There  were  four  brothers  to  Doctor  Webster :  Dr.  Eliphalet 
K.  Webster,  already  named;  Josiah  Webster,  a  farmer,  of  Illi- 
nois; Prof.  John  C.  Webster,  D.  D.,  of  Wheaton  College,  111., 
and  Ma j. -Gen.  Joseph  D.  Webster,  United  States  Army,  who 
became  famous  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  as  General  Grant 's 
chief  of  staff,  and  w^ho,  by  his  bravery  and  military  skill  while 
chief  of  artillery,  was  credited  with  having  turned  the  tide 
of  battle  and  secured  the  great  victory  for  the  Union  arms  at 
Shiloh.  The  last  two  named  were  Dartmouth  College  grad- 
uates of  the  class  of  1832,  while  Dr.  E.  K.  Webster  was  an 
alumnus  of  the  Dartmouth  Medical  College  of  the  class  of 
1837,  thus  constituting  the  probably  unparalleled  record  of  a 
father  and  four  out  of  five  sons  being  graduates  from  the 
same  college.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  cherished  a  lively 
interest  in  his  alma  mater  and  was  president  of  the  Dartmouth 
Alumni  Association  of  the  Concord  (N.  H.)  district.  He  w^as 
a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society. 

Doctor  Webster  was  a  gentleman  of  modest  and  retiring 
manners,  frank  and  generous  sympathies,  an  extensive  reader, 
the  possessor  of  a  great  fund  of  general  information  and  kept 
thoroughly  posted  upon  all  the  great  national  and  other  issues 
of  the  day.  He  was  a  member  of  the  South  Congregational 
Church  of  Concord,  N.  H.  He  died  at  Concord,  September  7, 
1902. 


UNITED  STATES  COLORED  TROOPS. 


"New  Hampshire  had  no  regiment  of  colored  troops,  but 
nearly  three  hundred  men  were  enlisted,  credited  to  the  quota 
of  the  state,  and  sent  to  the  proper  recruiting  rendezvous,  from 
which  they  were  distributed  to  different  regiments,  and  in 
addition  to  these  more  than  one  hundred  officers  and  enlisted 
men  of  New  Hampshire  regiments  received  commissions  in  the 
United  States  Colored  Troops,  the  appointments  being  made 
and  the  commissions  issued  by  the  War  Department." 

The  above  from  Ayling's  Register  shows  that  New  Hamp- 
shire was  not  unmindful  of  this  branch  of  the  service.  The 
compiler  of  these  sketches  has  found  the  following  New  Hamp- 
shire men  entitled  to  consideration  in  the  Medical  and  Surgi- 
cal History  of  the  State. 

In  compiling  the  work  of  these  brave  men,  we  have  found 
what  appears  to  be  an  authenticated  account  of  the  first 
observance  of  ]\Iemorial  Day  and  have  given  documental  evi- 
dence of  the  same  in  its  appropriate  place.  In  justice  to  our 
Confederate  friends,  the  compiler  would  say  that  in  the  second 
edition  of  Mrs.  Pryor's  "Reminiscences  in  Peace  and  War," 
it  is  stated  that  the  soldiers  and  friends  of  the  Confederate 
Army  engaged  in  the  same  observance  in  memory  of  their 
departed  soldiers  in  May,  1866,  one  year  after  the  observance 
of  the  same  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

The  establishing  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and 
the  observance  of  Memorial  Day  by  Union  soldiers  was  brought 
about  by  Doctor  Stevenson  and  General  Logan  a  year  or  two 
later. 


JosiAH  Abbott,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Winchendon,   Mass. 

Abbott,  Josiaii.     F.  and  S. ;  13  H.  Art.;  b.  Framingham,  Mass.;  res. 
Rindge;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Jan.  9,  '65;  must,  in  Jan.  9,  '65;  disch.  to 


280  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

date  Apr.  21,  '65,  to  Accept  promotion;  must,  in  to  date  Apr.  22,  '65, 
as  Surg.  119  Inf.,  U.  S.  C.  T.;  disch.  disab.  Sept.  5,  '65.  P.  O.  ad., 
Winchendon,  Mass.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1016.) 

Surgeon  Abbott,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  May 
22,  1811,  in  Framingham,  Mass.,  and  was  the  son  of  Josiah 
and  Ruth  (Estabrook)  Abbott.  His  preliminary  education 
was  received  in  Framingham,  Phillips  Exeter,  N.  H.,  and 
Amherst  Academy,  in  Amherst  College  one  year,  in  Yale  Col- 
lege four  years,  and  was  graduated  in  1835  with  the  degree  of 
A.  B. ;  afterwards  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  He  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  in  1836  in  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment of  Yale  College  with  Jonathan  Knight,  professor  of 
surgery,  as  preceptor.  He  continued  his  studies  for  four  years 
at  Yale  and  at  Fairfield,  N.  Y.,  and  was  graduated  in  medicine 
from  Fairfield  Medical  College  in  1840.  Commenced  practice 
in  Marlborough,  Mass.,  in  1840,  where  he  remained  for  three 
years,  and  was  afterwards  in  Rindge,  N.  H.,  for  twenty-two 
years. 

He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical 
Society  and  also  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society ;  was 
assistant  surgeon  in  the  Thirteenth  United  States  Heavy  Artil- 
lery Colored  Troops,  and  surgeon  of  the  One  Hundred  and 
Nineteenth  United  States  Colored  Infantry ;  was  a  member  of 
the  New  Hampshire  Legislature  in  1860  and  1861,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board  in  the  town  of  Rindge  for  several  years ; 
afterwards  removed  to  Winchendon,  Mass.,  and  was  surgeon 
of  the  Grand  Army  Post,  No.  153,  of  Winchendon.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  military  order  of  the  Legion  of  Honor  of  the 
State  of  Massachusetts,  and  also  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason. 

While  attending  medical  lectures,  he  also  took  a  course  in 
theology  at  the  Yale  Divinity  School,  with  the  idea  of  mission- 
ary work  afterwards. 

While  connected  with  the  Colored  Troops,  he  had  a  large 
experience  in  smallpox  which  prevailed  during  the  time  he  was 
in  Kentucky,  the  experience  being  very  fatiguing  and  often- 
times far  from  being  agreeable. 

During  his  later  life,  in  company  with  his  wife,  he  spent 
considerable  time  in  Europe,  visiting  many  of  the  countries. 


UNITED   STATES   COLORED   TROOPS.  281 

Married,  January,  1842,  Arminda  P.  White  of  West  Boyls- 
ton,  Mass. 

No  children. 

Surgeon  Abbott  died  at  his  home  in  Winchendon,  Mass., 
November  27,  1901,  at  the  age  of  ninety  years. 


Miles  Olcutt  Carter,  'M.  D. 
Lowell,  Mass. 

Surgeon  Carter  was  born  in  Hanover,  N.  H.,  April  16,  1840, 
and  was  the  son  of  Oliver  and  Patience  M.  (Waterman)  Car- 
ter, a  grandson  of  Elijah  Carter.  He  received  his  preliminary 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Hanover,  and  commenced  his 
professional  education  under  the  direction  of  Professors  Dixie 
and  A.  B.  Crosby,  attending  three  courses  of  medical  lectures, 
and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  Medical  Department  of 
Dartmouth  College  in  the  class  of  1863.  He  immediately  ap- 
plied for  an  appointment  in  the  United  States  Army  and 
passed  the  necessary  examinations  for  the  same.  While  await- 
ing the  appointment  he  located  in  Ayer,  Mass.,  for  the  practice 
of  his  profession  and  in  November,  1863,  received  his  appoint- 
ment as  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Nineteenth  Regiment,  United 
States  Colored  Troops.  He  was  promoted  in  September,  1864, 
to  surgeon,  and  served  with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  until 
Lee  surrendered ;  was  then  ordered  to  Texas,  and  was  brevetted 
lieutenant-colonel  in  1865 ;  served  as  brigade  surgeon  of  the 
Third  Brigade,  First  Division  of  the  Twenty-fifth  Army  Corps 
and  was  discharged  from  the  service  in  January,  1867,  on 
account  of  physical  disability  incurred  in  the  service. 

Being  unable  to  take  up  his  professional  work,  he  became 
interested  in  the  drug  business,  and  located  in  Lowell,  Mass, ; 
and  has  been  in  that  business  ever  since.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Knights  of  Pythias,  Odd 
Fellows  and  of  the  ]\Iasonic  Fraternity. 

Married,  first,  November  30,  1875,  Mary  J.  Rice;  second, 
August  25,  1897,  Harriet  C.  Brisbins. 

No  children. 

Died  March  3,  1904. 


282  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

James  Bonaparte  Farrington,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Salinas,  Cal. 

Farrington,  James  B.  F.  and  S.;  3  Inf.;  res.  Rochester;  must,  in 
Aug.  5,  '65,  as  Asst.  Surg.;  must,  out  Oct.  31,  '65.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1019.) 

Surgeon  Farrington  was  born  in  Rochester,  N.  H.,  January 
3,  1831,  and  was  the  son  of  Dr.  James  and  Mary  Dame  (Han- 
son) Farrington,  a  grandson  of  Stephen  Farrington.  He  re- 
ceived his  preliminary  education  at  the  common  schools  of 
Rochester,  and  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Academy,  Exeter, 
N.  H.,  and  received  the  degree  of  A.  B.  from  Bowdoin  College, 
Me.,  in  1857 ;  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  under  the  di- 
rection of  his  father.  Dr.  James  Farrington,  and  his  brother- 
in-lav/,  Dr.  B.  AV.  Sargent.  He  attended  medical  lectures  at 
the  Rush  Medical  College  of  Chicago,  111.,  and  was  graduated 
from  the  same  in  1862 ;  located  at  Jefferson,  Wis.,  and  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  surgeon  of  the  Third  Infantry,  United  States 
Colored  Troops,  July  22,  1865,  and  was  mustered  into  the  ser- 
vice August  5,  1865.  Soon  after  he  was  wounded  in  the  left 
arm  and  shoulder,  and  the  arm  was  amputated  at  the  shoulder 
joint;  he  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  October  3,  1865, 
Upon  his  recovery  he  removed  to  Salinas,  Cal.,  where  he  died 
March  22,  1883.     His  death  was  occasioned  by  phthisis. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  State  of  Cal- 
ifornia and  of  various  Masonic  bodies. 

Married  Clara  D.  Parker  of  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Two  children :     Edgar  Farrington  and  Willis  Farrington. 


Arthur  W.  Gtreeni.eap,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Manchester,  N.  H. 

(7  N.  H.  V.) 

Gbeenleaf,  Arthur  W.  Co.  D;  b.  Washington;  age  23;  res.  Wash- 
ington; enl.  Oct.  1,  '61;  must,  in  Nov.  6,  '61,  as  Priv.;  disch.  May 
8,  '63,  to  accept  promotion.  See  U.  S.  C.  T.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  372.) 


UNITED   STATES   COLORED   TROOPS.  283 

(U.  S.  C.  T.) 

Gbeenleaf,  Abthur  W.  F.  and  S.;  34  Inf.;  b.  Washington;  age  25; 
res.  Washington;  app.  Asst.  Surg.;  must,  in  May  22,  '63,  to  date 
May  9,  '63;  resigned  Oct.  10,  '64;  must,  in  Sept.  24,  '65,  as  Asst. 
Surg.  5  H.  Art,  U.  S.  C.  T.;  disch.  May  20,  '66.  See  7  N.  H.  V. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1019.) 

Surgeon  Greenleaf  was  born  in  AYashington,  X.  H.,  Decem- 
ber 1, 1837,  and  was  the  son  of  William  P.  and  Sarah  H.  (Mun- 
roe)  Greenleaf,  and  a  grandson  of  Daniel  Greenleaf.  He  re- 
ceived his  preliminary  education  at  the  common  schools  and 
Tubbs  Union  Academy  in  Washington.  He  commenced  his 
professional  education  in  1856  in  Manchester,  X.  H.,  under 
the  direction  of  the  late  E.  H.  Davis,  M.  D..  continuing  the 
same  at  the  Medical  Department  of  Harvard  University,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  M.  D.  in  1860.  He  returned  to  Man- 
chester, X.  H.,  and  located  there  for  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession, and  remained  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion 
in  1861.  October  1,  1861,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company 
D  of  the  Seventh  Xew  Hampshire  Volunteers,  from  which  he 
was  discharged  May  8,  1863,  to  accept  promotion.  May  22, 
1863,  he  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Thirty-fourth 
Infantry,  United  States  Colored  Troops,  and  resigned  October 
10,  1864.  September  24,  1865,  he  was  again  appointed  as- 
sistant surgeon  of  the  Fifth  Heavy  Artillery  of  the  United 
States  Colored  Troops  and  was  discharged  from  the  same  May 
20,  1866.  During  this  period  he  was  a  part  of  the  time  on  de- 
tached service  at  Beaufort,  S.  C,  and  also  at  the  smallpox 
hospital  at  Tortugas,  and  in  consequence  of  an  injury  suffered 
from  partial  paralysis,  which  was  the  cause  of  his  resignation. 
He  wrote  his  friends  that  he  was  going  to  Cuba ;  about  this 
time  there  was  an  insurrection  on  the  island,  and  whether  he 
was  there  or  not  has  never  been  ascertained,  but  he  was  never 
heard  from  afterwards. 

He  took  great  interest  in  the  department  of  surgery  and  was 
an  active,  painstaking  practitioner. 

Married,  in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  Lucretia  Dustin. 

Children,  two  sons:  Fred  Arthur  and  Pierson  Rector. 


284  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

John  Randolph  Ham,  M.  D. 
Dover,  N.  H. 

Ham,  John  R.  F.  and  S.;  115  Inf.;  b.  Dover;  age  21;  res.  Dover; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  15,  '64;  must,  in  Aug.  19,  '64;  app.  Surg. 
Sept.  30,  '65;  must,  out  Feb.  10,  '66.  P.  O.  ad.,  Dover.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1020.) 

John  Randolph  Ham,  M.  D.,  the  seventh  in  descent  from 
John  Ham  (b.  1649,  d.  1727),  the  first  of  the  name  in  Dover, 
N.  H.,  through  John-  (b.  1671),  Ephraim^  (b.  1701), 
Ephraim*  (b.  1731),  Ephraim^  (b.  1760),  son  of  Charles^ 
(b.  1800)  and  Abigail  Dame  (Bartlett)  Ham  (b.  1808,  d. 
1890),  was  born  in  Dover,  N.  H.,  the  twenty-third  of  October, 
1842. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  Franklin  Acad- 
emy in  Dover,  and  taught  school  during  the  winters  of  1859, 
1860  and  1861.  In  February,  1862,  he  commenced  the  study 
of  medicine  in  the  office  of  Dr.  A.  J.  H.  Buzzell,  in  Dover, 
N.  H.  In  the  spring  of  1863  he  attended  medical  lectures  at 
Bowdoin  Medical  College  and  in  June  of  that  year  entered  the 
office  of  the  late  Dr.  Levi  G.  Hill,  in  Dover.  In  October,  1863, 
he  entered  Harvard  Medical  College  and  at  the  close  of  the 
lecture  course  in  the  spring  of  1864,  he  entered  the  office  of 
Dr.  James  H.  Wheeler  in  Dover,  where  he  pursued  his  studies 
till  August  15,  1864,  when,  after  passing  the  usual  examina- 
tion before  the  United  States  Medical  Board,  he  was  commis- 
sioned by  President  Lincoln  as  assistant  surgeon  of  the  One 
Hundred  and  Fifteenth  United  States  Colored  Infantry. 

He  joined  his  regiment  in  Kentucky,  August  19,  1864,  and 
was  in  that  department  till  December,  1864,  when  the  regiment 
was  ordered  East  to  join  the  Twenty-fifth  Army  Corps,  which, 
with  the  Twenty-fourth  Corps,  constituted  the  Army  of  the 
James,  and  was  holding  the  fortifications  in  front  of  Richmond, 
Va.,  on  the  north  of  the  James  river.  He  was  present  with 
that  army  at  the  fall  of  Richmond.  Before  that  event,  he  was 
made  acting  medical  purveyor  of  the  Twenty-fifth  Army 
Corps,  on  the  staff  of  Major  General  Godfrey  Weitzel,  and 
after  the  fall  of  Richmond  he  went  with  the  Twenty-fifth  Army 
Corps  to  the  Rio  Grande  in  Texas. 


UNITED   STATES   COLORED  TROOPS.  285 

The  French  under  Maximilian  held  the  Mexican  side  of  the 
Rio  Grande,  and  the  Twenty-fifth  Army  Corps  not  only  as- 
sisted in  the  pacification  of  Texas,  but  it  was  an  army  of  ob- 
servation as  to  the  Latin  empire  which  Napolean  proposed  to 
set  up  on  the  border.  In  addition  to  his  duties  as  medical 
purvej'or  of  the  corps.  Assistant  Surgeon  Ham  was  made  post 
surgeon  of  Brownsville,  Tex.,  the  headquarters  of  the  Twenty- 
fifth  Army  Corps. 

The  surgeon  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifteenth  United 
States  Colored  Infantry  died  of  disease  in  September,  1865, 
at  Indianola,  Tex.,  and  Assistant  Surgeon  Ham  passed  a  suc- 
cessful examination  before  an  army  board,  was  promoted  to  be 
surgeon  of  his  regiment,  and  mustered  in  as  such.  He  was 
mustered  out  with  his  regiment,  which  was  disbanded  March 
10,  1866,  at  Louisville,  Ky. 

On  his  return  to  Dover,  in  March,  1866,  Doctor  Ham  at 
once  entered  Bowdoin  Medical  College  and  attended  his  third 
course  of  lectures  and  was  graduated  June,  1866. 

In  June,  1866,  he  opened  his  office  in  Dover,  N.  H.,  where 
he  has  remained  in  continuous  practice.  He  is  a  fellow  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  since  1869 ;  member  and  ex- 
president  of  both  the  Strafford  District  and  the  Dover  Medical 
Societies ;  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  and  the  Dover  His- 
torical Societies;  member  of  Strafford  Lodge,  No.  29,  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  the  Belknap  Chapter,  No.  8, 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  member  of  the  First 
Church  (Congregational),  Dover,  since  1864,  and  deacon  of 
the  same  since  1878;  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  and  was  two  years  commander  of  C.  W.  Sawyer 
Post  in  Dover. 

He  has  always  been  a  staunch  Republican  in  politics;  was 
United  States  pension  examining  surgeon  under  the  Harrison 
administration ;  has  been  coroner  for  Strafford  county  for  ten 
years,  when  he  resigned  the  office;  has  been  city  physician  of 
Dover  for  several  years,  and  was  county  physician  for  one 
year. 

Dr.  Ham  has  read  four  papers  before  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society,  one  of  which  was  entitled  "The  Physicians 


286  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

of  Dover,  N.  H.,"  and  contained  some  seventy-five  sketches 
of  the  men  who  practiced  there  between  1631  and  1879.  He 
has  also  published  "The  Ham  Family  in  Dover"  (New  Eng- 
land Historical  and  General  Register,  October,  1872)  ;  "Locali- 
ties in  Ancient  Dover"  (Granite  Monthly,  1886)  ;  and  the 
"Bibliography  of  Dover"  (8  vol.,  pp.  74,  1892). 

His  library  contains  the  best  private  collection  of  local  his- 
tory to  be  found  in  Strafford  county. 

He  married,  November  9,  1871,  Emily  Caroline,  daughter 
of  Gen.  George  W.  Hersey  of  Wolfeborough,  N.  H. 

They  have  had  five  children,  three  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 
One  daughter,  Emily  Hersey  Ham,  a  graduate  of  the  Dover 
high  school  and  of  Wellesley  College  in  the  class  of  1893,  is  a 
teacher  of  classics  in  Dover  high  school;  the  other  daughter, 
Julia  Marion  Ham,  is  a  pupil  (1897)  in  the  Dover  high  school. 

Since  the  above  was  written  Doctor  Ham  has  removed  to 
Malabar,  Fla. 


John  Milton  Hawks,  M.  D. 
Hawks'  Park,  Volusia  County,  Fla. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Bradford,  N.  H.,  No- 
vember 26,  1826,  and  was  the  son  of  Colburn  and  Clarissa 
(Brown)  (Wilmot,  N.  H.)  Hawks,  grandson  of  Farrington 
Hawks  (Tyngsboro,  Mass.)  His  preliminary  education  was 
received  in  the  common  and  high  schools  of  Bradford.  He  be- 
came interested  in  medicine  while  teaching  a  private  school  in 
Houston  count3%  Ga.,  in  1845,  and  began  a  systematic  study  of 
m-cdicine  in  1846,  under  the  direction  of  George  H.  Hubbard, 
M.  D.,  Bradford,  afterwards  surgeon  of  the  Second  New 
Hampshire  Volunteers.  He  attended  two  courses  of  medical 
lectures  at  the  Vermont  Medical  College  of  "Woodstock,  Vt., 
and  graduated  in  medicine  at  the  Cincinnati  Medical  College 
in  1847 ;  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Manchester, 
N.  H.,  in  1848,  remaining  until  1862,  when  he  became  volun- 
teer physician  to  the  freedmen  at  Edisto  island,  S.  C,  from 


UNITED   STATES   COLORED   TROOPS.  287 

1862  to  1865 ;  at  Port  Orange,  Fla.,  from  1866  to  1870 ;  Hyde 
Park,  Mass.,  1873  to  1876;  Hawks'  Park,  Fla.,  from  1876  to 
the  present  time. 

While  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  in  addition  to  his 
service  to  the  freedmen,  was  on  General  Saxton's  staff,  June  to 
October,  1862 ;  assistant  surgeon.  First  South  Carolina  Colored 
Infantry  (number  changed  to  Thirty-third  Regiment  United 
States  Colored  Infantry),  October,  1862,  to  October,  1863;  sur- 
geon Twenty-first  Regiment,  United  States  Colored  Troops, 
October,  1863,  to  December,  1865. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  ]\Iasonic  Fraternity,  was  overseer  of 
the  poor  while  residing  in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  postmaster  at 
Port  Orange,  Fla.,  1867;  superintendent  of  schools,  Volusia 
county,  1868  (appointed)  ;  had  charge  of  the  registration  of 
voters  in  Volusia  county,  Fla.,  during  reconstruction  period 
of  1868,  administered  oath  of  allegiance  to  every  voter;  post- 
master at  Hawks'  Park,  Fla.,  1883  to  1896;  notary  public  at 
Laye,  1870  till  present  time ;  assistant  assessor  of  United  States 
internal  revenue  in  District  Number  Five,  embracing  eight 
counties  of  Florida,  1870  to  1871. 

His  service  in  the  army  was  at  Edisto  island  and  had  charge 
of  hospital  for  freedmen  in  the  summer  of  1862  at  Beaufort, 
S.  C. ;  General  Hospital  No.  10  for  colored  soldiers  at  Beau- 
fort, S.  C,  in  1863,  afterwards  another  hospital  numbered  ten 
in  the  same  town;  smallpox  hospital  in  Charleston,  S.  C, 
March,  1865. 

While  located  in  Manchester,  N.  II.,  and  Hyde  Park,  Mass., 
was  interested  in  a  drug  store. 

His  military  service  was  confined  to  the  Department  of  the 
South  in  the  two  colored  regiments  named. 

Dr.  Hawks  was  an  ardent  anti-slavery  man  in  his  convic- 
tions, and  published  in  1861  in  a  IManchester  daily  paper  an 
article  advocating  the  making  of  soldiers  of  the  slaves  as  they 
came  into  our  linos. 

He  has  written  papers  on  "Yellow  Fever,  Its  Propagation 
and  Prevention,"  Boston  Medical  and  Surfjical  Journal,  Octo- 
ber 30,  1872;  Semi-Tropical   (Magazine),  Jacksonville,  Fla., 


288  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN  THE  REBELLION. 

about  1880;  Savannah  Morning  News,  October  4,  year  of  the 
epidemic ;  Times-Union  and  Citizen,  September,  1898. 

Married,  October  4,  1854,  Esther  Jane  Hill  of  Brentwood, 
N.  H. 

No  children. 


Esther  Hill  Hawks,  M.  D. 
16  Newhall  Street,  Lynn,  Mass. 

In  compiling  the  sketch  of  Dr.  John  Milton  Hawks,  for- 
merly of  Bradford,  N.  H.,  we  found  that  his  wife  was  a  most 
valued  assistant  in  his  work  among  the  colored  troops  located 
in  South  Carolina,  and  being  a  graduate  in  medicine  at  the 
time,  it  is  but  an  act  of  justice  to  give  her  a  place  in  these 
records. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch,  Esther  Hill  Hawks,  M.  D.,  was 
born  in  Hooksett,  N.  H.,  August  4,  1833,  being  the  daughter 
of  Parmenas  and  Jane  (Kimball)  Hill.  She  received  her  pre- 
liminary education  in  the  public  schools  of  Suncook,  Exeter, 
and  high  school  in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  also  at  the  academy  in 
Kingston,  N.  H.  She  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  soon 
after  her  marriage,  with  her  husband,  Dr.  John  M.  Hawks,  in 
Manchester,  N.  H.,  attending  the  New  England  Female  Med- 
ical College  in  Boston,  taking  three  courses  of  lectures,  and 
was  graduated  from  the  same  March  4,  1857.  She  is  a  member 
of  the  New  England  Hospital  Medical  Society  and  the  Gynce- 
cological  Society  of  Boston. 

She  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Manchester, 
N.  H.,  in  1857.  In  1863  she  accompanied  her  husband,  Dr. 
John  M.  Hawks,  to  Beaufort,  S.  C,  Dr.  J.  M.  Hawks  being  at 
that  time  surgeon  in  charge  of  Hospital  No.  10  at  that  post. 
Her  husband  being  detailed  on  secret  service,  she  was  in  charge 
of  the  hospital  for  two  weeks,  and  also  of  the  sick  of  Colonel 
Montgomery's  regiment,  which  was  without  a  surgeon.  This 
service  was  among  the  freedmen  and  colored  troops. 

She  is  a  member  of  charity  organizations.  Old  Ladies '  Home, 
Boys'  Club,  Woman's  Suffrage  Club,  was  president  of  the 


UNITED   STATES   COLORED   TROOPS.  289 

latter  for  ten  years.  While  in  the  service  with  her  husband, 
was  connected  with  Dr.  James  Redpath  and  others  in  carrying 
out  the  idea  of  the  first  decoration  services  of  soldiers'  graves 
in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

After  the  war,  for  a  time  she  was  physician  in  Port  Orange, 
Fla.,  but  has  resided  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  for  the  past  thirty  years, 
an  honored  and  respected  member  of  the  profession.  Since 
residing  in  LjTin,  and  while  a  candidate  for  a  member  of  the 
board  of  education  in  that  city,  the  following  appeared  in  a 
Lynn  newspaper: 

"In  the  fall  of  1861,  Dr.  Hawks  received  an  appointment 
from  the  New  York  Freedman's  Aid  Society,  and  with  eight 
other  ladies  was  among  the  very  first  women  sent  to  establish 
freedmen's  schools. 

"During  the  next  ten  years,  which  the  doctor  gave  to  the 
service,  she  was  engaged  in  hospital  duties  with  her  husband, 
establishing  schools  among  the  men  in  camp,  dressing  the 
wounds  of  soldiers  after  battles,  sometimes  to  the  expres.sed  ad- 
miration of  the  men,  that  a  woman  could  have  so  much  skill 
and  nerve,  and  organizing  and  assisting  in  freedmen's  schools, 
which  last  work  kept  her  in  the  South  after  the  war  had  closed. 

"In  the  early  part  of  the  war  she  and  her  husband  were 
prominent  in  forming  the  first  colored  regiment  of  the  war, 
the  First  South  Carolina,  of  which  Thomas  W.  Higginson  was 
colonel. 

' '  This  regiment,  with  which  Dr.  J.  M.  Hawks  remained  con- 
nected as  surgeon,  was  the  first  to  march  into  Charleston  at 
the  occupation  of  the  city  by  the  Northern  troops.  At  one  time, 
for  several  weeks,  she  had  sole  control  of  a  United  States  mili- 
tary hospital  during  a  temporary  absence  of  the  officer  in  com- 
mand. At  another  time  she  was  in  charge  of  a  normal  school 
(colored)  of  seven  hundred  pupils,  and  not  long  after  she  was 
at  the  head  of  a  school  of  eleven  hundred  pupils  in  Charleston, 
while  a  number  of  teachers  were  absent  at  the  North.  The 
doctor's  diary,  kept  during  these  ten  years,  is  full  of  interest, 
and  altogether  we  doubt  if  any  of  our  citizens  can  show  a  bet- 
ter *  war  record. '  ' ' 

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290  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Memorial  Day. 

Referring  to  the  first  observance  of  Memorial  Day,  the  com- 
piler of  these  sketches  has  been  able  to  obtain  documentary 
evidence  from  Mrs.  Hawks'  diary,  from  the  Hon.  Charles  Cow- 
ley of  Lowell,  Mass.,  and  Dr.  Henry  0.  Marcy  of  Cambridge, 
Mass.  It  seems  to  the  writer  that  this  is  conclusive  as  being 
the  first  observance  of  the  day  which  has  become  a  part  of  the 
annual  routine  duty  of  every  surviving  veteran  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  and  that  it  took  place  very  near  the 
first  scenes  of  secession  and  other  overt  acts  towards  the 
United  States  government. 

The  idea  of  the  observance  to  carry  out  a  May  day  festival 
originated  with  the  teachers  of  the  Freedmen's  Bureau,  ladies 
for  the  most  part  from  Boston,  the  organization  of  the  colored 
schools  having  been  undertaken  by  Mr.  James  Redpath.  Mrs. 
Hawks  quotes  from  her  diary : 

"Charleston,  May  1,  1865. 

"May  Day. 

"Clear,  cool,  beautiful. 

"A  grand  occasion  for  the  colored  people.  Friend  Red- 
path  has  arranged  a  procession  for  the  children,  each  to  carry 
flowers,  and  for  the  old  people  to  be  present  and  listen  to 
speeches,  etc.,  the  object  being  to  dedicate  the  cemetery  of  the 
Race  Course.  Early  I  made  a  visit  to  the  detachment  at  the 
breastworks  and  then  returned  to  the  race  ground  about  ten 
a.  m.  Found  a  large  number  assembled,  mostly  colored,  but 
all  cleanly  dressed,  if  in  poor  clothing.  There  was  a  full  rep- 
resentation from  our  forces  and  a  few  of  the  former  masters. 

"At  ten  a.  m.  the  procession  was  formed,  including  the 
children  from  all  the  schools,  colored,  over  three  thousand. 
The  object  of  interest  is  the  burial  place  of  our  prisoners  who 
have  died  here.  The  history  of  the  Race  Course  may  be  re- 
ferred to.  During  the  last  year  a  depot  for  prisoners  has 
been  established  here.  It  was  a  miniature  Andersonville. 
The  Race  Course  is  an  open,  level  field  of  perhaps  fifty  acres, 


UNITED   STATES    COLORED    TROOPS.  291 

and  in  the  centre  six  or  eight  acres  were  marked  off  for  the 
prisoners.  A  dead  line  was  drawn  and  just  outside  the  senti- 
nels' beat  established.  The  enclosure  does  not  contain  a  sin- 
gle tree,  and  there  is  not  the  slightest  evidence  of  there  having 
been  a  single  structure  of  any  kind  upon  the  grounds,  and  it 
was  occupied  until  a  few  weeks  since.  The  ground  is  dug  all 
over  into  little  pits  where  the  poor  creatures  burrowed  for 
warmth  and  shelter.  These,  as  Avell  as  the  dead  line  and  the 
beat,  are  now  plainly  seen.  There  is  no  enclosure  whatever, 
and  the  wind  would  sweep  uninterruptedly  across  the  place. 

"Many  stories  have  been  told  me  of  the  prisoners'  suffering, 
rivaling  x\ndersonville,  even.  So  much  for  the  history.  Now 
a  little  way  back  is  the  place  where  the  dead  were  buried. 
They  were  interred  in  rows,  and  as  far  as  we  can  ascertain, 
number  two  hundred  and  fifty-seven. 

' '  A  few  weelvs  since  some  of  the  colored  people  took  the  mat- 
ter in  hand  and  as  a  result  they  have,  iinaided  by  any,  en- 
closed the  cemetery  with  a  high,  strong  picket  fence,  nicely 
painted  white,  and  over  the  gate  there  is  neatly  inscribed  in 
huge  letters, 

*  MARTYRS  OF  THE  RACE  COURSE. ' 

' '  So  much  by  way  of  review.  The  procession  formed  on  the 
fair  grounds  and  singing  patriotic  songs,  marched  very  or- 
derly through  the  cemetery,  and  as  they  passed  the  graves 
each  deposited  upon  an  unknown  grave  a  floral  tribute  to  these 
martyrs  who  died  to  secure  their  freedom. 

"The  scene  was  worthy  a  painter  and  touching  to  tears. 
Soon  the  graves  were  covered  with  flowers.  Later,  from  a  rus- 
tic stand,  the  more  formal  exercises  of  the  occasion  were  com- 
pleted, all  of  a  solemn  and  interesting  character. 

"Methought  as  I  silently  stood  there  and  in  imagniation 
saw  these  heroic  dead  wearing  out  so  painfully  the  last  hours 
of  life  in  cold,  want  and  wretchedness,  aye,  starving  to  death, 
away  from  loved  ones  and  deprived  of  everything  that  makes 
life  dear,  that  could  they  look  doA\Ti  upon  this  scene  here  to-day 
and  notice  the  grateful,  tearful  remembrance  of  a  redeemed 


292  SUEGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

people,  they  would  feel  that  they  had  not  died  in  vain.  At 
what  terrible  cost  have  we  purchased  the  priceless  jewel  of 
liberty  ? 

' '  The  afternoon  was  spent  as  a  holiday  by  the  colored  people 
in  the  fair  grounds.  The  white  children  were  furnished  a 
sail  down  the  harbor  and  a  visit  to  Fort  Sumter  by  the  kind- 
ness of  General  Hatch.  There  were  thought  to  be  ten  thou- 
sand people  at  the  dedication.  So  passed  the  first  May  day 
and  maying  of  the  free  colored  children  of  Charleston.  Pe- 
culiarly appropriate  and  touching. ' ' 

The  following  quotation  from  "Leaves  from  a  Lawyer's 
Life  Afloat  and  Ashore,"  by  Judge  Cowley,  page  204,  is  in 
support  of  the  same : 

"I  lingered  too  long  in  the  tropics  to  fulfil  a  promise  to  my 
friend,  Mr.  Redpath,  to  deliver  an  address  in  Charleston,  on 
the  day  of  the  decoration  of  the  graves  of  the  martyrs  of  the 
Race  Course.  James  Redpath,  I  believe,  is  the  real  originator  of 
the  practice  of  publicly  decorating  the  graves  of  the  men  who 
died  in  our  military  or  naval  service  during  the  civil  war. 
His  colored  clients  at  Charleston,  where  he  was  then  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction,  were  the  first  decorators;  and  I 
barely  escaped  the  honor  of  giving  the  first  Decoration  Day 
oration.  I  had  made  some  preparation  for  that  most  solemn 
service,  and  had  gathered  together  from  all  accessible  sources 
the  history  of  the  Race  Course  prison,  and  also  for  the  Morris 
Island  stockade  (for  I  meant  to  treat  both  sides  with  equal 
fairness).  Some  tribute  I  would  gladly  have  paid  to  those  un- 
named heroes  who,  lingering  from  week  to  week,  suffered  the 
bitter  pains  of  ten  thousand  deaths,  when  they  had  onlj^  to  re- 
nounce their  allegiance  to  the  Union  in  order  to  be  released." 

In  correspondence  with  Dr.  Henry  0.  Marcy  of  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  I  have  received  the  following  letter : 

''Replete  as  Charleston  is  with  objects  of  historic  note,  none 
will  prove  more  interesting  to  a  Northern  audience  than  a  bare 
plain,  three  miles  beyond  the  city.  It  is  the  Race  Course,  a 
resort  of  fashion  in  the  palmy  days  of  peace,  but  now  stript 
of  ornament. 


UNITED  STATES  COLORED  TROOPS.  293 

"A  mile  square  in  the  center  attracts  our  attention.  Upon 
its  sides  is  the  well  beaten  path,  worn  by  Confederate  senti- 
nels. A  little  within  and  parallel  is  a  single  obscure  mark; 
tread  upon  it  carefully,  it  is  the  dead  line.  Within,  furrowed 
with  trenches  and  burrowed  with  holes,  are  several  acres; 
gaze  upon  it  reverently;  it  is  the  prison  pen  of  Charleston. 
The  winds  sweep  ruthlessly'  across  its  surface  with  nothing  to 
break  their  force,  and  here,  without  shelter  from  the  storms 
of  heaven,  with  little  of  clothing  or  food,  our  comrades  in  the 
defence  of  our  country,  captured  in  the  struggle  for  liberty 
and  peace,  were,  shall  I  say  imprisoned,  shall  I  not  say  delib- 
erately exposed  to  torture,  starvation  and  death. 

"A  half  mile  away,  on  a  sunny  hillside,  protected  by  wood, 
long  rows  of  trenches  are  seen.  They  cover  the  famished  re- 
mains of  our  hero  dead.  They  rest  in  their  nameless  graves, 
sleeping  peacefully  until  the  last  reveille  shall  awaken  to  the 
roll-call  of  the  judgment  day. 

"The  first  of  May,  1865,  after  our  entrance  to  the  city,  was 
celebrated  in  a  most  touching  manner,  by  a  flower  tribute  paid 
these  brave  men  by  the  colored  children  of  the  city.  Their 
fathers  had  neatly  fenced  in  the  sacred  spot  and  over  the  arch- 
ing gateway  had  raised  the  following  inscription,  'Martyrs  of 
the  Race  Course. '  In  long  lines  thousands  of  colored  children 
coursed  around  those  graves  and  covered  them  with  choicest 
flowers  of  spring.  As  I  stood  and  heard  that  soul-inspiring 
hymn,  'John  Brown's  body  lies  mouldering  in  the  grave,  but 
his  soul  goes  marching  on,'  sung  by  thousands  of  voices,  I 
thought  of  the  shadowy  hosts  of  that  grand  army  who  had 
washed  their  robes  in  the  blood  of  a  thousand  battles,  whose 
approving  smile  must  need  rest  upon  this  touching  tribute  of 
remembrance  from  these  lowly  ones  whose  freedom  they  had 
died  to  secure. 

"They  rest  enshrined  in  the  hearts  of  a  grateful  people. 
The  freedom  of  four  millions  of  slaves  is  their  grandest  monu- 
ment. But  write  their  memory  in  enduring  marble  on  hilltop 
and  in  the  valley,  that  those  who  come  after  may  ever  have 
before  them  the  example  of  Liberty's  defenders. 


294  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

"Let  the  names  of  our  heroic  dead  be  engraven  upon  brazen 
tablets,  let  monumental  shaft  point  upward  to  their  spirit 
home,  and  thus  will  we  cultivate  the  memory  of  their  brave 
deeds,  and,  if  need  be,  emulate  their  example,  that  the  legacy 
of  our  fathers  may  descend  untarnished  to  our  children's 
children  to  the  latest  generations  of  earth. ' ' 

The  above  quotations  are  from  those  who  were  cognizant 
of  the  exercises  that  took  place  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  May  1, 
1865,  and  the  fact  that  a  New  Hampshire  woman,  laboring  as 
physician  and  teacher  to  those  participating  in  the  ceremonies 
of  that  eventful  day,  may  be  considered  as  a  good  reason  for 
pride  among  our  veteran  soldiers  for  having  been  represented 
in  the  first  observance  of  what  is  now  known  as  Memorial  Day. 


Benjamin  Hobbs,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Wakefield,  N.  H. 

(State  Service.) 

Hobbs,  Benjamin.  Granite  State  Guards;  b.  Wakefield;  age  22;  res. 
Somersworth;  enl.  Apr.  25,  '61,  as  Priv. ;  disch.,  by  order  of  Gov- 
ernor, June  10,  '61,  Portsmouth.  See  U.  S.  C.  T.  and  Miscel.  Organ- 
izations.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1208.) 

(MisceL  Organizations.) 

Hobbs,  Benjamin.  F.  and  S.;  10  N.  Y.  H.  Art.;  b.  Wakefield;  res, 
Somersworth;  enl.  for  3  yrs. ;  must,  in  May  28,  '63,  as  Asst.  Surg.; 
disch.  Mar.  4,  '64.  See  U.  S.  C.  T.  and  State  Service.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1055.) 

(U.  S.  C.  T.) 

Hobbs,  Benjamin.  F.  and  S.;  119  Inf.;  b.  Wakefield;  res.  Somers- 
worth; must,  in  Aug.  31,  '64,  as  Asst.  Surg.;  resigned  Jan.  1,  '65; 
must,  in  Jan.  5,  '65,  as  Asst.  Surg.  116  U.  S.  C.  Inf.;  app.  Surg. 
Mar.  26,  '66.  Died,  dis.  Aug.  28,  '66,  White's  Ranch,  Tex.  See 
Miscel.  Organizations  and  State  Service.  (Record,  Ayling's  Reg- 
ister, 1895,  p.  1020.) 

Surgeon  Hobbs  was  born  in  Wakefield,  N.  H.,  February  1, 
1840,  was  a  son  of  Josiah  H.  and  Rhoda  D.  (Chapman)  Hobbs, 
a  grandson  of  Benjamin  Hobbs.     His  father,  Josiah  H.  Hobbs, 


UNITED    STATES   COLORED   TROOPS.  295 

was  a  graduate  of  Bowdoin  in  the  class  of  1820  and  a  well- 
known  la\\'yer  of  Wakefield,  N.  H.,  where  he  died  in  1854,  at 
the  age  of  fifty-eight  years. 

He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools, 
supplemented  by  courses  at  Andover,  Mass.,  Wakefield  and  Gil- 
manton  Academies,  and  entered  the  Chandler  Scientific  School 
at  Dartmouth.  He  commenced  his  professional  education  in 
1859  in  Rochester,  N.  H.,  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Enoch 
Dow.  He  attended  the  JMedical  Department  of  Bowdoin  and 
Dartmouth  Colleges,  and  was  graduated  from  the  latter  in  the 
class  of  1863.  He  immediately  located  in  the  village  of  Un- 
ion (a  part  of  Wakefield),  where  he  made  it  his  home  until 
August,  1864.  In  the  meantime,  while  a  student  of  medicine, 
he  enlisted  in  the  Granite  State  Guards,  April  25,  1861,  was 
stationed  at  Portsmouth  and  was  discharged  from  the  service 
by  order  of  the  governor,  June  10,  1861,  so  that  he  might  con- 
tinue his  professional  education.  Afterwards  served  as  a  con- 
tract surgeon  in  Washington,  D.  C,  and  had  been  assistant  sur- 
geon in  the  One  Hundred  and  Seventh  New  York  Heavy 
Artillery.  He  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  One  Hun- 
dred and  Nineteenth  Regiment,  United  States  Colored  Troops, 
in  1863,  where  he  served  until  discharged  to  accept  the  posi- 
tion of  surgeon  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  United 
States  Colored  Troops  in  August,  1864.  He  contracted  cholera 
while  in  charge  of  the  hospital  at  White's  Ranch,  Tex.,  and 
died  August  28,  1866,  at  the  age  of  twenty-six  years.  That 
he  was  a  faithful  and  impartial  officer,  zealous  in  his  duties  to 
the  men  in  his  regiment,  is  well  understood  by  all  who  knew 
him.  His  services  to  the  government  were  recognized,  and 
his  remains  were  subsequently  sent  to  Wakefield,  N.  H.,  at 
the  government  expense,  by  direction  of  the  War  Department. 
This  order  was  to  Gen.  W.  S.  Hancock,  when  he  was  military 
governor  stationed  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  and  his  remains  were 
finally  buried  at  Wakefield. 

Surgeon  Hobbs  was  a  fraternal  member  of  the  Unity  Lodge, 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Union,  N.  H, 


296  SURGICAL    HISTORY    IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Married,  May  24,  1863,  Miss  Harriet  M.  Chase  of  Roches- 
ter, N.  H. 

One  child:  Laura  B.  Hobbs,  born  January  22,  1865;  died 
in  October,  1880. 


Moses  Craft  Lathrop,  M.  D. 

Dover,  N.  H. 

Surgeon  Lathrop  was  born  May  21,  1831,  in  Tolland,  Conn., 
and  was  the  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Drake)  Lathrop, 
and  grandson  of  Rev.  Rowland  Lathrop  of  Connecticut. 

On  his  father's  side,  Surgeon  Lathrop 's  family  record  is 
unbroken  through  eleven  generations,  including  Rev.  John  of 
Barnstable,  Mass.,  who  immigrated  in  1634.  The  Crafts,  for 
eight  generations  to  Lieut.  Griffin  Craft  of  Roxbury,  pioneer 
in  1630.  On  his  mother's  side,  for  seventeen  generations  of 
Drakes,  through  John  Drake  of  Windsor,  Conn.,  1630,  whose 
grandfather,  Robert,  was  the  son  of  Amy  Grenville,  sixth  from 
Sir  William  Grenville,  who  was  the  son  of  Margaret  Courtney, 
the  grand-daughter  of  Edward  Courtney,  whose  mother,  Mar- 
garet Bohun,  was  the  grand-daughter  of  Elizabeth  Plan- 
tagenet.  In  this  line  the  record  is  unbroken  for  thirty-two 
generations.  The  Wolcotts,  nine  generations,  through  his 
great-grandfather.  Dr.  Simon  Wolcott,  Revolutionary  Army 
surgeon,  the  grandson  of  Major  General  Roger  Wolcott,  colo- 
nial governor  of  Connecticut  from  1751  to  1754,  and  Henry 
Wolcott,  pioneer,  1635. 

His  early  education  was  received  at  common  schools  and  at 
the  academies  in  Ellington,  Conn.,  Munson  and  Wilbraham, 
Mass.  His  professional  education  commenced  under  the  pre- 
ceptorship  of  Marshall  Calkins,  of  Munson,  Mass.,  and  George 
Merrick  Nichols  of  Worcester,  Mass.  Attended  medical  lec- 
tures at  Worcester  Medical  College  and  was  graduated  from 
the  same  in  1852.  Located  for  the  practice  of  medicine  in 
1852,  at  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  remaining  there  for  one  year.  Was 
in  Lee,  Mass.,  for  two  years;  at  Attica,  N.  Y.,  for  three  years; 


UNITED   STATES   COLORED   TROOPS.  297 

Algona  and  Cedar  Falls,  Iowa,  five  years;  two  and  one-half 
years  in  the  army;  and  at  Dover,  N.  H.,  for  thirty-two  years, 
where  he  now  resides. 

He  is  ex-president  of  the  Strafford  District  Medical  Soci- 
ety, and  president  (1897- '98)  of  the  New  Hampshire  Med- 
ical Society,  and  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation. Has  written  and  published  various  papers,  several 
in  the  transactions  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society. 
Is  a  member  of  the  various  fraternal  societies,  including  Odd 
Fellows,  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Llasonic  bodies,  being  a 
Knight  Templar  of  St.  Paul's  Commandery  of  Dover. 

He  has  given  considerable  time  to  surgery,  operating  for 
excision  of  the  upper  fourth  of  the  humerus,  before  1865; 
laparotomy  for  appendicitis,  and  many  other  ordinary  and 
capital  operations.  Took  a  post-graduate  course  in  Boston  in 
1866.  In  1874  he  began  using  pure  chloroform,  topically  ap- 
plied, as  a  modifying  and  curative  agent  in  pharyngeal  and 
nasal  diphtheria. 

Surgeon  Lathrop's  military  service  commenced  as  assistant 
surgeon  of  the  Nineteenth  Iowa  Infantry,  being  commissioned 
by  Governor  Kirkwood,  July  17,  1863.  Resigned  October  22, 
1863,  to  accept  a  commission  of  surgeon  of  the  Fourth  Engi- 
neer Corps,  d'Afrique,  Col.  Charles  L.  Norton  commanding. 
The  designation  of  this  regiment  was  afterwards  changed  to 
the  Ninety-eighth  United  States  Colored  Troops,  and  in  the 
fall  of  1865,  by  consolidation  merged  in  the  Seventy-eighth 
United  States  Colored  Troops,  of  which  he  remained  surgeon 
until  the  regiment  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  July  6, 
1866.  He  was  post  surgeon  at  Brazier  City,  La.,  from  March 
1,  1865,  and  judge  advocate  of  a  general  court  martial  ordered 
by  Gen.  Thomas  W.  Sherman  at  New  Iberia,  La.,  August  5, 
1865. 

For  improvement  and  rest,  Doctor  Lathrop  in  1880  visited 
Europe;  in  1886,  California;  in  1889,  as  delegate  from  the 
New  Hampshire  IMedical  Society,  attended  the  meeting,  at 
Baniff  in  the  Rocky  Mountains,  of  the  Canadian  Medical  So- 
ciety.    And  in  1897,  as  invited  guest,  attended  in  Montreal  the 


298  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE  REBELLION. 

sixty-fifth  annual  meeting  of  the  British  Medical  Association. 
In  the  last  four  mentioned  trips  he  was  accompanied  by  Mrs. 
Lathrop. 

Married,  February  23,  1853,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Smith  Babcoek 
Mathews,  great  grand-daughter  of  Maj.  Gen.  Joshua  Babcoek, 
A.  M.,  M.  D.,  supreme  judge  of  Rhode  Island  and  charter  fel- 
low of  Brown  University. 


George  Jones  Norcross,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Rindge,  N.  H. 

NoBCROSs,  George  J.  F.  and  S.;  99  Inf.;  b.  Rindge;  res.  Rindge; 
must,  in  Oct.  1,  '65,  as  Asst.  Surg.  Died,  dis.  Dec.  8,  '65,  Mariana, 
Fla.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1022.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  January  27,  1841,  in 
Winchendon,  Mass.,  and  was  the  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Mary 
(Pillsbury)  Norcross,  a  grandson  of  Daniel  Norcross. 

His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  common 
schools  of  Rindge  and  at  Appleton  Academy,  New  Ipswich. 
He  commenced  his  professional  education  in  1862,  under  the 
direction  of  Dr.  Levi  Pillsbury,  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  and  he 
attended  medical  lectures  at  the  Medical  Department  of  Dart- 
mouth College,  the  same  year.  In  August,  1864,  he  was  an 
attendant  in  the  Douglas  Hospital  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  and 
attended  medical  lectures  at  the  Georgetown  Medical  College, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  August,  1865.  He  was  immedi- 
ately appointed  assistant  surgeon  in  the  Ninety-ninth  United 
States  Colored  Troops,  and  joined  his  regiment  at  Tallahassee, 
Fla.,  October  14,  1865.  In  November  of  the  same  year  an 
officer  of  his  regiment  was  ill  in  the  town  of  Mariana,  Fla.,  and 
requested  medical  attendance.  Surgeon  Norcross  at  once  at- 
tended to  the  call,  and  while  in  attendance  was  prostrated  with 
pneumonia,  which  ended  his  brief,  but  honorable  career,  De- 
cember 6,  1865. 


united  states  colored  troops.  299 

Daniel  Evans  Palmer,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Kittery,  Me. 

Paxmer.  Daniel  E.  F.  and  S.;  81  Inf.;  b.  Tuftonborough;  age  43; 
res.  Milton;  enl.  May  21,  'G4;  must,  in  June  6,  '64,  to  date  May  28, 
'64,  as  Surg.;  disch.  disab.  Nov.  24,  '64.  P.  O.  ad.,  Kittery,  Me. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1022.) 

Surgeon  Palmer  was  born  in  Tuftonborough,  N.  H.,  June 
18,  1821.  was  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Lydia  (Evans)  Palmer. 
His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  common  schools 
of  Tuftonborough  and  at  the  academies  of  Wolfeborough  and 
Gilmanton,  N.  H.  His  profes.sional  education  commenced 
at  Tuftonborough  in  1841,  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Enoch 
C.  Dow.  He  attended  several  courses  of  lectures  at  the  Med- 
ical Department  of  Bowdoin  College,  and  was  graduated  from 
the  same  in  the  class  of  1846.  During  the  period  of  his  pro- 
fessional study  he  vras  engaged  more  or  less  in  school  teaching 
in  Tuftonborough  and  adjoining  towns.  He  located  for  the 
practice  of  medicine  in  Gilmanton  Centre  in  1847,  where  he 
remained  one  year,  he  then  removed  to  Milton,  N.  H.,  where 
he  remained  seventeen  years  and  was  at  Tuftonborough  nine- 
teen years,  when  he  removed  to  Kittery,  i\Ie.,  where  he  resided 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  March  11,  1889. 

Doctor  Palmer's  military  service  commenced  as  a  contract 
surgeon,  December  14,  1863,  when  he  was  commissioned  and 
assigned  to  the  Department  of  the  Gulf.  He  arrived  in  New 
Orleans,  December  29,  1863,  and  reported  for  duty  to  IMedical 
Director  Robert  K.  Smith  of  Philadelphia,  at  Port  Hudson, 
La.,  January  3,  1864.  He  was  immediately  assigned  as  as- 
sistant surgeon  of  the  Sixth  Regiment,  Corps  d'Afrique,  and 
also  had  charge,  as  medical  officer,  of  the  Second  Vermont 
Battery,  ninety-four  men.  At  that  time  the  surgeon  in  charge 
of  the  Sixth  Colored  Regiment  was  Dr.  William  G.  David  of 
Lyons,  N.  Y.,  a  New  Hampshire  man  by  birth,  his  father  then 
living  in  Amherst.  March  20,  1864,  Doctor  Palmer  was  ap- 
pointed acting  surgeon  of  the  Eighteenth  Colored  Regiment,  in 
addition  to  his  other  duties.     About  April  1,  1864,  he  was  re- 


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300  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

lievecl  of  his  duties  with  the  Sixth  and  Eighteenth  regiments, 
and  also  of  the  Second  Vermont  Battery,  and  ordered  to  take 
charge  as  surgeon  of  the  Ninth  Regiment,  United  States  Col- 
ored Troops.  He  acted  in  this  capacity  until  May  21,  1864, 
when  he  was  commissioned  as  surgeon  of  the  Eighty-first  Reg- 
iment, United  States  Colored  Infantry.  He  was  surgeon  of 
this  regiment  from  this  time  until  he  was  discharged,  Novem- 
ber 24,  1864. 

Surgeon  Palmer  was  a  representative  to  the  New  Hampshire 
legislature  from  Milton  in  1859  and  1860,  and  postmaster  at 
Tuftonborough  from  1875  to  1884.  Early  in  his  professional 
life  he  had  charge  of  an  epidemic  of  smallpox  in  Lebanon, 
Me.,  and  was  eminently  successful  in  stamping  it  out ;  he  also 
had  a  large  experience  in  an  epidemic  of  scarlet  fever  in  Tuf- 
tonborough, Moultonborough  and  Wolfeborough,  in  1868  and 
1869. 

Married,  March  14,  1847,  Anna  Durgin  of  Gilmanton,  N.  H. 

Three  children:  Emma  F.,  Charles  H.  and  Frank  A. 
Palmer. 


Isaiah  Lovell  Pickard,  M.  D. 

Surgeon  Pickard  was  the  sixth  of  a  family  of  ten  children 
of  Daniel  and  Susan  (Harvey)  Pickard,  and  was  born  in  Can- 
terbury, March  6,  1831.  He  received  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion in  his  native  town  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  Med- 
ical Department  of  Bowdoin  College,  Maine,  in  1863.  He 
was  immediately  commissioned  assistant  surgeon  of  the  First 
Regiment,  Massachusetts  Volunteers,  commanded  by  Col.  N.  B. 
Laughlin,  and  served  until  the  regiment  was  mustered  out  of 
the  service  May  28,  1864.  He  was  then  commissioned  sur- 
geon of  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifteenth  United  States  In- 
fantry, colored,  August  2,  1864,  and  served  with  this  regiment 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  at  Indianola,  Tex.,  July  19, 
1865. 


united  states  colored  troops.  301 

John  Milton  Rand,  M.  D. 
Newark,  N.  J. 

Rand,  John  M.  F.  and  S.;  29  Conn.  Inf.  (Colored);  res.  Milford; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Jan.  14,  '64;  must,  in  Feb.  3,  '64,  for  3  yrs.;  must, 
out  Oct.  24,  '65.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1072.) 

John  Milton  Rand,  b.  1  Dec,  1834,  Lyndeborough,  N.  H.  Asst.  Surg. 
29th  Conn.  Vol.  Inf..  1864-65.  Physician,  10  Green  St.,  Newark, 
N.  J.     (Dartmouth  Catalogue.) 

Surgeon  Rand  was  born  in  Lyndeborough,  N.  H.,  and  was 
the  son  of  John  and  Fanny  D.  (Symonds)  Rand.  His  prelim- 
inary education  was  received  in  the  common  schools  and  at 
Francestown  Academy,  New  Hampshire.  His  professional 
education  commenced  in  1855,  under  the  direction  of  the  late 
Prof.  Albert  Smith  of  Peterborough.  He  attended  three 
courses  of  medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth  Medical  College,  and 
was  graduated  from  the  same  in  the  class  of  1859.  He  com- 
menced the  practice  of  medicine  in  Bennington,  N.  H.,  after- 
wards in  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  and  Warren,  R.  I. ;  also  for  a 
time  in  Valparaiso,  Chile,  S.  A. 

He  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Twenty-ninth 
Connecticut  Volunteers  (U.  S.  C.  T.),  January  14,  1864,  and 
mustered  out,  by  reason  of  the  close  of  the  war,  October  24, 
1865.  During  this  time  he  served  as  executive  officer  of  the 
field  hospital  of  the  Tenth  Army  Corps,  and  was  made  a  full 
surgeon  by  General  Butler's  order,  but  not  mustered,  as  he 
preferred  to  remain  with  the  field  hospital. 

He  Avas  located  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  and  was  the  senior  surgeon 
of  the  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children ;  also  surgeon  to 
various  insurance  companies.  He  was  an  Odd  Fellow ;  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Order  of  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  of  the  Garfield 
Post  of  the  Grand  Army. 

Married,  in  1858,  Miss  Orlin  A.  Wilson. 

No  children. 

Died  December  18,  1905,  at  Newark,  N.  J. 


302  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Hermon  Joseph  Smith,  M.  D. 
Lowell,  Mass. 

Smith,  Herman  J.  F.  and  S.;  5  Cav.;  b.  New  Hampshire;  age  27; 
cred.  Dover;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  9,  '64;  must,  in  Oct.  17,  '64,  to 
date  Oct.  8,  '64;  must,  out  Mar.  16,  '66.  (Record,  Ayling's  Reg- 
ister, 1895,  p.  1024.) 

Surgeon  Smith  was  born  in  Dover,  N.  H.,  November  15, 
1836,  and  was  the  son  of  Joseph  Haven  and  Meribah  Smith,  a 
grandson  of  John  Smith  of  New  Hampshire.  His  father, 
Joseph  Haven  Smith,  was  an  active  member  of  the  profession 
in  Dover,  a  fellow  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  and 
its  president  in  1849.  Was  inspector  of  drugs  in  Boston  Cus- 
tom House  under  President  Pierce's  administration,  and  soon 
after  removed  to  Lowell.  His  early  education  was  received 
in  the  common  and  high  schools  of  Dover,  fitting  for  college 
at  Grilmanton  Academy,  and  received  the  degree  of  A.  B.  from 
Tuft's  College  in  1858.  Commenced  the  study  of  medicine 
with  Dr.  William  McCollom  of  Woodstock,  Vt.,  and  attended 
medical  lectures  at  Harvard  and  Dartmouth  Medical  Colleges, 
and  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  New  York, 
taking  three  courses  of  lectures,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College  in  the  class  of  1867. 

While  a  student  in  medicine  he  passed  the  necessary  exam- 
inations and  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  August  9,  1864, 
and  assigned  to  duty  in  the  Fifth  Cavalry,  United  States  Col- 
ored Troops,  and  was  mustered  out  March  16,  1866.  Subse- 
quently he  completed  his  course  in  medicine,  and  was  gradu- 
ated from  Dartmouth.  After  graduation  he  was  located  in 
New  York  City  for  five  years,  a  portion  of  the  time  being  vis- 
iting physician  to  the  Northwestern  Dispensary.  Since  that 
time  he  has  been  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  where  his  ability  has  been 
recognized  in  being  elected  city  physician,  superintendent  of 
the  Lowell  Hospital,  member  of  the  present  staffs  of  Lowell 
and  Lowell  General  Hospitals,  and  president  of  the  United 
States  examining  board  for  pensions,  member  of  the  school 
committee,  etc.     Belongs  to  several  Masonic  lodges,  Oberlin 


UNITED   STATES   COLORED   TROOPS.  303 

Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  Grand  Army  and  Loyal  Legion  of  Mas- 
sachusetts. 

Married,  in  1865,  Isabelle  S.  Anderson  of  Woodstock,  Vt. 

Children,  three:  Carroll  Haven,  Forster  Hanson,  Reginald 
Forster  Smith. 


Charles  Clinton  Topliff,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Penacook,  N.  H. 

Topliff,  Charles  Clintox.  19  Inf.;  b.  Hanover;  age  25;  app.  Asst. 
Surg.  Dec,  '63;  disch.  Nov.,  '64.  Died  Apr.  30,  '81,  Manchester. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1025.) 

Surgeon  Topliff  was  born  in  Hanover,  July  22,  1835,  and 
was  the  son  of  Abijah  and  Susan  (Miller)  Topliff,  and  a  grand- 
son of  Calvin  Topliff.  He  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  the  common  schools  of  Hanover  and  at  Thetford  Academy, 
"Vermont.  He  commenced  his  professional  studies  in  Lyme, 
N.  H.,  in  1855,  under  the  direction  of  Abram  O.  Dickey,  M.  D., 
of  Lyme,  and  Dixi  Crosby,  M.  D.,  of  Hanover.  He  attended 
three  courses  of  lectures  at  Dartmouth  Medical  College,  and 
was  graduated  ]\I.  D.  in  the  class  of  1859 ;  was  located  for  the 
practice  of  medicine  in  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  from  1859  to  1861, 
and  afterwards  in  Penacook,  N.  H. 

He  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Nineteenth  Reg- 
iment, United  States  Colored  Troops,  in  December,  1863,  and 
resigned  on  account  of  ill  health  in  November,  1864,  and  re- 
turned to  Penacook,  where  he  resumed  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine, but  on  account  of  his  health  was  unable  to  do  but  little 
of  the  duty  of  the  profession,  consequently  he  entered  the 
drug  business.  He  built  up  a  good  trade  and  did  quite  a  large 
professional  office  business  in  connection  with  the  same. 

Married  Mahala  J.  Carter  of  Hanover. 

No  children. 

Doctor  Topliff  died  April  30,  1881,  in  Manchester,  N.  H. 


304  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Daniel  E.  Wells,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Hill,  N.  H. 

Wells,  Daxiel  E.  F.  and  S.;  109  Inf.;  b.  Woodstock;  age  35;  res. 
Franconia;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  17,  '64;  must,  in  Oct.  23,  '64,  to 
date  Oct.  6,  '64;  resigned  May  2,  '65.  Died  Dec.  30,  '79,  Hill. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1025.) 

Doctor  Wells  died  in  Hill,  N.  H.,  in  1879 ;  from  an  obituary 
notice  by  his  friend  and  counsellor,  Dr.  Hadley  B.  Fowler, 
formerly  of  the  Twelfth  New  Hampshire,  we  learn  the  fol- 
lowing facts,  which  are  copied  from  the  Transactions  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society : 

"Daniel  E.  Wells,  a  descendant  of  a  New  Hampshire  yeo- 
man, was  born  in  Woodstock,  N.  H.,  October  21,  1829.  He 
received  an  academic  education  at  Royalton,  Vt.,  and  Boston, 
Mass.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  commenced  the  study  of 
medicine  under  the  direction  of  Drs.  Joseph  Dennison  and 
Daniel  Rix  of  Royalton,  Vt.  He  attended  two  courses  of  med- 
ical lectures  at  Woodstock,  Vt.,  from  which  college  he  re- 
ceived a  diploma  in  1851.  For  a  year  after  receiving  his  de- 
gree he  rode  with  one  of  his  preceptors,  acquiring  the  prac- 
tical part  of  his  medical  education  so  much  needed  by  a 
book-worn  student. 

"In  1852  he  was  joined  in  marriage  to  the  esteemed  lady  who, 
with  an  only  daughter  and  an  adopted  son,  survives  him. 
Soon  after  he  commenced  practicing  in  North  Danville,  N.  H., 
where  he  remained  until  1857,  at  which  time  he  moved  to 
Franconia. 

"In  1864  he  was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon  of  the  One 
Hundred  and  Ninth  United  States  Colored  Troops,  and  as- 
signed to  duty  at  Point  of  Rocks  Hospital,  Virginia,  where 
he  was  stationed  until  he  received  leave  of  absence,  and  sub- 
sequently an  honorable  discharge  on  account  of  sickness. 

"In  choosing  the  practice  of  medicine  for  his  life  work,  he 
undertook  a  task  which  time  showed  his  constitution  could  not 
support,  and  in  1870  we  find  him  in  impaired  health,  with 
joints  disfigured  by  chronic  rheumatism,  leaving  his  many 
friends  in  Franconia  and  beginning  the  more  quiet  life  of  a 


UNITED    STATES    COLORED    TROOPS.  805 

druggist  in  Hardwick,  Vt.,  from  which  place  he  moved  to 
Bristol,  N.  H.,  in  1873.  There  he  remained  as  an  apothecary 
one  year,  and  then  began  practicing  in  Alexandria.  In  1876 
he  moved  to  Bethlehem,  X.  H.,  where  he  practiced  three  years. 
In  1879,  we  find  him  opening  an  office  in  Hill,  N.  H.,  where, 
on  the  approach  of  winter,  he  gradually  sank  from  the  com- 
bined effects  of  rheumatism  and  Bright 's  disease,  dying  on 
the  thirtieth  day  of  December,  1879. 

' '  Doctor  Wells  began  life  almost  in  the  shadow  of  the  Fran- 
conia  branch  of  the  White  Hills,  on  whose  stony  face  the  Cre- 
ator's sign  hangs  out,  informing  all  who  gaze  at  the  grand  old 
profile  that  men  are  made  here ;  and  well  was  the  Great  Archi- 
tect's  desigTi  fulfilled  in  him,  for  a  more  dutiful  son.  Christian 
neighbor,  kind  parent,  or  sympathizing  physician,  one  rarely 
meets. 

**He  was  a  prominent  Mason,  an  earnest  worker  in  the 
church,  and  his  smiling  face  will  be  long  remembered  by  all 
who  had  the  pleasure  of  his  acquaintance." 


Henry  W.  Willoughby,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Mollis,  N.  H. 

Willoughby,  Henry  W.  F.  and  S.;  1  Inf.;  b.  Hollis;  age  47;  res. 
Hollis;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  2,  'C3;  must,  in  Oct.  1,  '63;  disch. 
dlsab.  Aug.  16,  '64.  Died  Mar.  8,  '91,  Hollis.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  1026.) 

Surgeon  Willoughby  was  the  son  of  Washington  and  Lucy 
(Saunderson)  Willoughby,  and  was  born  in  Hollis,  December 
21,  1816.  His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  Nashua 
high  school,  and  prepared  for  college  at  the  East  Pepperell, 
Mass.,  academy,  and  entered  Amherst  College,  where  he  re- 
mained for  two  years.  He  then  commenced  the  study  of  medi- 
cine with  Doctor  Mar.shall  of  i\Iason,  N.  H.,  and  continued  the 
same  with  Doctor  Ashley  in  southern  Georgia.  This  was 
about  1840,  at  which  time  he  was  teaching  school  to  obtain 
money  to  fini.sh  his  education.     For  a  little  time  he  was  cou- 

ao 


306  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

nected  with  the  Union  Theological  Seminary  of  New  York 
City,  but  a  throat  trouble  developed,  preventing  him  from  pur- 
suing that  course  any  further.  Partially  on  account  of  his 
health  he  went  South  and  became  a  tutor  in  the  family  of  Doc- 
tor Ashley  and  continued  his  medical  studies  under  his  di- 
rection. He  attended  two  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  Jef- 
ferson Medical  College  in  Philadelphia,  and  was  graduated 
from  the  same  in  the  class  of  1853 ;  commenced  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  in  Nashua,  and  removed  to  Hollis  in 
1854,  where  he  remained  until  his  death,  March  8,  1891. 

He  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  First  Infantry, 
United  States  Colored  Troops,  September  2,  1863,  and  his  ser- 
vice was  along  the  coast  of  Virginia  and  North  Carolina,  be- 
ing stationed  at  Portsmouth,  Va.,  where  he  had  considerable 
experience  with  the  smallpox  epidemic.  He  then  went  up  the 
James  river  and  was  for  some  weeks  at  a  fort  on  the  James 
river,  and  was  in  the  first  battle  of  Petersburg,  where  he  be- 
came disabled  from  disease,  from  which  he  never  fully  recov- 
ered, and  died  in  Hollis,  as  above  stated. 

He  was  a  fine  classical  scholar,  was  fluent  in  German  and 
French,  and  had  a  good  knowledge  of  the  Latin,  Greek  and 
Hebrew  languages. 

Married,  June  29,  1857,  at  Dracut,  Mass.,  Lucelia  Abbott. 

No  children. 


Alexander  Maxwell  Winn,  M.  D. 

Surgeon  Winn  was  born  in  Wells,  Me.,  January  8,  1820,  re- 
ceived an  academic  education  at  Elliot  Academy  and  Maine 
Wesleyan  Seminary.  He  then  took  up  the  study  of  medi- 
cine, taking  two  courses  of  lectures  at  Brunswick,  Me.,  and 
one  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  and  was  graduated  from  the  Medical 
Department  of  Dartmouth  College  in  the  class  of  1846. 

Doctor  Winn  commenced  practice  at  New  Durham,  N.  H., 
about  1847.  He  afterwards  removed  to  Newfield,  Me.,  in 
1849,  and  from  there  to  Farmington,  N.  H.,  in  1856,  where  he 


UNITED   STATES   COLORED   TROOPS.  307 

remained  until  1864,  when  he  was  commissioned  assistant 
surgeon  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighteenth  United  States 
Colored  Troops,  and  was  ordered  in  charge  of  the  hospital  at 
Point  of  Rocks,  Va.,  after  which  he  joined  his  regiment  at 
Brownsville,  Tex.,  when  he  was  ordered  to  Brazos,  as  surgeon 
in  charge  of  the  hospital,  where  he  remained  until  his  final 
discharge  at  the  close  of  the  war  in  April,  1866. 

After  returning  to  his  home  in  Farmington,  he  removed  to 
Manchester,  N.  H.,  where  he  resided  until  about  1874,  when 
he  was  commissioned  surgeon  of  the  National  Soldiers'  Home 
at  Togus,  near  Augusta,  Me.,  where  he  remained  until  April, 
1878,  when  he  resigned  and  resumed  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion in  China,  Me.  Dr.  Winn  died  at  China,  IMe.,  Januarj^ 
5,  1879. 

Married,  Maria  D.  Hayes  of  Alton,  N.  H. 

Children :  One  son.  Dr.  Eri  H.  Winn,  who  is  also  a  grad- 
uate of  Dartmouth,  of  the  class  of  1877. 


James  Munroe  Whitaker,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Charles  town,  N.  H. 

Surgeon  Whitaker  was  born  in  Atkinson,  N.  H.,  April  21, 
1831,  and  was  the  son  of  James  Benton  and  Roxana  ( Saun- 
ders j  Whitaker.  His  preliminary  education  was  received  in 
the  common  schools  of  New  Hampshire  and  at  Atkinson  Acad- 
emy. He  received  the  degree  of  A.  B.  from  Dartmouth  Medi- 
cal College  in  1861,  and  of  A.  M.  from  the  same  institution  in 
1864.  He  read  medicine  under  the  direction  of  Prof.  Dixi 
Crosby  of  Hanover,  and  attended  lectures  at  the  Medical  De- 
partment of  Dartmouth  College;  was  graduated  from  the 
same  in  the  class  of  1864. 

He  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States  as  assistant  sur- 
geon of  the  Seventieth  Regiment,  United  States  Colored  In- 
fantry, in  1863,  remaining  with  the  same  until  1865.  He  was 
resident  physician  at  Tewksbury,  Mass.,  almshouse  one  year, 
and  removed  to  Santa  Barbara,  Cal.,  where  he  resided  nearly 


308  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

two  years  and  then  located  in  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  where  he 
resided  until  his  decease,  which  occurred  June  30,  1896. 

Surgeon  Whitaker  took  great  interest  in  educational  mat- 
ters; was  superintendent  of  schools  in  Charlestown  for  many 
years. 

A  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  was  com- 
mander of  Lincoln  Post,  twenty-eight,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, deacon  of  the  Congregational  Church  of  Charlestown. 
Was  a  contributor  to  medical  journals  and  took  great  interest 
in  sanitary  and  pathological  work;  had  charge  of  the  small- 
pox epidemic  at  Charlestown,  and  did  considerable  surgical 
work  for  the  Sullivan  County  Railroad. 

Was  never  married. 


UNITED  STATES  NAVY. 


"The  records  of  New  Hampshire  men  who  served  in  the 
United  States  Navy  were  necessarily  obtained  from  the  navy 
department,  the  state  having  no  records  or  rolls  of  appoint- 
ments or  enlistments  in  the  navy,  and  the  following  register  is 
compiled,  largely,  from  material  furnished  by  Mr.  Edmund  A. 
Roderick,  a  volunteer  naval  officer  during  the  war,  now  a  clerk 
in  the  department,  whose  long  service  and  familiarity  with  the 
records,  as  Avell  as  his  experience  in  preparing  similar  registers 
for  other  states,  should  be  assurance  of  the  correctness  and 
completeness  of  this  work,  for  which  he  was  especially  engaged. 

* '  The  offices  of  the  third  and  fourth  auditors  were  consulted 
when  the  final  disposition  of  men  was  not  shown  by  the  records 
of  the  navy  department,  and,  when  possible,  the  residence  at 
enlistment,  and  the  last  known  post-office  address,  or  date  and 
place  of  death — if  deceased  since  the  war — have  been  added  by 
this  office. 

"In  many  cases,  the  town,  city  or  state  to  which  men  were 
credited,  is  not  shown  by  the  records  of  the  navy  department, 
and,  unfortunately,  the  place  of  residence  of  enlisted  men  at 
time  of  enlistment  is  not  shown  at  all;  consequently  this 
register  may  give  the  records  of  some  men  who  were  born  in 
New  Hampshire  but  had  become  residents  of  other  states,  and 
may  not  give  the  records  of  some  who  were  born  in  other  states 
but  had  acquired  a  residence  in  New  Hampshire. 

"So  far  as  they  can  be  obtained,  the  records  are  given  of  all 
men  credited  to  New  Hampshire,  who  served  during  the  war ; 
all  men  born  in  New  Hampshire  and  not  credited  to  other 
states;  all  men  not  credited  to  other  states,  who  enlisted  at 
Portsmouth  between  April  19,  1861,  and  May  1,  1865;  all 
officers,  regular  and  volunteer,  who  were  born  in  or  appointed 


310  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN  THE   REBELLION. 

from  New  Hampshire;  and  all  regular  officers  who  reported 
New  Hampshire  as  their  residence."  (Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  1098.) 

The  above  abstract  from  General  Ayling's  Register  shows 
the  difficulties  of  obtaining  the  data  necessary  to  compile  the 
biographical  sketches  of  many  of  the  surgical  staff  connected 
with  the  navj^  New  Hampshire  was  fortunate  in  the  char- 
acter of  the  medical  ofticers  who  entered  the  navy.  One  of 
her  sons,  Dr.  John  Mills  Brown,  soon  after  the  war  closed, 
became  surgeon  general,  U.  S.  N.,  the  highest  official  position 
that  can  be  bestowed  upon  the  profession  in  that  department 
of  the  United  States  government. 

The  compiler  is  under  many  obligations  to  the  friends  of  this 
department  of  our  service.  There  is  no  lack  of  loyalty  on  the 
part  of  New  Hampshire  citizens.  The  trouble  has  been  that 
individuals  were  only  credited  to  the  state,  and  family  names 
are  perplexing.  The  same  family  name  may,  and  often  does, 
appear  in  several  towns  in  different  parts  of  the  state. 


Jeffrey  T.  Adams,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Claremont,  N.  H. 

Adams,  Jeffrey  T.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Boston,  Mass.;  age  30;  res. 
Claremont;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Nov.  30,  '61;  appointment  re- 
voked July  26,  '62;  no  record  of  service  performed.  Died  June 
17,  '65,  Claremont.      (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1096.) 

Surgeon  Adams  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  June  14,  1831, 
and  was  the  son  of  Joseph  T.  and  Susan  Peirce  (Jarvis) 
Adams;  a  grandson  of  Joseph  Adams.  His  preliminary  edu- 
cation was  received  in  the  common  schools  and  he  was  fitted  for 
college  by  Rev.  Mr.  Hildreth  of  Derry,  N.  H.  He  entered 
Harvard  at  the  age  of  fifteen  but  was  compelled  to  leave  col- 
lege on  account  of  his  health.  He  commenced  his  professional 
education  with  the  late  Dr.  Samuel  G.  Jarvis  of  Claremont, 
N.  H.,  continuing  the  same  with  a  medical  course  at  Castleton 
Medical  College,  Vermont,  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  in  1857. 
On  account  of  his  health  he  went  to  Minnesota  to  practice 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  311 

medicine  aud  was  appointed  physician  to  the  Sioux  Indian 
Reservation  by  Governor  Sibley  of  Minnesota.  His  health 
failing,  he  returned  to  Claremont  and  began  to  practice  medi- 
cine with  his  uncle  and  preceptor,  Dr.  Samuel  G.  Jarvis. 

November  30,  1861,  he  was  appointed  acting  assistant  sur- 
geon, United  States  Navy,  and  served  on  the  United  States 
bark  "Pursuit,"  East  Gulf  Blockading  Squadron.  On  April 
4,  1862,  he  volunteered  as  a  member  of  the  boarding  party 
from  that  vessel,  which  captured  the  Confederate  blockade- 
runner  "Florida,"  loaded  with  cotton,  in  St.  Andrew's  bay, 
Fla.  The  same  day  this  boarding  party  captured  the  sloop 
"Lafayette,"  also  I'jaded  with  cotton.  Later  in  April,  1862, 
his  health  again  failing  from  the  same  cause,  consumption,  he 
was  condemned  by  medical  examiners  and  sent  home  on  three 
months'  sick  leave.  His  health  not  warranting  further  duty, 
his  appointment  Vv-as  revoked  July  26,  1862.  His  health  was 
never  fully  recovered,  but,  with  characteristic  patriotism  and 
energy,  he  again  offered  his  services  and  was  appointed  acting 
assistant  surgeon  at  the  United  States  Hospital  at  Brattleboro, 
Vt.,  June  4,  1864.  He  served  until  December  10,  1864,  when 
his  old  m.alady  forced  him  to  return  to  his  home  at  Claremont, 
where  he  died  June  17,  1865. 

(The  above  was  obtained  from  the  official  records  at  Wash- 
ington by  Andrew  Dunlap,  Commander  United  States  Navy, 
who  married  a  sister  of  Jeffrey  T.  Adams.) 

The  above  record  of  services  by  Surgeon  Adams  shows  that 
in  some  way  an  unintentional  injury  was  done  in  transcribing 
his  record  of  services.  His  appointment  was  revoked  because 
he  was  too  ill  to  do  further  service  in  the  nSLvy.  It  is  possible 
that  his  patriotism  and  enthusiasm  overbalanced  his  judgment 
in  volunteering  on  duties  that  would  not  be  expected  of  a 
medical  olTicer,  yet  there  can  be  no  doubt  but  what  he  was 
very  popular  with  his  men,  honorable  and  upright  with  every- 
body ;  that  he  laid  his  life  upon  the  altar  of  Liberty  and  Free- 
dom for  his  country,  and  thereby  has  left  a  record  of  an 
honorable  and  able  man. 


312  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Joseph  Geerish  Ayers,  M.  D. 
Canterbury,  N.  H. 

(15  N.  H.  V.) 

Ayers,  Joseph  G.  Co.  G.;  b.  Canterbury;  age  22;  res.  Northfield; 
enl.  Oct.  11,  'G2,  as  Priv.;  app.  2  Lt.  Nov.  3,  '62;  must,  in  to  date 
Oct.  11,  '62,  as  2  Lt.;  app.  1  Lt.  March  1,  '63;  must,  out  Aug.  13, 
'63.  P.  O.  ad.,  V/ashington,  D.  C.  See  U.  S.  Navy.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  738.) 

(U.  S.  Navy.) 

Ayers,  Joseph  G.  Volunteer  oflBcer;  b.  Canterbury;  age  24;  res. 
Northfield;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  17,  '64;  disch.  Sept.  24, 
'66;  app.  Asst.  Surg,  in  the  regular  navy  Oct.  18,  '66;  Passed  Asst. 
Surg.  Oct.  12,  '69;  Surg.  Jan.  7,  '78;  still  in  the  service.  P.  O.  ad., 
Washington,  D.  C.  See  15  N.  H.  V.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.   1098.) 

Surgeon  Ayers  was  born  in  Canterbury,  November  3,  1839, 
and  was  the  son  of  Charles  Haines  and  Ahnira  Samantha 
(Gerrish)  Ayers;  grandson  of  Jonathan  Ayers.  He  received 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools  and  was  a 
graduate  of  the  New  Hampton  Seminary  at  New  Hampton, 
N.  H.  He  commenced  his  professional  studies  in  1861,  in  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  with  Charles  P.  Gage,  M.  D.  He  attended  lectures 
at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  New  York  and 
the  University  of  Vermont,  and  was  graduated  from  the  latter 
in  1864.  His  service  in  the  army  commenced  the  eleventh  of 
October,  1862,  he  at  this  time  being  second,  and  afterwards 
first,  lieutenant  in  Co.  G,  Fifteenth  New  Hampshire  Volun- 
teers, where  he  remained  until  August  18,  1863.  He  was  ap- 
pointed acting  assistant  surgeon  of  the  United  States  Army 
and  Avas  stationed  at  the  United  States  Army  Hospital,  Ports- 
mouth Grove,  R.  I.,  from  June  28  to  October  27,  1864.  He  then 
received  a  commission  as  assistant  surgeon  in  the  United  States 
Navy,  December  17,  1864,  and  served  until  September  24, 
1866,  and  has  passed  through  all  the  grades  in  the  surgical 
service  in  the  United  States  Navy  to  his  present  grade  of  medi- 
cal inspector.  He  was  fleet  surgeon  of  the  Asiatic  Squadron 
in  1895- '97.  He  has  written  various  papers,  including  sani- 
tary reports  published  in  the  yearly  reports  of  the  surgeon- 
general's  office. 


UNITED    STATES   NAVY.  313 

Report  on  Cundiirango  to  the  Bureau  of  Medicine  and  Sur- 
gery, partially  embodied  in  the  publication  of  that  bureau  in 
1873,  from  facts  obtained  by  Surgeon  Ayers  during  a  visit 
into  the  interior  of  Ecuador,  by  order  of  the  navy  depart- 
ment. 

Married,  July  11,  1884,  Olinda  Ann  Austin. 

Children,  two :  Joseph  Gerrish  and  Charles  Haines  Ayers. 


Benjamix  F.  Bigelow,  M.  D. 

BiGELOw,  Ben.tamix  F.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Massachusetts;  res. 
New  Hampshire;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  12,  'G3;  served  on 
U.  S.  S.  "Albatross"  and  "Nyack";  resigned  Maj'  5,  '65.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1101.) 

"Peterborough,  N.  H.,  July  3,  1899. 
"Granville  P.  Conn,  Medical  Director,  G.  A.  B.: 

"Dear  Comrade: — In  looking  over  the  journal  of  the  last  de- 
partment encampment,  I  see  that  you  ask  for  information  in 
regard  to  Benj.  F.  Bigelow,  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  the 
na\'y. 

"After  he  resigned  he  went  to  Claypool,  Ind..  and  died  there 
in  June,  1879. 

"Hoping  this  information  may  be  of  ser\'ice  to  you,  I  am 
yours  in  F.,  C.  &  L., 

"John  F.  D'Orsay, 

"Adjutant.'' 


George  Holmes  Bixby,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Boston,  Mass. 

Bixby,  George  Holmes.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Surinam.  South 
America;  age  25;  res.  Fiancestown;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  June  1,  '62; 
served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Red  River";  resigned  and  disch.  June  24,  '65. 
P.  O.  ad.,  Francestown.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1101.) 

Surgeon  Bixby  was  born  in  Paramaribo,  Dutch  Guiana, 
South  America,  the  .second  day  of  November,  1837,  and  was  the 
son  of  Levi  and  Mary  A.  (Lobata)  Bixby,  and  a  grandson  of 


314  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Thomas  Bixby,  a  lieutenant  in  the  Army  of  the  Eevolution 
and  a  lifelong  resident  of  Francestown.  The  Bixby  family 
for  many  years  occupied  a  very  influential  position  in  the 
town  of  Francestown,  and  Surgeon  Bixby 's  father  resided  for 
a  considerable  period  at  Surinam,  Dutch  Guiana,  South 
America,  w^here  for  several  years  he  occupied  the  position  of 
United  States  consul  for  that  country. 

Surgeon  Bixby  came  to  Francestown  in  early  life,  received 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  district  schools  of  that  town 
and  at  Francestown  Academy,  and  was  for  two  years  at 
Williams  College,  Massachusetts.  His  professional  education 
was  received  at  the  Vermont  Medical  College  at  Woodstock, 
Vt.,  at  the  Harvard  Medical  School,  and,  finally,  at  the  Medical 
Department  of  Dartmouth  College,  where  he  was  graduated 
M.  D.  in  the  class  of  1858.  He  immediately  visited  Europe 
for  a  post-graduate  course  and  was  in  Vienna  at  the  com- 
mencement of  the  Rebellion.  His  patriotism  and  love  of  coun- 
try prompted  him  to  return  to  the  United  States  and  he 
reached  Boston  in  January,  1862. 

The  History  of  FrancestoAvn  says  of  him:  "Learning  that 
there  was  great  destitution  and  suffering  with  the  army  in 
the  Mississippi  valley  and  that  the  Western  Sanitary  Com- 
mission were  in  great  need  of  medical  assistance,  he  offered  his 
services  to  this  commission  at  St.  Louis,  and  was  assigned  to 
the  river  steamer  ' '  Empress. ' '  At  the  end  of  two  months,  the 
sanitary  condition  of  that  section  Avas  so  much  improved  that 
he  accepted  an  appointment  as  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  the 
navy  and  Avas  assigned  to  the  "Red  Rover,"  and  reported  the 
sixth  of  June,  1862,  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  where  his  boat  re- 
ceived the  sick  and  wounded  resulting  from  the  engagements 
at  Island  No.  10,  Fort  Pillow  and  Fort  Hindman.  He  was  at 
Vicksburg  at  its  surrender  in  June,  1863,  and  served  with  the 
Mississippi  Squadron  until  the  twenty-fifth  of  November,  1865, 
when  he  resigned  and  was  discharged." 

After  special  service  in  the  cholera  epidemic  at  St.  Louis  in 
1866,  he  spent  the  year  of  1867  in  completing  gynecological 
studies  in  Paris  and  Vienna.     Returning  in  1868,  he  was  lo- 


UNITED    STATES   NAVY.  315 

cated  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Boston,  being  after- 
ward associated  with  Dr.  Horatio  R.  Storer,  now  of  Newport, 
R.  I.,  with  whom  he  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  "Journal 
of  the  Gynecological  Society  of  Boston."  He  served  as  gyne- 
cological physician  to  the  City  Hospital,  St.  Elizabeth  and 
the  Carney  hospitals. 

Among  his  special  publications  are : 

"Surgical  Reminiscences  of  the  War."     (Nos.  1  and  2.) 

"A  Successful  Case  of  Ovariotomy."     (1872.) 

"A  new  instrument  for  the  ready  and  effective  use  of  the 
double  current  at  the  treatment  of  suppurating  cavities  and 
pelvic  drainage."     (1875.) 

"Cases  of  Cystic  Tumors  of  the  Abdomen  and  Pelvis." 
(1876.) 

' '  A  Case  of  Hystero-Neurosis. ' '     ( 1881. ) 

"Solid  Tumors  of  Both  Ovaries."     (1882.) 

"Two  Successful  Cases  of  Ovariotomy."     (1882.) 

"The  Histories  of  Six  Cases  of  Ovariotomy."  (New  York 
Medical  Journal,  July  12,  1884.) 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  the 
Boston  Obstetrical  Society  and  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation. 

Surgeon  Bixby  was  for  a  considerable  period  a  confirmed 
invalid,  obliging  him  to  retire  from  active  duties,  due  in  large 
measure  to  exposure  and  untiring  service  on  the  "Red  Rover" 
and  subsequent  unselfish  devotion  to  his  profession.  Patriotism 
and  benevolence  were  conspicuous  traits  of  his  character.  He 
resided  in  Boston  during  the  winter  season  and  removed  to 
his  country  home  in  Francestown  for  the  summer. 

Married  Annie  H.  Dana  of  Boston,  Mass.,  November  14, 
1877. 

One  child,  Mary  Alison,  was  born  in  Boston  tlie  third  of 
November,  1878. 

Dr.  Bixby  died  at  his  home  in  Boston,  Mass.,  February  27, 
1901. 


316  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

John  Blackmer,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Springfield,  Mass. 

Blackmer,  John.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Massachusetts;  res.  New 
Hampshire;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  4,  '63;  resigned  Sept.  23, 
'64;  re-app.  Nov.  14,  '64;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Pursuit"  and  "Mont- 
gomery"; disch.  Aug.  16,  '65.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  1101.) 

Dr.  Blackmer,  although  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  entered 
the  service  from  Effingham,  N.  H.,  and  after  his  service  in  the 
army  and  navy  returned  to  Sandwich,  N.  H.,  where  he  re- 
mained for  nine  years.  Therefore  he  should  be  mentioned 
in  the  Medical  and  Surgical  History  of  New  Hampshire. 

Surgeon  Blackmer  was  born  in  South  Plymouth,  Mass., 
July  18,  1828,  and  was  the  son  of  John  and  Esther  (Bartlett) 
Blackmer.  His  family  was  of  English  descent  and  his  grand- 
father, John  Blackmer,  w^as  a  highly  respected  citizen  and  a 
deacon  in  the  Congregational  Church. 

Surgeon  Blackmer  received  his  preliminary  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  the  old  town  of  Plymouth  and  he  was 
fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Academy  at  Andover,  Mass.,  and 
took  a  partial  course  at  Brown's  University.  His  professional 
education  commenced  with  Dr.  Aaron  Cornish  of  Falmouth, 
Mass.,  and  was  continued  Avith  Dr.  Luke  Miller  of  Troy,  N.  H. 
He  attended  lectures  at  the  Medical  Department  of  Harvard 
University  and  was  graduated  from  the  same  in  1854.  He 
first  located  in  Effingham,  Carroll  county,  N.  H.,  where  he  took 
a  prominent  position  as  a  citizen  of  the  town.  He  became 
superintendent  of  the  public  schools  and  a  member  of  the 
county  and  state  medical  societies.  In  1871  Dr.  Blackmer 
delivered  the  annual  oration  before  the  New  Hampshire  Med- 
ical Society.  He  afterwards  was  assistant  physician  at  the 
Asylum  for  the  Insane  at  Augusta,  Me.,  and  for  a  short  time 
at  the  McLean  Asylum  in  Somerville,  Mass.  In  September, 
1862,  he  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Forty-Seventh 
Massachusetts  Volunteers,  and  was  assigned  to  duty  at  Box- 
ford,  Mass.,  to  examine  recruits  until  the  regiment  w'as  ready 
for  service.     Before  leaving  the  state,  he  was  promoted  to 


UNITED    STATES   NAVY.  317 

surgeon  of  the  Forty-Seventh  Volunteers  and  the  regiment  was 
ordered  to  Ship  island,  La.,  and  afterwards  to  New  Orleans. 
Though  suffering  in  health,  he  remained  with  the  regiment 
until  it  reached  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  he  was  mustered  out 
of  the  service.  He  then  received  an  appointment  as  acting 
assistant  surgeon  in  the  navy  and  joined  Admiral  Bailey's 
fleet  at  Key  West.  He  served  first  on  the  bark  "Pursuit," 
which  was  blockading  St.  Joseph's  bay  on  the  west  of  the 
Florida  coast.  He  was  afterwards  ordered  to  the  steamer 
"Montgomery"  of  the  Atlantic  Squadron  and  was  on  duty 
in  the  battles  about  Fort  Fisher.  He  served  under  Gen.  B.  F. 
Butler  and  also  General  Terry.  In  the  last  battle  at  Fort 
Fisher,  Surgeon  Blackmer  was  reported  killed,  it  being  a  case 
of  mistaken  identity,  and  it  was  said  that  the  Boston  and  New 
York  papers  had  his  obituary  ready  for  press  when  he  was 
heard  from.  The  rumor  of  his  death  did  not  reach  Surgeon 
Blackmer  until  he  received  an  order  to  send  his  own  body  to 
his  friends  in  the  North. 

He  remained  on  the  "Montgomery"  until  given  a  leave  of 
absence,  which  was  extended  to  sixty  days,  at  the  end  of  which 
the  department  accepted  Surgeon  Blackmer 's  resignation. 

During  his  leave  of  absence  he  came  to  Concord,  N,  H.,  and 
took  charge  of  the  Asylum  for  the  Insane  of  the  State  of  New 
Hampshire,  now  the  State  Hospital,  while  its  superintendent. 
Dr.  J.  P.  Bancroft,  visited  Europe.  That  Dr.  Blackmer 's  ser- 
vices were  appreciated  is  shown  by  the  following,  taken  from 
Dr.  Bancroft's  report,  published  May  1,  1866: 

* '  During  the  unusual  absence,  which  your  kindness  enabled 
me  to  enjoy,  the  affairs  of  the  asylum  were  ably  and  faithfully 
administered  by  Dr.  John  Blackmer,  temporary  superin- 
tendent, who  has  my  cordial  thanks." 

Dr.  Blackmer  resumed  general  practice  at  Sandwich,  N.  H., 
where  he  remained  until  1874,  when  he  returned  to  Prince- 
town,  Mass.,  and  in  1877  removed  to  Springfield,  taking  the 
place  of  Dr.  N.  L.  Buck,  Avho  removed  to  California  about 
that  time. 


318  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

While  a  resident  of  New  Hampshire  he  was  one  of  a  few 
enthusiastic  believers  in  prohibition  and  assisted  in  organizing 
that  party  in  1867.  He  was  for  several  years  chairman  of  its 
state  committee,  editor  of  the  Prohibition  Herald  and  for  three 
years  its  candidate  for  governor.  In  Massachusetts  he  became 
closely  identified  wdtli  the  cause  of  temperance,  taking  an  im- 
portant part  in  every  gubernatorial  campaign,  and  was  fre- 
quently a  candidate  for  office.  While  residing  in  Spring- 
field, he  was  a  candidate  for  the  offices  of  mayor,  senator, 
congressman,  lieutenant-governor  and  governor.  The  enthu- 
siasm and  zeal  of  Dr.  Blackmer  in  the  cause  of  temperance  is 
seldom,  if  ever,  equaled,  yet  he  was  consistent  in  his  work  and 
received  the  respect  of  his  fellow-citizens,  whether  they  were 
active  workers  in  the  cause  or  not. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  of  various  temper- 
ance organizations.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  North 
Congregational  Church  of  Springfield,  editor  of  a  religious 
and  temperance  monthly  magazine,  and  had  contributed  many 
articles  to  newspapers,  journals  and  monthh^  magazines. 

He  died  at  his  home  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  April  15,  1895. 

Married,  October  22,  1863,  Ellen  S.  Dearborn  of  Effing- 
ham, N.  H. 

Two  children :  Helen,  now  the  wife  of  Dr.  George  Poole, 
practicing  physician  and  director  of  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association  in  New  York;  and  John  Allen  Blackmer  of 
the  New  York  Herald. 


John  H.  Blodgett,  M.  D. 

(U.   S.  Navy.) 

Blodgett,  John  H.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Peterborough;  res.  New- 
Hampshire;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  10,  '64;  served  on 
U.  S.  S.  "Morse";  disch.  Sept.  5,  '65.  See  Dartmouth  Cav.  (Rec- 
ord, Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1101.) 

(Dartmouth  Cav.) 

Blodgett,  John  H.  Dartmouth  Cavalry;  b.  Peterborough;  age  19; 
res.  Concord;    enl.  June  12,  '62;    must,  in  June  24,  '62,  as  Priv.; 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  319 

captd.  Aug.  19,  '62,  near  Winchester,  Va. ;  must,  out  Oct.  2,  '62. 
Died  Dec.  23,  '82,  Salisbury,  Conn.  See  U.  S.  Navy.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register.  1S95,  p.  1093.) 


Ira  Wilson  Bragg,  ^L  D. 

Late  of  Croydon,  N.   H. 

Bragg,  Tea  W.  Regular  officer;  b.  New  Hampshire;  res.  Massachu- 
setts; app.  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  2,  '01;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "San  Jacinto" 
and  "Katahdin."  Died  Oct.  21,  '64,  in  hospital.  New  Orleans,  La. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1102.) 

Surgeon  Bragg  was  born  in  Croydon,  N.  H.,  July  28,  1833, 
and  was  a  son  of  Ira  and  Mercy  (Clement)  Bragg;  a  grandson 
of  Nathaniel  Bragg.  His  preliminary  education  was  received 
in  the  common  schools  in  Sullivan  county  and  he  fitted  for 
college  at  Kimball  Union  Academy  at  Meriden.  His  pro- 
fessional education  was  commenced  in  1856  with  Dr.  Marshall 
Perkins  of  Mario w,  X.  H.,  late  surgeon  of  the  Fourteenth 
New  Hampshire  Regiment.  He  attended  lectures  at  the  ]Medi- 
cal  Department  of  Dartmouth  College,  also  at  the  Medical  De- 
partment of  Harvard,  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  latter 
in  1859.  After  spending  a  year  in  the  Marine  Hospital  in 
Chelsea,  he  \'isited  Europe  and  passed  several  months  in  the 
hospitals  of  Liverpool  and  London,  endeavoring  to  still  further 
perfect  himself  for  his  profession.  Upon  his  return  from 
England  he  located  for  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
Chelsea,  I\Iass.,  and  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  in  the 
na\^  from  that  city. 

He  was  assigned  to  duty  on  the  "Minnesota"  and  was  on 
board  this  ship  at  the  time  of  its  severe  engagement  with  the 
rebel  ironclad  "Merrimac, "  when  the  "Cumberland"  was 
sunk  and  the  "Monitor"  made  her  first  appearance  at  Hamp- 
ton Roads  and  saved  a  remnant  of  the  Ignited  States  Navy  in 
that  port.  He  was  afterwards  transferred  to  the  "San  Ja- 
cinto," which  was  the  flagship  of  the  East  Gulf  Blockading 
Squadron,  and  was  on  board  this  vessel  during  her  pursuit  of 
the  "Alabama"  among  the  West  Indies  and  at  South  America. 
Afterwards  he  was  ordered    to    the    West  Gulf  Blockading 


320  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN    THE   REBELLION. 

Squadron  and  thence  to  the  Naval  Hospital  at  New  Orleans, 
where  he  died  of  yellow  fever  the  twenty-first  of  October,  1864, 
worn  down  by  excessive  labor  and  anxiety  for  the  sick. 

His  biographer  says  of  him:  "In  few  men  were  more  hap- 
pily com.bined  rare  merit  and  graceful  modesty." 

He  was  unmarried. 


George  Franklin  Brickett,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Lawrence,  Mass. 

Bbickett,  George  T.  Volunteer  ofiicer;  b.  New  Hampshire;  age  30; 
res.  Manchester;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Jan.  19,  '65;  served  on 
U.  S.  S.  "Ohio"  and  South  Atlantic  Squadron;  resigned  Jan.  1,  '66. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1102.) 

Surgeon  Brickett  was  the  son  of  James  Kent  and  Char- 
lotte M.  (Hosraer)  Brickett  and  was  born  in  Concord,  N.  H., 
July  17,  1835.  (The  record  of  the  Adjutant-General's  office 
gives  the  name  as  George  T.  Brickett,  which  is  evidently  a  mis- 
print, as  the  other  part  of  his  service  corresponds  with  that 
of  his  family  record.)  He  received  his  preliminary  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  that  part  of  Concord  now  called  Pena- 
cook,  and  com.menced  his  professional  education  in  1854  with 
Dr.  Stephen  M.  Emery  of  the  same  place.  He  continued  his 
professional  education  by  attending  lectures  at  Hanover  and 
Avas  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  Medical  Department  of  Dart- 
mouth College  in  the  class  of  1858. 

He  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Alexandria; 
remaining  there  but  a  short  time,  he  removed  to  Antrim; 
afterwards  removed  to  Manchester,  where  he  was  residing  at 
the  time  of  his  appointment.  Upon  the  completion  of  his 
service  in  the  United  States  Navy,  Dr.  Brickett  located  in 
Lawrence,  Mass.  While  residing  in  New  Hampshire,  became 
a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society. 

Surgeon  Brickett  was  appointed  acting  assistant  surgeon 
of  the  navy  January  19,  1865,  served  in  the  South  Atlantic 
Squadron  and  on  the  United  States  ship  "Ohio,"  and  resigned 
January  1,  1866. 


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Married  Martha  Abbie  Wadleigh  of  Meredith,  N.  H.  One 
child  was  born  March  5,  1860,  and  died  in  Clinton,  la., 
December  28,  1884.  He  married,  second,  Ella  Frances  True 
of  Amesbury,  Mass.,  March  4,  1868. 

Dr.  Brickett  died  in  Lawrence,  Mass.,  April  9,  1873,  and  his 
widow  now  resides  iu  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


George  Adams  Bright,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

Bright,  George  A.  Regular  officer;  b.  Bangor,  Me.;  age  24;  res. 
Concord;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  May  16,  '61;  Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  8, 
'64;  Passed  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  31,  '67;  Surg.  Sept.  12,  '74;  Medical 
Inspector,  May  11,  '93;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Massachusetts."  P.  O. 
ad.,  Washington,  D.  C.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1103.) 

Surgeon  Bright  was  born  in  Bangor,  j\Ie.,  and  was  the  son 
of  John  and  Anne  Elizabeth  (Mason)  Bright.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  at  Bangor,  Me.,  and  one  year  at 
Bowdoin  College.  He  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in 
1857  with  Drs.  John  and  William  Mason  as  medical  precep- 
tors. He  attended  three  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  Har- 
vard ]Medical  College  and  was  graduated  from  the  same  in 
1860.  He  immediately  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in 
Concord,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  for  one  year  and  entered 
the  United  States  Navy  the  sixteenth  of  May,  1861.  He  has 
been  through  all  the  ordinary  routine  details  of  naval  service 
afloat  and  ashore  and  now  holds  the  title  of  medical  director 
of  the  United  States  Navy  in  charge  of  the  Naval  Hospital  at 
Washington.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the 
United  States. 

In  1861  Dr.  Bright  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society. 

Married  .Mary  C.  Gale,  October  7,  1880,  at  Winchester, 
Mass. 

Children :  George  A.  Bright,  Jr.,  and  Mary  Bright. 

The  New  York  Medical  Journal  of  March  25,  1905,  has  the 
following  obituary  notice: 


322  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

"Medical  Director  George  A.  Bright  of  the  Navy. 

"Dr.  Bright,  who  died  in  Washington  last  week,  was  a 
native  of  the  state  of  IMaine.  He  graduated  from  the  medical 
school  of  Harvard  University,  served  on  the  house  staff  of 
the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  and  began  private  prac- 
tice in  Concord,  New  Hampshire.  In  a  few  months  the  civil 
war  broke  out  and  he  entered  the  navy  as  an  acting  assistant 
surgeon.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  joined  the  regular  medi- 
cal corps  of  the  navy  and,  rising  by  the  usual  course  of  pro- 
motion, reached  the  rank  of  medical  director.  Not  long  ago 
he  was  retired  with  the  rank  of  rear  admiral. 

"He  was  a  man  of  engaging  personality  and  his  career  in 
the  navy  was  long  and  creditable." 

Died  in  Washington,  D.  C,  March  12,  1905. 


]\Iedical  Director  John  Mills  Browne,  U.  S.  N. 
By  Medical  Director  Albert  L.  Gihon,  U.  S.  N. 

Bbowne,  Jouy  Mills.  Regular  officer;  b.  Hinsdale;  age  21;  res. 
Hinsdale;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  March  26,  '53;  Passed  Asst.  Surg.  May 
12,  '58;  Surg.  June  19,  '61;  Medical  Inspector  Dec.  1,  '71;  Medical 
Director  Oct.  6,  '78;  Surg.  Gen.  April  2,  '88;  served  on  U.  S.  S. 
"Kearsarge";  retired  May  10,  '93.  P.  O.  ad.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1104.) 

Medical  Director  John  Mills  Browne  was  born  in  Hinsdale, 
N.  H.,  May  10,  1831,  graduated  at  the  IMedical  Department  of 
Harvard  University  in  March,  1852,  and  was  appointed 
assistant  surgeon  in  the  navy  of  the  United  States  from  New 
Hampshire,  March  26,  1853.  His  family  were  among  the 
original  founders  of  Watertown,  Mass.,  coming  thither  from 
Stamford,  England. 

His  first  duty  was  on  board  the  United  States  storeship 
"Warren,"  Lieutenant-Commanding  Fabius  Stanley,  at  Sau- 
salito,  opposite  San  Francisco.  The  naval  station  at  Mare 
island  was  just  then  in  contemplation  and  Commander  Farra- 
gut  had  been  sent  out,  to  get  the  plans  under  way,  as  the  first 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  323 

commandant.  He  was  obliged  to  live  on  board  the  "Warren" 
until  some  sort  of  quarters  could  be  pro\4ded  on  shore.  Dr. 
Browne  was  medical  officer  of  this  naval  establishment  until 
May,  1855,  a  character  and  critical  period  in  the  settlement 
of  California.  Dr.  Browne  was  next  ordered  to  the  United 
States  steamer  "Active,"  which  was  engaged  in  the  survey  of 
the  coast  and  harbors  of  California,  Oregon  and  Washington 
Territories,  and  in  the  winter  of  1855- '56  (with  the  "Massa- 
chusetts" and  "Decatur")  in  the  Indian  War  in  Puget 
Sound.  In  the  summer  of  1857  the  "Active"  was  engaged, 
with  Her  Majesty's  ship  "Satellite,"  in  settling  the  northwest 
boundary. 

After  this  long  tour  of  duty  on  the  western  coast.  Dr. 
Browne  came  East ;  was  promoted  to  past  assistant  surgeon  and 
ordered  to  the  "Dolphin"  of  the  home  squadron  in  June,  1858. 
She  was  commanded  by  John  X.  IMaffit,  so  well  known  after- 
wards as  the  commander  of  the  Confederate  "Florida."  In 
August,  1858,  the  "Dolphin"  captured  the  brig  "Echo"  off 
Cape  Verde,  Cuba,  with  over  three  hundred  African  slaves  on 
board.  The  prize  was  sent  to  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  the 
netrroes  were  taken  to  Liberia  on  board  the  "Niagara." 

When  the  Paraguay  expedition  was  sent  out.  Dr.  Browne 
was  ordered  to  the  United  States  steamer  "Atlanta,"  Capt. 
Daniel  B.  Ridgly,  and  detached  before  sailing.  After  short 
service  at  the  United  States  Naval  Hospital  at  Norfolk,  he  was 
attached  to  the  United  States  sloop-of-war  "Constellation," 
flagship  of  the  African  Squadron,  which  we  were  at  that  time 
bound  by  convention  to  keep  on  the  west  coast.  During  the 
cruise  the  "Constellation"  captured  off  the  Congo  river  the 
bark  "Cora,"  with  seven  hundred  and  five  slaves,  who  were 
sent  to  Liberia. 

At  one  period  he  was  stationed  at  ports  along  the  Pacific 
coast  and  he  published  articles  on  the  "Verrugas"  and  the 
"Oroya"  fever,  diseases  peculiar  to  Peru,  also  on  "The 
Hospitals  and  Charitable  Institutions  of  Chile  and  Peru." 

Dr.  Browne  was  commissioned  as  surgeon  June  19,  1861, 
and  ordered  to  the  United  States  steam-sloop  "Kearsarge, "  a 


324  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

ship  which  will  always  be  celebrated  in  the  annals  of  our 
navy.  She  was  sent  on  special  duty  to  the  European  waters 
in  1861,  visiting  all  the  ports  of  the  British  and  continental 
territory,  where  she  was  likely  to  find  the  Confederate  cor- 
sairs. At  last,  when  in  command  of  Commander  Winslow, 
she  found  the  "Alabama"  in  Cherbourg.  The  preparations  for 
the  engagement,  which  became  necessary,  were  like  those  for 
a  battle  ' '  in  the  lists, ' '  and  when  the  hour  sounded  the  cham- 
pions came  forth.  The  "Kearsarge"  destroyed  the  "Ala- 
bama" in  one  hour  and  two  minutes.  Special  trains  came 
from  Paris  to  witness  the  fight.  The  "Kearsarge"  then  went 
to  Brazil  to  look  for  the  ' '  Florida, ' '  which  was  supposed  to  be 
about  Fernando  de  Noroha.  Disappointed  in  the  search,  she 
returned  to  the  United  States. 

After  some  temporary  duty  Dr.  Browne  was,  in  April, 
1865,  ordered  back  to  the  scene  of  his  original  duty  in  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  superintended  the  building  of  the  United 
States  Naval  Hospital  at  Mare  island,  and  was  in  charge 
there  for  nearly  ten  years,  with  the  exception  of  a  cruise  as 
fleet  surgeon  of  the  Pacific  Squadron.  This  latter  post  he 
again  filled,  after  he  had  been  made  medical  inspector  in  the 
regular  course  of  promotion.  He  was  commissioned  medical 
director  October  6,  1878,  and  then  came  East  again.  During 
1880-1882  he  served  as  president  of  the  medical  examining 
board  at  Washington  and  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
visitors  to  the  United  States  Naval  Academy  in  1881.  In  the 
same  year  he  went  to  London,  England,  as  the  naval  repre- 
sentative at  the  International  Medical  Congress;  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  national  board  of  health  in  1883  and  in  charge 
of  the  United  States  Naval  Museum  of  Hygiene  at  "Washington 
from  1882  to  1885.  During  that  time  he  also  served  on  the 
Board  of  Naval  Regulations.  In  1884  Medical  Director  Browne 
was  naval  representative  at  the  International  Medical  Con- 
gress at  Copenhagen,  and  from  1885  to  1888  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Naval  Retiring  Board.  He  became  chief  of  the 
Bureau  of  Medicine  and  Surgery,  with  the  title  of  surgeon- 


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general  of  the  navy,  April,  1888,  and  was  retired  in  1893, 
having  reached  the  age  of  sixty-two  years. 

He  was  past  grand  master  of  j\Iasons  for  the  state  of  Cali- 
fornia and  past  commander-in-chief  of  the  Ancient  and  Ac- 
cepted Scottish  Rite  Masons  of  California. 

Married,  November  27,  1857,  Alice  Key  Turner,  grand- 
daughter of  James  Turner,  ex-governor  and  ex-United  States 
senator  of  North  Carolina,  and  of  Francis  Scott  Key,  author 
of  the  ' '  Star  Spangled  Banner. ' ' 

He  died  at  8.30  p.  m.,  December  7,  1894,  and  was  interred 
with  Masonic  honors  in  the  National  Cemetery  of  Arlington, 
Va. 


Daniel  Coffin  Burleigh,  M.  D. 

BuBLEiGH,  Daniel  Coffix.  Regular  officer;  b.  New  Hampshire;  res. 
Maine;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Jan.  11,  '64;  Acting  Passed  Asst. 
Surg.  May  25,  '66;  disch.  April  23,  '69;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  4,  '73; 
Passed  Asst.  Surg.  .June  30,  '79;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Unadilla"  and 
"Tioga";  placed  on  retired  list.  Died  .Jan.  11,  '84,  Dresden,  Ger. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1105.) 

Daniel  Coffin  Burleigh,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Deborah  R. 
(Coffin)  Burleigh,  grandson  of  Daniel  Burleigh,  was  born  in 
Sanbornton,  N.  H.,  April  8,  1834.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  common  schools  and  at  Bowdoin  College,  from  which 
he  received  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  1858,  and  the  degree  of 
M.  D.  from  the  Medical  Department  of  Bowdoin  College  in 
1869.  Meantime,  he  taught  in  the  high  school  in  Brunswick, 
Me.,  one  year;  Hampden  Academy  and  State  Normal  School, 
four  years,  as  principal;  also  at  Sanbornton,  Woodman  and 
Chapel  Academies,  besides  serving  in  the  United  States  Navy 
Corps  from  January  11,  1864,  till  he  finished  his  medical 
studies  and  settled  as  a  physician  in  Franklin  in  1869.  While 
a  resident  of  Franklin,  he  was  a  member  of  the  school  com- 
mittee and  deacon  of  the  Congregational  Church.  In  De- 
cember, 1874,  he  resumed  his  place  as  surgeon  in  the  United 
States  Navy  and  was  a.ssigned  to  the  "Shawmut."  In  1875  and 
1876  he  was  surgeon  and  instructor  on  the  St.  jMary's  Gov- 


326  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

eminent  Ship  and  Nautical  School,  lying  in  New  York  harbor. 

Dr.  Burleigh  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society. 

Married,  Annie  E.  Curtis  of  Hampden,  Me.,  May  17,  1865. 

Children :  Alice,  born  August  29,  1868,  died  September 
6,  1868 ;  Louis  Curtis,  born  September  30,  1870,  at  Hampden, 
Me. ;  Lucy  Winslow,  born  October  5,  1871,  died  July  4,  1882, 
at  Vevay,  Switzerland. 

Surgeon  Burleigh  went  abroad  with  his  family  in  1880 
and  died  in  Dresden,  Saxony,  January  10,  1884,  and  was 
buried  in  Vevay,  Switzerland. 


George  H.  Butler,  M.  D. 

BuTLEK,  Geokge  H.  Volunteer  ofBcer;  b.  Maine;  res.  New  Hamp- 
shire; app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Jan.  9,  '64;  Acting  Passed  Asst. 
Surg.  Aug.  17,  '66;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Mahaska";  disch.  Nov.  12, 
'68.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1108.) 


Henry  Melville  Chase,  M.  D. 
Lawrence,  Mass. 

(Miscel.  Organizations.) 

Chase,  Henry  M.  Co.  D,  1  Vt.  Inf.;  b.  Bristol;  age  22;  res.  Lyme, 
cred.  Vermont;  enl.  May  2,  '61,  for  3  mos. ;  must,  in  May  2,  '61, 
as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  15,  '61.  P.  O.  ad.,  Lawrence,  Mass. 
See  U.  S.  Navy.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1037.) 

(U.  S.  Navy.) 

Chase,  Henby  M.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Bristol;  age  24;  res.  Lyme; 
app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  18,  '63;  served  on  the  U.  S.  S.  "Hon- 
duras" and  "Neptune";  disch.  Sept.  26,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Lawrence, 
Mass.  See  Miscel.  Organizations.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  1108.) 

Surgeon  Chase  was  born  in  Bristol,  N.  H.,  June  13,  1838, 
and  was  the  son  of  William  L.  and  Sally  (Minot)  Chase,  and 
a  grandson  of  Moses  Chase.  He  received  his  preliminary 
education  in  the  common  schools  of  Bristol  and  at  Newbury 
Seminary,  Newbury,  Vt.  He  commenced  his  professional 
studies  with  Dr.  E.  V.  Watkins  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  in  1860, 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  327 

and  continued  the  same  with  Dr.  Dixi  Crosby  at  Hanover, 
attending  three  courses  of  lectures  at  Hanover,  and  was 
graduated  M.  D.  from  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth 
College  in  the  class  of  1863.  He  was  immediately  appointed 
assistant  surgeon  in  the  United  States  Xavy  and  served  from 
December,  1863,  to  August,  1865.  He  was  in  the  South  At- 
lantic Squadron  and  saw  considerable  of  the  yellow  fever 
epidemic  at  Key  "West,  Fla.,  in  1864. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society  and 
consulting  physician  of  the  Lawrence  City  Hospital. 

Married,  June  22,  1869,  ]\Iary  Esther  Hamilton  of  Con- 
cord, X.  H. 

Children,  three:  Mary  H.,  Henry  M.,  Jr.,  and  Philip  M. 
Chase. 

He  died  June  15,  1903,  at  the  age  of  65  years. 


John  Howe  Clark. 

A.  B.,  Dartmouth  College,  1857. 

M.  D.,  Harvard  University,  1862. 

Medical  Director,  U.  S.  Navy. 

Clabk,  John  Howe.  Regular  officer;  b.  Greenland;  age  24;  res. 
Amherst;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  19,  '61;  Surg.  May  14,  '67;  Medical 
Inspector  .Jan.  8,  '85;  served  in  West  Gulf  Squadron;  still  in  the 
service.  P.  0.  ad.,  Washington,  D.  C.  (Record,  Aylmg's  Register, 
1895,  p.  1109.) 

Born  in  Greenland,  N.  H.,  April  16,  1837;  his  father.  Rev. 
Samuel  Wallace  Clark,  A.  B.,  Dartmouth  College,  1823,  a 
graduate  of  Andover  (]\Iass. )  Theological  Seminary,  1827, 
was  born  in  Hancock,  N.  H.,  in  1795  and  ordained  in  1829 
over  the  Congregational  Church  of  Greenland,  N.  H.,  where 
he  remained  pastor  until  his  death  in  1847.  His  father  was  a 
descendant  of  the  Scotch  Presbyters  of  Londonderry,  Ireland. 
By  his  mother,  Rebecca  Elizabeth  (Howe)  Clark,  he  was 
descended  (seventh  generation)  from  John  Alden  and  Pris- 
cilla  Mullins. 

In  1861  he  entered  the  United  States  Navy  as  assistant 
surgeon,  owing  to  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  preferring  a 


328  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

commission  in  the  navy  to  the  life  of  a  soldier  with  uncertain 
beds  and  irregular  diet.  Necessity,  combined  with  patriotism, 
had  something  to  do  with  this  step. 

He  joined  the  United  States  gunboat  "Scioto,"  West  Gulf 
Blockading  Squadron,  under  Admiral  Farragut,  in  May,  1862, 
where  he  served  on  the  Mississippi  river  and  off  the  coast  of 
Texas  until  the  "Scioto"  was  sunk  in  the  Mississippi  river, 
below  Forts  Jackson  and  St.  Philip,  in  May,  1863,  one  early 
morning,  by  collision  with  the  United  States  steamship  "An- 
tona."  Wliile  on  the  "Scioto"  he  went  up  the  Mississippi  river 
as  far  as  Milliken's  Bend,  a  point  above  the  mouth  of  the 
Yazoo  river,  where  the  colored  troops  first  showed  their  fight- 
ing qualities.  He  was  with  Farragut  in  passing  Vicksburg 
and  in  several  small  engagements  in  the  lower  Mississippi 
and  off  Galveston,  Tex. 

While  on  the  ^lississippi  river  he  saw  large  numbers  of 
"contrabands,"  at  different  times,  on  the  eastern  bank,  with 
their  families  and  domestic  outfits  (all  their  worldlj^  goods), 
hailing  our  gunboat  and  confidently  expecting  to  be  taken  by 
us  to  some  unknown  land  of  promise.  Many  of  these  unfor- 
tunate people  found  their  way  to  Nevf  Orleans  to  be  crowded 
into  cotton  presses  and  meagerly  supported  by  rations  issued 
to  them  by  the  United  States  Army.  At  one  time  several 
hundred  cattle,  that  had  been  swum  across  the  river  from 
Texas,  intended  for  the  Confederate  camp,  Moore,  La.,  were 
captured  on  the  eastern  bank.  We  had  an  elephant  on  our 
hands  as  we  could  not  take  them  aboard  the  three  gunboats 
then  patrolling  the  river  at  that  point,  nor  could  we  drive 
them  down  the  river  road  to  New  Orleans.  They  were  kept 
corralled  while  a  gunboat  was  sent  to  New  Orleans  to  report 
the  capture  to  Gen.  B.  F.  Butler,  who  sent  three  Mississippi 
River  steamers,  which  took  the  cattle  to  New  Orleans.  On  the 
way  down  the  river  the  rebels  cut  embrasures  in  the  levee,  into 
which  they  ran  four-pounder  howitzers  and  awaited  our  ap- 
proach with  the  following  result:  One  cattle  steamer  was 
struck,  with  the  loss  of  several  beeves,  and  the  "Scioto"  was 
struck,  with  the  loss  of  Lieut.  Charles  Swasey  of  Taunton, 


UNITED    STATES   NAVY.  329 

Mass.  When  the  gunboats  reached  New  Orleans  with  the 
cattle,  General  Butler  divided  the  cattle,  when  killed,  into 
three  parts — the  first  part  went  to  the  citizens  of  New  Or- 
leans, the  second  part  went  to  the  army  and  the  third  part  went 
to  the  navy.  For  their  capture  each  gunboat  received  the  mag- 
nificent reward  of  one-half  of  one  carcass! 

After  the  sinking  of  the  "Scioto"  he  was  assistant  surgeon 
in  the  temporary  naval  hospital.  New  Orleans,  a  hotel  being 
converted  to  that  purpose.  During  his  service  there,  sixty 
eases  of  yellow  fever  were  admitted,  with  twenty  deaths,  in 
mo.st  of  which  latter  cases  a  necropsy  was  performed.  This 
experience  was  of  value,  as  he  has  had  occasion  to  meet  yellow 
fever  several  times  since. 

In  June,  1864,  he  left  New  Orleans  for  the  Portsmouth 
(N.  H.)  navy  yard,  where  he  remained  until  May,  1865,  when 
he  joined  the  United  States  ship  "Mohongo,"  bound  for  the 
Pacific  station,  which  he  reached  via  St.  Thomas,  Barbados, 
Natal,  Bohia,  Rio  de  Janeiro,  IMontevideo  and  Straits  of  Ma- 
gellan. Soon  after  reaching  Chile  he  witnessed  the  bombard- 
ment of  Valparaiso  by  the  Spanish  fleet. 

In  1866  he  was  in  the  bay  of  Acapulco,  Mex.,  when  the  city 
and  bay  were  held  by  the  French  fleet.  The  loyal  Mexicans 
held  the  surrounding  country  so  completely  that  not  a  chicken 
nor  an  eg^:  could  reach  the  city.  At  that  time  ^Maximilian 
held  the  city  of  ^Mexico  and  several  Atlantic  cities  and  claimed 
to  be  emperor.  The  presence  of  the  "Mohongo"  prevented 
a  forced  loan  from  the  foreigners  there  hy  the  French.  Ter- 
minating the  cruise  at  the  San  Francisco  navy  yard  in  May, 
1867,  his  next  duty  was  on  board  the  receiving  ship  "Van- 
dalia"  at  the  Portsmouth  (N.  11.)  na\y  yard,  in  1868- '69. 

In  1870,  1871  and  1872  he  was  on  the  United  States  steamer 
"Alaska'-'  in  the  Asiatic  Station,  going  and  returning  via  the 
Cape  of  Good  Hope,  visiting  en  route  Cape  Town,  South 
Africa,  the  Coneoro  group  of  islands  and  Singapore.  In 
China  he  visited  Ilong  Kong,  Foochow,  the  chief  export  city 
for  black  teas,  Ningpo,  Shanghai,  Chinkiang,  Kingiang,  Han- 
kow, Cheefoo  and  Newchang.     In  Japan  he  visited  Yokohama, 


330  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Tokio  or  Yesso,  Nagasaki,  Kobe,  Osaka — where  he  was  present 
at  the  opening  of  the  mint  for  coinage  of  their  first  gold  and 
silver  currency — and  Yokaska,  where  he  witnessed  the  opening 
of  the  first  dry  dock  of  Japan,  which  was  cut  out  of  solid  rock. 

His  ship,  with  three  other  United  States  vessels,  visited 
Korea  in  the  vain  attempt  to  open  that  country  to  commerce 
with  Europeans,  in  1871.  In  those  days  a  visit  to  these  coun- 
tries was  far  more  interesting  than  at  present,  because  the 
treaty  ports  (the  principal  places  visited  by  foreigners),  were 
less  cosmopolitan  through  foreign  influence. 

The  years  1874  and  1875  were  chiefly  spent  as  senior  assist- 
ant medical  officer  in  the  Naval  Hospital,  Chelsea,  Mass.; 
1876,  1877  and  1878  were  spent  on  the  United  States  ship 
"New  Hampshire,"  at  Port  Royal,  S.  C,  where  that  ship  was 
sent  as  an  entering  wedge  to  the  establishment  of  a  naval 
station,  and  where  is  now  a  small  station  with  a  dry  dock,  a 
hospital  and  other  buildings. 

From  1878  to  1883,  he  was  attached  to  the  receiving  ship 
"Wabash,"  at  the  Boston  navy  yard,  from  which  he  was 
twice  temporarily  detached  for  duty  as  a  member  of  the  Naval 
Medical  Examining  Board,  sitting  in  Philadelphia,  for  the 
examination  of  candidates  for  the  positions  of  assistant  and 
passed  assistant  surgeons  in  the  United  States  Navy. 

In  1884  and  1885  he  was  fleet  surgeon  of  the  Pacific  Squad- 
ron, attached  to  the  flagship  "Hartford,"  cruising  between 
Valparaiso,  Chile,  and  San  Francisco,  once  visiting  Hono- 
lulu, Hawaiian  Islands. 

In  1886  and  1887  he  was  on  special  duty  in  Portsmouth, 
N.  H.,  and  in  1888  and  1889  again  a  member  of  the  Naval 
Medical  Examining  Board. 

In  1890  he  went,  in  the  United  States  steamer  "Baltimore," 
to  Stockholm,  Sweden,  with  the  remains  of  the  late  Swedish 
inventor  Ericson,  of  Monitor  fame.  There,  marked  civilities 
were  extended  to  the  officers  of  the  ship  by  King  Oscar  and 
his  court.  Medals  commemorative  of  the  occasion  were  given 
to  officers  and  crew.  While  in  Sweden  he  visited  the  Univer- 
sity of  Upsala  as  the  giiest  of  Professor  Holmgren,  professor 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  331 

of  physiology  and  inventor  of  the  color-blind  test  by  use  of 
colored  worsteds.  After  leaving  Stockholm,  the  "Baltimore" 
visited  Copenhagen,  Gibraltar,  Naples,  Spezia,  Nice  and  Tou- 
lon. At  the  last  place  orders  were  received,  sending  the  "Bal- 
timore" to  Valparaiso,  Chile,  owing  to  a  revolution  there, 
which  led  to  his  making  his  third  cruise  on  the  Pacific  Station. 

While  in  Valparaiso  he  witnessed  the  capture  of  that  city 
by  the  revolutionists.  In  1892  he  returned  to  the  United 
States  and  from  May,  1892,  to  May,  1895,  was  president  of 
the  Naval  Board  of  Medical  Examiners.  From  May,  1895, 
to  May,  1898,  he  had  charge  of  the  Naval  Hospital,  Chelsea, 
Mass.  During  his  service  there,  aseptic  operating,  chemical, 
bacteriological  and  microscopic  rooms  Avere  installed  and  a 
steam  disinfector  was  introduced. 

From  May,  1898,  to  April,  1899,  when  he  was  retired  for 
age,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Naval  Retiring  Board,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. 

His  professional  life  is  thus  shown  to  have  been  devoid  of 
startling  experiences,  but  he  has  the  satisfaction  of  feeling 
that  he  had  borne  his  share  of  the  heat  and  burden  of  his  day 
during  an  active  life  of  thirty -seven  years  in  the  United  States 
Navy. 

Since  his  retirement  has  resided  in  Amherst,  N.  H. 


Samuel  Franklin  Coues.,  'SI.  D. 
Cambridge,   Mass. 

Cones,  Samuel  Franklin.     Regular  officer;  b.  Portsmouth;  age  25 
res.  Portsmouth;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Feb.  25,  '51;  Surg.  April  26,  '61 
Medical    Inspector  March   i,   '71;    Medical   Director   Aug.   13,   '76 
served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Saginaw,"  "Housatonic"  and  "Saranac;"  placed 
on  retired  list  Sept.  17,  '87.     P.  O.  ad.,  Cambridge,  Mass.     (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1111.) 

Surgeon  Coues  was  born  in  Portsmouth,  N.  II.,  September 
17,  1825,  and  was  the  son  of  Samuel  Elliot  and  Clara  (Pearce) 
Coues  and  a  grandson  of  Peter  Coues.  He  received  his  pre- 
liminary education  at  the  schools  of  the  state  and  the  degree  of 
A.  B.  from  Harvard  College  in  1845.     He  commenced  his  pro- 


332  SURGICAL   HISTORY    IN   THE   REBELLION. 

fessional  education  in  1845  with  Charles  A.  Cheever,  M.  D.,  of 
Portsmouth,  and  attended  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  Har- 
vard Medical  College  and  at  Jefferson  Medical  College  in 
Philadelphia,  taking  three  courses  and  also  a  year  in  chemistry 
at  Harvard  Scientific  School.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Jef- 
ferson Medical  College  in  1849 ;  commenced  the  practice  of 
medicine  in  Portsmouth,  where  he  remained  for  a  few  months, 
and  then  entered  the  navy  as  assistant  surgeon  in  1851.  He 
has  passed  through  all  the  grades,  being  made  surgeon  in  1861, 
medical  inspector  in  1871,  and  medical  director  in  1876.  His 
sea  service  was  thirteen  years  and  eleven  months ;  shore  duty  in 
charge  of  naval  hospitals  in  New  York,  director  of  the  naval 
laboratory  of  New  York,  president  of  Naval  Medical  Examin- 
ing Board  and  in  charge  of  the  Naval  Hospital  at  Chelsea, 
Mass.,  and  various  other  positions  of  minor  importance.  His 
last  sea  service  was  fleet  surgeon  of  the  North  Atlantic  Fleet. 
He  was  retired  from  the  service  as  medical  director,  United 
States  Navy,  September  17,  1887. 

Married,  in  1858,  Mary  B.  Hughes. 

Children  surviving :  Franklin,  William  Pearce,  and  Robert 
Wheaton  Coues. 


Edward  Payson  Cummings,  M.  D. 

(U.  S.  Navy.) 

Cummings,  Edward  P.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  New  Hampshire;  res. 
Exeter;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  21.  '61;  resigned  Feb.  20,  '62. 
Supposed  identical  with  Edward  P.  Cummings,  23  Mass.  Inf.  See 
Miscel.  Organizations.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1113.) 

(Miscel.  Organizations.) 

Cummings,  Edward  P.  F.  and  S.;  23  Mass.  Inf.;  age  39;  res.  Exeter; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  June  20,  '63;  must,  in  July  4,  '63,  for  3  years; 
disch.  Oct.  13,  '64.  Supposed  identical  with  E.  P.  Cummings,  U.  S. 
Navy.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1041.) 

Edward  Payson  Cummings  was  born  in  Stratham,  N.  H., 
son  of  Rev.  Jacob  and  Harriet  (Tewksbury)  Cummings  of 
Chelsea,  Mass.,  and  grandson  of  Solomon  Cummings   of  War- 


UNITED    STATES   NAVY.  333 

ren,  ]Mass.  He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools;  commenced  his  professional  education  under  the 
instruction  of  Dr.  A.  C.  Burnham  of  Hillsborough,  N.  H.,  and 
continued  the  same  at  Harvard  and  Dartmouth  Medical  Col- 
leges and  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  University  of 
New  York  City  in  1849.  He  located  for  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Francestown,  N.  H.,  removed  to  Hillsborough, 
was  in  Exeter  six  years,  then  removed  to  Xewburyport,  ]\Iass., 
where  he  practiced  his  profession  for  thirteen  years  until  his 
death,  April  8,  1878. 

While  a  resident  of  Exeter  he  offered  his  services  to  the 
United  States  government  and  was  appointed  acting  assistant 
surgeon  in  the  navy,  October  21,  1861,  and  served  in  this 
capacity  until  February  20,  1862,  when  he  resigned.  June  20, 
1863,  he  Avas  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Twenty-third 
Massachusetts  Regiment,  was  mustered  in  July  4,  1863,  and 
served  until  he  was  discharged,  October  13,  1864.  Dr.  Cum- 
mings  was  a  member  of  the  ^Massachusetts  Medical  Society, 
the  Essex  County  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society,  also  a  fra- 
ternal member  of  the  Masons,  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic. 

Married,  January  1,  1851,  Harriet  Bailey  of  Brookline, 
N.  H. 

Children,  four :  Harriet  E.,  Mary  W.,  Willis  B.  and  Alice  M. 
Cummings. 


J.  Homer  Darling,  M.  D. 

(U.  S.  Navy.) 

Darling,  J.  Homes.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Massachusetts;  res.  Keene; 
app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  4.  'G3;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Ohio," 
"Clyde"  and  "Pursuit";  disch.  Dec  12,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Thompson- 
ville.  Conn.  See  Miscel.  Organizations.  (Record,  Ayling's  Reg- 
ister, 1895,  p.  1114.) 

(Miscel.  Organizations.) 

Darling,  J.  Homer.  F.  and  S.;  51  Inf.  Mass.  Vol.  Militia;  b.  Massa- 
chusetts; age  24;  res.  Rindge;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Nov.  4,  '62;  must,  in 
Nov.  15,  '62,  for  9  mos.;  must,  out  July  27,  '63.  P.  0.  ad.,  Thomp- 
sonville,  Conn.  See  U.  S.  Navy.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  1042.) 


334  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Dr.  J.  Homer  Darling  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Vt.,  July  25, 
1838.  He  removed  to  Rindge,  N.  H.,  in  the  summer  of  1860, 
where  he  remained  until  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the 
Fifty-first  Massachusetts  Regiment,  and  was  mustered  into  the 
service  November  2,  1862.  He  served  in  that  capacity  in  Vir- 
ginia and  North  Carolina,  until  the  sumer  of  1863,  when  he 
joined  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  where  he  remained  until  his 
regiment  was  mustered  out,  at  the  expiration  of  term  of  ser- 
vice, in  July  of  that  year.  Of  this  regiment.  Dr.  George  B. 
Jewett,  a  native  of  Rindge,  was  surgeon.  While  in  the  ser- 
vice, Doctor  Darling  was  present  at  the  battles  of  Kingston, 
Whitehall  and  Goldsborough.  Soon  after  his  return  from  the 
army,  he  was  tendered  an  appointment  of  assistant  surgeon 
in  the  navy.  The  appointment  was  accepted  December  3, 
1863.  He  was  immediately  ordered  to  the  United  States 
steamer  ' '  Clyde, ' '  then  cruising  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  After 
fifteen  months'  service  he  was  transferred,  at  his  request,  to 
the  United  States  bark  ''Pursuit,"  and  was  honorably  dis- 
charged with  the  thanks  of  the  Navj^  Department  in  Decem- 
ber, 1865. 

Upon  his  return  from  this  service,  he  located  in  Keene,  N.  H., 
where  he  remained  in  the  successful  practice  of  his  profession. 
He  was  well  received  and  would  have  secured  a  permanent 
and  lucrative  practice  in  this  town,  if  the  inducements  pre- 
sented by  a  more  populous  locality  had  permitted  him  to  re- 
main. 

"Dr.  Darling  pursued  his  professional  study  in  the  office 
of  Dr.  P.  D.  Bradford,  a  professor  in  Castleton  (Vt.)  Medi- 
cal College,  where  he  attended  lectures,  and  gi^aduated  June 
15,  1859."— (History  of  Rindge.) 


John  George  Dearborn,  M.  D. 
No.  2  Wood  St.,  Charlestown  District,  Boston,  Mass. 

Deabbobx,  John  G.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  New  Hampshire;  res. 
Massachusetts;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Feb.  10,  '64;  served  on 
U.  S.  S.  "Cornubia";  disch.  Jan.  22,  '66.  (Record,  Ayling's  Regis- 
ter, 1895,  p.  1115.) 


UNITED    STATES   NAVY.  335 

Surgeon  Dearborn  was  born,  May  27,  1835,  in  Meredith,  N. 
H.,  and  was  a  son  of  James  and  Sally  Blake  (Prescott)  Dear- 
born, and  Grandson  of  Josiah  Dearborn.  The  father  was  a 
native  of  Epping,  N.  H.,  the  mother  of  Xorthwood,  N.  H. 
His  early  education  was  received  at  the  common  and  private 
schools  of  Meredith,  at  Gilford  Academy  and  Laconia.  He 
commenced  his  professional  education  in  1855  at  Meredith, 
N.  H.,  with  Dr.  Albert  A.  Moulton  and  Dr.  George  Sanborn. 
Dr.  Moulton  was  afterwards  surgeon  of  the  Third  New  Hamp- 
shire Regiment.  He  attended  two  courses  of  medical  lectures 
at  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York,  and  was  graduated 
M.  D.  from  the  same  in  the  class  of  1858.  He  immediately 
located  for  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Gilford,  N.  H.,  Octo- 
ber, 1858,  remaining  there  for  three  years. 

He  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  United  States 
Navy,  February  10,  1864,  his  service  being  on  the  United 
States  receiving  ship  "Ohio,"  Boston  navy  yard,  and  the 
United  States  ship  "Cornubia,"  which  was  attached  to  the 
West  Gulf  Squadron.  He  received  his  discharge  January  22, 
1866,  located  in  Charlestown,  now  a  part  of  Boston,  and  has 
remained  there  ever  since. 

He  was  physician  and  surgeon  to  the  ^Massachusetts  state 
prison  from  1869  to  1872,  and  physician  to  the  Charlestown 
Free  Dispensary  and  Hospital.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity,  being  a  member  of  the  Cceur  de  Lion  Com- 
majidery,  K.  T.,  the  military  order  of  Loyal  Legion,  also  of 
Bunker  Hill  Monument  Association,  and  a  member  of  the 
Massachusetts  Medical  Society.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Charlestown  school  board  from  1871  to  1874,  and  for  several 
years  a  member  of  the  vestry  of  St.  John's  Church. 

Married,  June  17,  1879,  Susan  Edwards  of  Charlestown, 
Mass. 

Child,  one  daughter,  Helen  Millett  Dearborn. 


336  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Alfred  Eastman  Emery,  M.  D, 
Late  of  Penacook,  N.  H. 

Emery,  Alfred  E.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Concord;  age  22;  res.  Con- 
cord, cred.  New  Hampshire;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  March  28, 
'63;  appointment  revoked  June  29,  '63;  re-app.  Aug.  21,  '63;  served 
on  Mississippi  flotilla  and  U.  S.  S.  "Keystone  State";  resigned  Feb. 
9,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Penacook.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p. 
1118.) 

Surgeon  Emery  was  born  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  April  21,  1841, 
and  was  the  son  of  Isaac  and  Eliza  (Eastman)  Emery.  His 
preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  Concord  high 
school,  Franklin  Academy  and  New  Hampton  Literary  Insti- 
tute. He  commenced  his  professional  education  in  1858  at 
Concord  with  the  late  Charles  Pinckney  Gage,  M.  D.,  as  medi- 
cal preceptor.  He  attended  medical  lectures  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Vermont  and  at  the  Harvard  IMedical  School,  gradu- 
ating from  the  University  of  Vermont  in  1865.  March  28, 
1863,  he  was  appointed  acting  assistant  surgeon  of  the  United 
States  Navy,  remaining  in  the  service  until  February  20,  1865. 
It  will  be  observed  that  his  service  in  the  United  States  Navy 
was  during  his  pupilage  as  a  medical  student,  and  the  records 
show  that  he  passed  an  entrance  examination  before  a  board 
consisting  of  Surgeons  Ruschenberger  and  Fox,  at  the  Charles- 
town  navy  yard,  March  24  and  25,  1863.  His  first  service 
was  in  the  Mississippi  Squadron,  where  he  reported  April  14, 
1863 ;  was  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  April  20,  on  board  the  hospital 
ship  "Red  Rover";  two  weeks  later  accompanied  the  fleet 
surgeon  to  the  fleet  operating  against  Vicksburg,  and  crossed 
Young's  Point,  with  a  supply  train,  and  reported  at  New 
Carthage,  La.,  where  he  was  attached  to  a  hospital  on  shore 
that  was  taking  care  of  wounded  men  that  had  been  brought 
there  from  the  Grand  Gulf  fight.  He  remained  here  for 
three  weeks,  when  the  capture  of  the  batteries  below  Vicks- 
burg enabled  the  surgeons  to  transfer  the  wounded  men  to  the 
hospital  ship,  and  he  was  returned  to  the  ''Red  Rover." 

By  this  time  excessive  fatigue  in  the  swamps  about  the  Mis- 
sissippi river  brought  on  remittent  fever  and  June  18,  1863, 
he  was  granted  sick  leave  and  returned  home,  remaining  until 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  337 

September,  when  he  reported  at  the  Philadelphia  navj^  yard. 
He  was  given  service  on  the  United  States  steamship  "Key- 
stone State,"  September  22,  remaining  on  that  vessel  during 
the  remainder  of  his  term  of  service. 

As  this  vessel  formed  a  part  of  the  North  Atlantic  Squad- 
ron, she  was  one  of  the  fleet  blockading  Wilmington,  N.  C,  and 
being  a  fast  sailor,  she  was  given  plenty  of  work  to  do  on  the 
"off  shore"  station.  Her  record  shows  thirty-six  chases  after 
blockade  runners,  capturing  six  of  them,  and  picking  up  about 
$300,000  worth  of  cotton  thrown  overboard  by  the  blockade 
runners.  She  took  part  in  the  first  attack  on  Fort  Fisher,  but 
was  at  Beaufort,  N.  C,  taking  in  coal  at  the  time  of  its  capture. 
After  the  fall  of  the  fort,  the  "Keystone  State"  convoyed  the 
"Monadnock,"  a  double  turreted  monitor,  to  Charlestown, 
S.  C,  and  towed  the  "Montauk,"  a  light-draught  monitor, 
back  to  Wilmington,  N.  C. 

Surgeon  Emery  resigned,  and  his  resignation  was  accepted, 
February  20,  1865,  and  took  his  degree  in  medicine  the  same 
year.  He  first  settled  in  practice  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  removed 
to  Wilton,  Conn.,  where  he  remained  for  thirteen  years,  and 
was  a  resident  of  Penacook,  first  ward  of  the  City  of  Concord, 
for  nineteen  years. 

Surgeon  Emery  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Med- 
ical Society,  Centre  District  Medical  Society,  was  assistant 
city  physician  of  Concord  and  physician  to  the  New  Hamp- 
shire state  prison.  He  was  clerk  of  the  first  ward  of  Concord, 
member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, and  the  Knights  of  Honor. 

Was  ordered,  March  18,  1863,  to  report  to  Surgeon  Rusch- 
enberger  of  the  navy  yard  at  Boston  for  examination,  ap- 
pointed as  to  qualification  to  the  position  of  acting  assistant 
surgeon  in  the  navy  of  the  United  States. 

Signed,  G.  V,  Fox. 

Navy  Department,  March  28,   '63. 
Ordered  the  appointment  of  Dr.  Emery  to  the  position  of 
acting  a.ssistant  surgeon. 

Signed,  Gideon  Wells, 

Secretary  of  Navy. 

22 


338  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

In  this  appointment  he  was  ordered  to  Cairo,  111.,  and  re- 
ported to  Acting  Rear  Admiral  D.  D.  Porter. 

Sixteenth  of  April,  '63,  Dr.  Emery  was  ordered  to  take  pas- 
sage on  the  first  naval  transport  gunboat  of  the  fleet  and  report 
to  Acting  Rear  Admiral  D.  D.  Porter,  commanding  the  fleet. 
Signed,  A.  M.  Pennock. 

April  20,  '63,  Dr.  Pinkney  reports  Surgeon  Emery's  arrival 
for  duty.  Fleet  before  Vicksburg.  Wounded  from  the  Grand 
Gulf  fight. 

Surgeon  Pinkney  took  me  to  the  fleet  at  Vicksburg  with 
him  and  sent  me  to  a  hospital  at  New  Carthage,  La.,  where 
had  the  wounded  from  the  Grand  Gulf  fight.  There  were 
about  three  weeks  when  hospital  was  abandoned  and  the 
patients  transferred  to  the  hospital  ship.  Was  taken  sick  the 
day  after  I  reached  the  hospital  ship  and  was  sick  four  weeks, 
when,  by  advisement  of  the  surgeon  of  the  hospital  ship,  I 
resigned  and  asked  for  medical  survey.  Was  granted  leave 
of  absence  by  Admiral  Porter  June  18,  '63,  and  in  consequence 
of  error  in  reports  appointment  revoked  June  29,  '63.  Order 
of  June  29  revoking  my  appointment  was  corrected  by  secre- 
tary of  navy  August  21,  1863.  September  11,  '63,  ordered  to 
report  at  Philadelphia  navy  yard  for  duty  on  board  the  U.  S. 
steamer  'Keystone  State.'  Resigned  January  25,  '65,  resig- 
nation accepted  February  9,  '65. 

Married,  April  6,  1863,  Annie  E.  Stark  of  Concord. 
Children:  Annie  Katherine,  Mary  Stark  and  Arthur  Bal- 
lard Emery. 

Died  in  Concord,  May  23,  1900. 


James  Milton  Flint,  M.  D. 

Medical  Director,  U.  S.  N. 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Flint,  James  Milton.  Regular  officer;  b.  Hillsborough;  age  24;  res. 
Campton;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  April  14,  '62;  Asst.  Surg.  Oct. 
26,  '63;  Passed  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  31,  '67;  Surg.  June  24,  '74;  served 
on  U.  S.  S.  "Ethan  Allen"  and  "Hastings";  still  in  the  service. 
P.  O.  ad.,  Washington,  D.  C.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  112L) 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  339 

Surgeon  Flint  was  born  in  Hillsborough,  N.  H.,  February 
7,  1838,  was  the  son  of  Amos  and  Mary  (Stiekney)  Flint,  and 
a  grandson  of  Daniel  Flint.  He  received  his  preliminary  ed- 
ucation at  the  public  schools  in  Hillsborough  and  Campton, 
N.  H.,  supplementing  the  same  at  the  academies  of  Pembroke 
and  Hopkinton,  in  the  same  state.  He  commenced  his  profes- 
sional education  in  1857  in  Pembroke,  under  the  direction  of 
the  late  Butler  H.  Phillips,  M.  D.,  of  that  town,  continuing 
the  same  at  Castleton  (Vt.)  Medical  School  and  the  Medical 
Department  of  Harvard  University,  and  was  graduated  from 
the  latter  March  7,  1860.  Since  that  period  he  has  taken  one 
post-graduate  course  at  the  same  college.  He  located  for  the 
practice  of  medicine  at  Campton  Village  in  April,  1861,  where 
he  remained  one  year.  At  this  time  he  was  appointed  a  regu- 
lar officer  in  the  United  States  Na\y,  first,  as  acting  assistant 
surgeon,  this  was  April  14,  1862;  he  was  made  assistant  sur- 
geon October  24,  1863 ;  passed  assistant  surgeon,  December  31, 
1867;  surgeon,  September  12,  1874;  medical  inspector.  May 
11,  1893;  and  medical  director,  October  19,  1897. 

In  a  request  for  an  autobiographical  sketch.  Dr.  Flint  says : 
"My  life  has  not  been  remarkable  in  any  particular,  nor  do 
I  believe  that  it  has  been  adventurous  enough  to  interest  the 
public.  My  early  experience  was  that  of  the  average  New 
Hampshire  boy,  toiling  early  and  late,  with  hands  and  head, 
in  the  effort  to  gain  such  education  as  limited  means  and  in- 
dustry could  supply.  My  thirty-five  years  of  naval  service, 
sixteen  of  which  passed  on  board  a  'man-o-war,'  have  been 
remarkably  uneventful,  as  I  have  never  been  shipwrecked  or 
captured  by  the  enemy,  or  eaten  by  cannibals,  or  escaped  by 
a  hair's  breadth  from  imminent  danger,  that  I  know  of.  I 
have  simply  obeyed  orders,  gone  cheerfully  where  I  was  sent, 
performed  my  duties  to  the  best  of  my  ability,  and,  I  have  rea- 
son to  believe,  to  the  general  satisfaction  of  my  commanding  of- 
ficers, as  well  as  of  those  unfortunate  enough  to  require  my 
professional  services.  During  thirty-five  years  of  naval  service, 
I  have  passed  through  all  the  medical  corps  up  to  that  of  med- 
ical director,  which  title  I  now  hold.     I  have  lived  on  board 


340  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

ship  sixteen  years;  I  have  sailed  on  nearly  every  sea,  visited 
nearly  every  political  division  of  the  globe,  and  have  come  in 
contact  with  the  people  of  nearly  every  nation  on  their  own 
soil. 

' '  Nearing  the  end  of  my  career,  I  am  happy  in  the  thought 
that  I  can  spend  the  remainder  of  my  days  in  the  quiet  of  a 
home,  in  what  I  believe  to  be  the  most  favored  country  on 
earth,  and  among  people  whom  I  know  to  be  the  best  that 
live. 

"So  you  see  there  is  little  material  with  which  to  ornament 
a  biography,  and  it  is  better  that  the  edifice  should  consist  of 
the  plain  walls  of  unadorned  facts. ' ' 

Surgeon  Flint  is  a  member  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the 
District  of  Columbia;  was  one  of  the  collaborators  of  the  Na- 
tional Medical  Dictionary,  having  prepared  that  portion  re- 
lating to  materia  medica,  pharmacy  and  therapeutics.  (Lea 
Brothers,  Philadelphia,  1890.)  He  was  a  delegate  to  the 
American  Medical  Association  to  represent  the  medical  corps 
of  the  navy,  1878  and  1891 ;  delegate  and  third  vice-president 
to  the  convention  for  revision  of  United  States  Pharmaco- 
poeia, 1890 ;  member  and  treasurer  of  the  committee  on  revision 
of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  1890  to  1900;  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Harvard  Medical  Alumni  Association,  1891  to 
1893 ;  all  the  grades  in  the  medical  corps  of  the  navy,  from 
acting  assistant  surgeon  to  medical  director;  fleet  surgeon  of 
the  Asiatic  Squadron  to  1894r-'95;  a  fellow  of  the  American 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science;  member  of  the 
Microscopical  Society,  Philosophical  Society  of  Washington, 
Biological  Society  of  Washington,  military  order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion,  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  Society  of  the 
Colonial  Wars.  He  is  an  honorary  curator  of  the  section  of 
materia  medica  of  the  United  States  National  Museum  and 
member  of  the  committee  on  revision  of  United  States  Phar- 
macopoeia. 

Married,  June  27,  1871,  Caroline  H.  Conant  of  Boston, 
Mass. 

No  children. 


united  states  navy.  341 

George  W.  Gale,  M.  D. 

Gale,  George  W.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  New  Hampshire;  res.  Exeter; 
app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  April  19,  '62;  Passed  Acting  Asst.  Surg. 
July  6,  '65;  served  on  North  Carolina  Sounds  and  North  Atlantic 
Squadron;  disch.  June  29,  '69.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  1123.) 

Surgeon  Gale,  son  of  George  W.  Gale,  M.  D.,  was  born  in 
New  Hampshire,  probably  in  Exeter,  in  1837.  We  first  find 
him  at  the  Exeter  Academy  in  1850,  at  the  age  of  thirteen,  tak- 
ing an  academical  course  in  his  preliminary  education.  About 
that  time  his  father,  who  was  a  physician,  moved  to  Lowell, 
Mass.,  and  we  find  that  his  son  Avas  a  student  in  medicine  with 
the  late  Doctor  Kimball  of  Lowell. 

He  entered  the  navy  as  acting  assistant  surgeon  April  19, 
1862 ;  was  made  passed  acting  assistant  surgeon  July  6,  1865, 
and  was  discharged  June  29,  1869,  his  service  in  the  navj 
being  over  seven  years. 

It  is  understood  that  he  returned  to  Lowell,  and  died  soon 
after  his  return  from  the  service. 


Martin  Luther  Gerould,  M,  D. 
Late  of  Kirkwood,   Mo. 

Geeould,  Martix  L.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Alstead;  age  22;  res. 
Canaan;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  22,  '63;  served  in  Mississippi 
flotilla;  disch.  Dec.  7.  '65.  P.  0.  ad.,  Kirkwood,  Mo.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1123.) 

Surgeon  Gerould  was  born  July  14,  1841,  in  Alstead,  N.  H. 
He  was  the  son  of  Moses  and  Cynthia  (Locke)  Gerould,  and  a 
grandson  of  Samuel  G.  Gerould,  who  was  in  the  war  of  the 
Revolution.  Rev.  Moses  Gerould  was  a  well  known  orthodox 
minister  who  was  located  in  various  towns  in  New  Hampshire. 

Surgeon  Gerould 's  early  education  was  received  in  the  com- 
mon schools  and  at  Canaan  Union  Academy.  He  commenced 
the  study  of  medicine  in  1862  at  Canaan,  N.  H.,  with  Dr.  Ar- 
nold Morgan,  and  continued  with  Dr.  Frank  Locke  of  Nashua, 


342  SUEGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

N.  H.,  attending  two  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth 
and  Harvard,  graduating  from  Harvard  ]\Iedical  College  in 
1866. 

He  served  as  acting  medical  cadet,  United  States  Army,  in 
Columbia  Hospital,  Washington,  D.  C,  from  April  to  Septem- 
ber, 1863,  and  acting  assistant  surgeon.  United  States  Navy, 
in  the  Mississippi  Squadron  from  September,  1863,  till  the 
close  of  the  war  in  1865.  He  has  been  located  in  the  west  since 
being  mustered  out  of  the  service,  being  thirteen  years  in 
Webster  Groves,  Mo.,  and  twenty-one  years  in  Kirkwood,  St. 
Louis  county,  Mo.  At  one  time  he  spent  five  years  in  Arizona, 
when  he  was  not  in  professional  work.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  St.  Louis  Medical  Society. 

Married,  November  20,  1889,  Helen  Bartlett  of  Auburn, 
N.  Y. 

No  children. 

Died,  at  his  home,  December  4,  1904,  after  an  illness  of  five 
years,  at  the  age  of  sixty-three. 


David  P.  Goodhue,  M.  D. 
Springfield,  N.  H. 

GrOODHUE,  David  Putney.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Dunbarton;  age  26; 
res.  Boscawen;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Jan.  4,  '64;  served  on 
U.  S.  S.  "Maumee";  disch.  Oct.  9,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Springfield.  (Rec- 
ord, Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1124.) 

David  Putney  Goodhue,  M.  D.,  was  the  son  of  Jacob  and 
Mary  (Ager)  Goodhue,  grandson  of  Seth  Goodhue,  and  was 
born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  January  10,  1838. 

He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools 
and  the  Elmwood  Institute  in  Boscawen.  He  commenced  his 
professional  studies  in  1860,  with  the  late  Eliphalet  K.  Web- 
ster, M.  D.,  in  Boscawen,  attending  three  courses  of  medical 
lectures  at  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Ver- 
mont, and  Dartmouth  Medical  College,  receiving  his  degree 
from  the  latter  institute  in  1863. 

He  then  received  the  appointment  of  acting  assistant  sur- 
geon in  the  United  States  Na\'y,  and  reported  for  duty  at  the 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  343 

Boston  (Mass.)  navy  yard,  January  4,  1864.  His  service  in 
the  United  States  Navy  ended  October  9,  1865,  and  consisted 
of  the  following  eventful  record : 

' '  I  first  reported  for  duty  at  Boston  and  was  then  ordered  to 
the  'North  Carolina,'  at  Brooklyn  navy  yard,  where  I  was 
until  the  United  States  ship  'Chenango'  went  into  commis- 
sion; was  on  the  'Chenango'  at  the  time  her  port  boiler  ex- 
ploded, when  about  forty  men  w^ere  scalded  so  that  nearly 
thirty  died;  was  then  ordered  to  the  United  States  ship  'Ne- 
reus,'  when  we  went  on  the  blockade  off  Fort  Fisher  for  a 
time,  and  then  came  to  New  York  and  went  as  convoy  to  one 
of  the  California  mail  steamers  to  Aspinwall  and  back.  The 
'Nereus'  then  went  out  of  commission  and  I  was  ordered  to 
the  United  States  ship  'Maumee,'  and  went  on  the  blockade 
again;  was  in  both  attacks  on  Fort  Fisher  and  on  shore  duty 
a  few  days  after  the  fort  was  taken.  We  then  went  up  the 
river  to  AVilmingtou  and  then  came  to  Fortress  Monroe  and  up 
the  James  river  to  City  Point,  where  we  were  at  the  time  of 
the  battle  of  Petersburg.  The  next  day  we  went  up  to  Rich- 
mond, where  we  remained  for  a  time  and  then  came  around 
to  Philadelphia,  when  the  'Maumee'  went  out  of  commission 
and  we  were  given  leave  of  absence,  and  after  coming  home,  I 
was  honorably  discharged." 

Dr.  Goodhue  is  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society  and  the  Centre  District  Medical  Society,  and  has  been 
president  of  both  of  these  societies.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  pension  examiners  at  Newport,  N.  H.,  for  several 
years,  also  a  member  of  the  school  board  of  the  town  of  Spring- 
field, N.  H.,  where  he  has  resided  and  practiced  his  profession 
since  February  19,  1866,  and  where  he  has  been  honored  by 
his  fellow-citizens  by  being  elected  to  such  offices  as  were 
within  the  gift  of  the  people,  always  meriting  and  receiving  the 
confidence  and  approbation  of  all  citizens. 

Married,  November  14,  1867,  Abby  J.  Davis  of  Springfield, 
N.  H. 

Children,  four:  David  Henry,  Libbie  Abbie,  Lucia  Frances, 
who  are  living,  and  Laurette  May,  who  is  dead. 


344  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

George  Dexter  Harris,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Boston,  Mass. 

Haebis,  George  D.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  New  Hampshire;  res.  New 
Hampshire;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Nov.  12,  '63;  served  on  U.  S. 
S.  "Magnolia";  resigned  May  1,  '65.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  1128.) 

Surgeon  Harris  was  born  December  16,  1840,  at  Canaan, 
N.  H.  He  was  the  son  of  Dexter  and  Harriet  B.  (Tilton)  Har- 
ris, and  a  grandson  of  Hubbard  Harris.  He  received  his  pre- 
liminary education  in  the  public  schools  in  Canaan  and  at 
the  Canaan  Union  Academy.  He  commenced  his  professional 
education  at  Enfield  in  1860,  under  the  direction  of  the  late 
Dr.  Thomas  H.  Currie  and  Dr.  Alfred  R.  Bullard. 

He  was  a  fellow  student  of  the  late  Surgeon  Heil  J.  Kim- 
ball, United  States  Na^^y,  formerly  of  Enfield.  He  attended 
two  courses  of  lectures  at  the  Medical  Department  of  Dart- 
mouth College,  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  same  in  the 
class  of  1864. 

While  a  student  in  medicine  he  was  appointed  acting  as- 
sistant surgeon  in  the  United  States  Navy  and  served  on 
board  the  United  States  ship  ' '  Magnolia. ' '  He  resigned  from 
the  navy  May  1,  1865,  and  returned  to  his  home  in  Canaan; 
soon  after,  removed  to  Boston  and  engaged  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness, which  he  followed  until  his  death,  which  occurred  Octo- 
ber 8,  1890. 

He  never  married. 


Isaac  Hills  Hazelton,  M.  D. 
Wellesley   Hills,   Mass. 

Hazelton,  Isaac  H.  Regular  officer;  b.  Massachusetts;  res.  New 
Hampshire;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  17,  '61;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Ver- 
mont" and  "Lancaster";  resigned  Sept.  11,  '65.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  1129.) 

Surgeon  Hazelton  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  May  17,  1838, 
and  was  a  son  of  Isaac  Hills  and  Susan  Pickard,  and  a  grand- 
son of  Thomas  Hazelton,  who  was  born  in  Chester,  N.  H., 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  345 

March  23,  1776 ;  his  father  was  also  born  in  Chester,  June  5, 
1805;  the  mother  was  born  in  Dresden,  ]\Ie.,  February  24,  1817. 

He  received  his  preliminary  education  at  the  Elliot,  Mayhew 
and  public  Latin  Schools  of  Boston,  Mass.;  entered  Harvard 
University,  where  he  remained  for  two  years.  His  profes- 
sional education  was  commenced  in  1858  at  Harvard  Medical 
College,  Boston,  under  the  direction  of  Professors  Jackson, 
Storer,  Biglow,  Holmes,  Shattuck,  Bacon,  Clark,  Bowditch, 
Hodges,  Cheever,  White,  Borland  and  Minot;  of  these  only 
Cheever  is  now  living.  He  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  Har- 
vard College  in  the  class  of  1861,  and  commenced  the  practice 
of  medicine  in  April,  1861,  at  the  Asylum  for  Insane,  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  where  he  remained  until  appointed  assistant 
surgeon  in  the  navy,  September  17,  1861,  having  been  exam- 
ined for  the  same  the  thirteenth  and  fourteenth  of  September 
at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  He  served  on  board  the  United  States 
receiving  ship  "Ohio";  United  States  ship  "Vermont"  in 
1862;  gunboat  "Paul  Jones,"  from  January  1,  1863,  to  July 
18,  1863 ;  was  in  charge  of  three  hospitals  at  Beaufort,  S.  C,  to 
August  1,  1863 ;  at  Charlestown  navy  yard  until  December 
14,  1863;  on  the  United  States  flagship  "Lancaster"  until 
June  17,  1865 ;  recorder  of  three  summary  courts  martial,  and 
judge-advocate  of  two  general  courts  martial,  and  resigned 
September  11,  1865. 

A  short  time  before  he  resigned,  while  on  board  the  United 
States  flagship  "Lancaster,"  from  a  crew  of  three  hundred 
and  seventy-five,  sixty-seven  were  on  the  sick  list.  He  was  or- 
dered by  Admiral  George  F.  Prescott  (born  in  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  appointed  midshipman  March  11,  1815),  to  report 
to  him  on  the  probable  cause  and  to  advise  a  remedy.  It  is 
reported  that  in  less  than  three  weeks  the  sick  list  numbered 
only  twelve.  From  this  it  would  seem  that  the  remedy  was  ef- 
fective. 

Dr  Ilazelton  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical 
and  Norfolk  District  Societies;  Charles  Ward  Post,  No.  62, 
G.  A.  R. ;  Regular  Army  and  Navy  Union  (General  McKenzie 
Garrison)  ;  Kearsarge  Naval  Veterans'  Association  and  Loyal 


346  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Legion,  and  was  at  one  time  member  of  the  school  committee 
and  agent  of  the  board  of  health  in  Wellesley. 

In  1871  or  1872  there  was  published  in  the  Gynecological 
Journal  a  paper  by  Doctor  Hazelton,  proposing  to  abolish  the 
office  of  coroner  in  Massachusetts  and  substitute  judge  and 
medical  examiner. 

Married,  October  23,  1867,  Mary  A.  Brewster  of  Newbury- 
port,  Mass. 

Children :  Mary  Brewster  Hazelton,  born  November  23, 
1868;  Isaac  Brewster  Hazelton,  born  December  30,  1870; 
Olivia  Bowditch  Hazelton,  born  January  26,  1873 ;  Margaret 
Page  Hazelton,  born  March  17,  1876. 


Thomas  Hiland,  M.  D.,  U.  S.  N.  (Retired.) 
Grafton,  Mass. 

Hiland,  Thomas.  Regular  officer;  b.  Langdon;  age  21;  res.  Lang- 
don;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  2,  'Gl;  Surg.  June  7,  '69;  served  on 
U.  S.  S.  "Sonoma"  and  Western  and  Gulf  Squadrons;  placed  on  re- 
tired list  March  13,  '83.  P.  O.  ad..  Concord.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  1130.) 

Surgeon  Hiland  was  born  September  22,  1839,  at  Lang- 
don, N.  H.,  and  was  the  son  of  Benjamin  Palmer  and  Sarah 
(Roundy)  Hiland,  and  was  the  grandson  of  Thomas  Hiland  of 
New  Hampshire.  His  early  education  was  in  the  common 
schools,  supplemented  by  a  course  of  instruction  at  Ward's 
Institute,  Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meriden,  N.  H.,  and  School 
of  Technology.  Pie  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  at 
Langdon,  N.  H.,  in  1858,  under  the  direction  of  Leland  J. 
Graves,  M.  D.,  then  of  Langdon,  afterwards  of  Claremont, 
Albert  Smith,  M.  D.,  of  Peterborough,  and  John  M.  Moriarty, 
M.  D.,  of  New  York.  He  attended  medical  lectures  at  Dart- 
mouth, Harvard  and  Bellevue  Medical  Colleges,  and  was  grad- 
uated from  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College 
in  the  class  of  1862.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine 
in  the  United  States  Navy,  his  services  being  in  the  naval  hos- 
pitals, ships  and  stations  from  1861  to  1883,  when,  with  the 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  347 

grade  of  full  surgeon,  he  was  placed  upon  the  retired  list  in 
consequence  of  disability  received  in  the  service.  He  passed 
through  all  the  different  grades  of  assistant,  passed  assistant 
surgeon  and  surgeon,  during  this  period. 

Dr.  Hiland  was  one  of  those  who  believed  in  post-graduate 
or  supplementary  education,  and  during  his  long  term  of  ser- 
vice in  the  navy,  found  time  to  take  post-graduate  courses  in 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  University  of  Vienna,  in  the 
School  of  Medicine  and  Hospitals  in  Paris,  Kings  Hospital  and 
Moorfields  Royal  London  Opthalmic  Hospital  in  London,  and 
post-graduate  course  in  Post-Graduate  School  of  New  York. 

After  his  retirement  in  1883,  he  located  in  Concord  in  1885, 
giving  special  attention  to  diseases  of  the  eye  and  ear,  and  at 
the  death  of  Dr.  Albert  H.  Crosby,  was  physician  and  surgeon 
to  St.  Paul's  School  of  this  city.  At  the  present  time,  in  con- 
sequence of  impaired  health,  he  has  retired  from  active  pro- 
fessional service  and  resides  at  Grafton,  Mass. 

Surgeon  Hiland  is  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  and 
the  Centre  District  Medical  Societies,  also  a  member  of  the 
various  Masonic  fraternities  of  Concord.  During  his  resi- 
dence in  Concord,  he  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  the  profession, 
the  esteem  of  his  patrons,  and  the  good  will  of  all  citizens. 

Married  a  sister  of  Commander  Gorringe,  United  States 
Navj'',  who  died  a  few  years  since. 


Charles  Floyer  Hildreth,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Suncook,  N.  H. 

(U.  S.  Navy.) 

HiLDBETir,  Charles  F.  P.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Boston,  Mass.;  age 
30;  res.  Concord;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  28,  '62;  served  on 
U.  S.  S.  "Commodore  Hull"  and  Mississippi  flotilla;  resigned  Feb. 
4,  '64.  P.  O.  ad.,  AUenstown.  See  Miscel.  Organizations.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1130.) 

(Miscel.  Organizations.) 

HiLDBETH,  Charles  F.  P.  F.  and  S.;  40  Mass.  Inf.;  b.  Boston,  Mass.; 
age  32;  res.  Concord;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  23,  '04;  must,  in  Sept. 
25,  '64,  for  3  yrs.;  app.  Surg.  May  19,  '65;  must,  out  June  16,  '65. 
P.  O.  ad.,  AUenstown.  See  U.  S.  Navy.  (Record,  Ayling's  Reg- 
ister, 1895,  p.  1054.) 


348  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN  THE  REBELLION. 

Surgeon  Hildreth  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  December  12, 
1831,  and  was  the  son  of  Clifton  Bixby  and  Eliza  Stevens 
(Fuller)  Hildreth,  and  grandson  of  David  Hildreth.  He  re- 
ceived his  preliminary  education  in  the  Boston  public  schools 
and  at  the  Gymnasium,  Pembroke,  N.  H.  He  commenced  his 
professional  education  in  1857  under  the  direction  of  Drs. 
Charles  P.  Gage  and  Albert  A.  Moulton  of  Concord ;  attended 
two  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  the  Medical  Department  of 
Harvard  University,  and  was  graduated  from  the  same  in 
1861.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Concord, 
N.  H. ;  was  physician  at  the  New  Hampshire  state  prison,  act- 
ing assistant  surgeon  of  the  United  States  Navy,  assistant 
surgeon,  United  States  Army,  and  promoted  to  surgeon  of 
the  United  States  Army.  On  returning  from  the  army  he 
located  in  Concord,  and  then  removed  to  Suncook,  N.  H.,  and 
engaged  in  pharmacy;  was  one  of  the  commissioners  of  phar- 
macy for  the  state  of  New  Hampshire  for  a  number  of  years ; 
member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Legislature,  and  has  held  va- 
rious offices  in  the  gift  of  the  people  in  the  town  of  Allenstown 
during  the  period  of  his  active  service.  He  afterwards  re- 
tired from  professional  life,  and  devoted  his  time  to  his 
friends  and  to  general  recreation. 

The  following  is  Surgeon  Hildreth 's  army  and  navy  record : 

"September,  1862,  entered  the  United  States  Navy  as  act- 
ing assistant  surgeon  of  the  United  States  steamer  'Commo- 
dore Hull '  of  the  North  Atlantic  Squadron ;  performed  ser- 
vices upon  the  James  river  and  in  the  Serenoles  of  North  Car- 
olina; was  at  the  siege  of  Little  Washington,  N.  C,  when  the 
*  Commodore  Hull '  was  under  fire  for  seventeen  days  and  was 
struck  by  the  rebel  cannon  one  hundred  and  thirty -three  times. 
In  the  fall  of  1863,  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  United  States 
Naval  Hospital  at  New  Berne,  N.  C. 

"In  February,  1864,  resigned  from  the  United  States  Navy; 
was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Fortieth  Regiment, 
Massachusetts  Volunteers,  and  joined  the  regiment  in  front  of 
Petersburg,  Va. ;  was  promoted  to  be  surgeon  of  the  For- 
tieth Massachusetts  Volunteers.     The  Fortieth  Regiment  was 


UNITED    STATES   NAVY.  349 

in  the  Eighteenth  and  Twenty-fourth  Army  Corps.  He  was 
at  the  battles  of  Chapin  Farm,  Fort  Harrison,  the  second  battle 
of  Fair  Oaks.  He  joined  Greneral  Sheridan  at  the  Pamunky 
river  and  came  through  upon  his  march  to  Richmond;  was 
in  the  front  of  Richmond  and  went  into  the  city  at  its  capture. 
He  was  mustered  out  at  that  place  in  June,  1865." 

In  1862  Doctor  Hildreth  joined  the  New  Hampshire  Medi- 
cal Society. 

Doctor  Hildreth  died  in  Manchester,  August  17,  1903. 


Ahira  B.   Hoyt,  M.   D. 

Late  of  Grafton,  N.  H. 

Surgeon  Hoyt  was  born  in  Grafton,  April  6,  1826,  and  was 
the  third  child  of  Capt.  Benjamin  and  Fanny  (Armstrong) 
Hoyt.  His  early  education  was  in  common  schools,  and  his 
biographer  says  of  him,  "that  as  he  so  improved  his  leisure 
moments  he  was  soon  able  to  teach  school,  thus  earning  money 
to  pursue  his  medical  studies  and  perfect  himself  for  the 
practice  of  his  chosen  profession."  He  began  his  professional 
studies  with  Doctors  Davis  and  Jones,  at  Manchester,  N.  H., 
taking  one  course  of  lectures  at  the  Vermont  Medical  College 
at  Woodstock,  Vt.,  afterwards  at  the  Medical  School  in  Pitts- 
field,  Mass.,  where  he  received  his  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the 
Berkshire  Medical  College,  in  the  year  1850.  He  practiced 
medicine  in  Massachusetts  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  war, 
when  he  received  an  appointment  as  acting  assistant  surgeon 
of  the  navy;  was  ordered  to  the  "De  Soto,"  on  board  of  which 
he  sailed  to  the  South  Atlantic  Squadron.  He  was  in  the  ser- 
vice about  one  year  and  a  half,  and  returned  to  Gloucester, 
Mass.,  where  he  resumed  practice,  but  his  health  failing,  he 
left  Gloucester  and  settled  in  Grafton  in  the  fall  of  1865,  re- 
maining there  until  his  death,  which  occurred  July,  1881. 

He  married  Miss  Elizabeth  C.  Webster  of  Gloucester, 
Mass.,  June  14,  1855. 

Two  children ;  both  are  dead. 


350  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Doctor  Hoyt  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society,  and  was  ever  ready  to  prepare  papers  or  to  discuss  any 
medical  subject.     His  biographer  says  of  him : 

''As  a  physiean  Doctor  Hoyt  enjoyed  an  enviable  reputa- 
tion in  the  community  where  he  resided,  as  well  as  among  his 
professional  brothers.  Ever  kind  and  obliging  to  those  under 
his  care,  he  won  the  hearts  of  the  people  as  no  one  but  a  medi- 
cal man  can — I  should  say,  as  no  one  but  a  true  medical  man 
can. 

"As  a  townsman  he  was  ever  found  on  the  side  which  he 
considered  to  be  right,  and  although  he  was  one  of  those  quiet, 
retiring  men,  yet  he  was  always  ready  to  give  a  reason  for  the 
faith  that  was  in  him." 


Emery  Glidden  Judkins,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Waitsfield,  Vt. 

Judkins,  Emery  D.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Claremont;  res.  Claremont; 
app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  21,  '61;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Morning 
Light";  appointment  revoked  March  5,  '62.  Died  June  29,  '63, 
"Waitsfield,  Vt.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1135.) 

Surgeon  Judkins  was  born  July  27,  1830,  at  Unity,  N.  H., 
and  was  the  son  of  Moses  and  Sarah  (True)  Judkins,  grand- 
son of  Caleb  Judkins.  He  commenced  his  professional  edu- 
cation under  the  direction  of  Drs.  William  Ladd,  Nathaniel 
Tolles  and  E.  R.  Peaslee;  attended  medical  lectures  at  Dart- 
mouth College  and  was  graduated  from  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment of  the  same  in  the  class  of  1853.  He  spent  a  year  and 
a  half  as  assistant  physician  at  the  Blackwell  Island  Hospi- 
tal, New  York,  and  then  located  at  Claremont,  where  he  was 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  the  commencement  of  the 
"War  of  the  Rebellion.  He  received  an  appointment  as  assist- 
ant surgeon  in  the  navy  in  October,  1861,  and  was  assigned 
to  duty  on  the  "Morning  Light."  After  six  months  he  left 
the  service  and  settled  in  Waitsfield,  Vt.,  where  he  engaged  in 
extensive  professional  work.  After  about  a  year's  practice  in 
Waitsfield,  he  contracted  diphtheria  and  died  June  29,  1863, 
at  the  early  age  of  thirty-three  years. 


UNITED   STATES  NAVY.  351 

Doctor  Judkins  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Med- 
ical Society,  and  at  their  annual  meeting  in  1864  his  death  was 
reported  to  the  society,  and  a  committee,  consisting  of  Drs. 
L.  W.  Peabody,  L.  C.  Bean  and  C.  P.  Hildreth,  was  appointed 
to  draft  resolutions.  The  following  were  submitted  to  the 
society  and  unanimously  adopted: 

'^Resolved,  That  we  have  heard  with  sorrow  of  the  early 
death  of  Brother  Judkins,  who  bid  so  fair  to  be  an  ornament 
to  the  profession  he  had  choseu  and  which  he  so  dearly  loved ; 

"Resolved,  That  we  tender  our  heartfelt  sympathies  to  the 
young  and  bereaved  widow,  and  to  his  aged  and  widowed 
mother,  who  are  so  suddenly  deprived  of  an  affectionate  hus- 
band and  dutiful  son; 

"Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  forwarded  by 
the  secretary  to  the  family  of  the  deceased. 

"L.  W.  Peabody, 

"L.  C.  Bean, 

"C.  F.  P.  Hildreth, 

* '  Committee. 

"Manchester,  June  28,  1864." 

Married,  October  27,  1861,  Lucina  J.  Orcutt. 


Heil  J.  Kimball. 


Kimball,  Heil  J.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  New  Hampshire;  res.  New 
Hampshire;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  27,  '63;  served  on  U.  S.  S. 
"Pequot."  Died  Feb.  6,  '64,  at  sea.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.   1137.) 

Surgeon  Kimball  was  born  in  Enfield,  N.  H.,  in  1842,  and 
was  the  son  of  Joseph  B.  and  Miriam  (Choate)  Kimball.  He 
was  a  grand.son  of  Daniel  Kimball,  who  was  a  soldier  in  the 
War  of  the  Revolution.  He  received  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools  of  Enfield,  and  at  the  Union  Acad- 
emy of  Canaan,  N.  H.  He  commenced  his  professional  edu- 
cation in  1861,  under  the  direction  of  Drs.  Thomas  H.  Currie 


352  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

and  Alfred  R.  Bullard,  of  Enfield,  N.  H.     In  1862  he  was  a 
member  of  the  medical  class  of  Dartmouth  College. 

While  a  student  of  medicine,  he  was  commissioned  acting 
assistant  surgeon  in  the  navy,  October  27,  1863,  and  served  on 
the  United  States  ship  "Pequot,"  and  died  February  6,  1864, 
on  board  the  "Pequot,"  in  Hampton  Roads,  Va.,  without  hav- 
ing completed  his  professional  education.  It  is  said  that  he 
was  buried  in  the  military  or  naval  cemetery  at  Portsmouth, 
Va. 


Thomas  Walter  Leach. 
Late  of  Newmarket,  N.  H. 

Leach,  Thomas  W.  Regular  officer;  b.  Newmarket;  age  22;  res. 
Newmarket;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  July  28,  '58;  Surg.  May  21,  '62;  Medi- 
cal Inspector  Apr.  5,  '75;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Brooklyn,"  "Lacka- 
wanna" and  West  Gulf  Squadron;  placed  on  retired  list  Jan.  17, 
'85.  P.  0.  ad.,  Newmarket.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  1139.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Newmarket,  May  12, 
1836,  and  was  the  elder  son  of  Thomas  F.  and  Sarah  A.  (Wig- 
gin)  Leach.  His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the 
public  schools  of  Newmarket,  and  his  professional  education 
commenced  in  1854,  under  the  direction  of  the  late  George 
Washington  Kittredge,  M.  D.,  of  Newmarket,  and  was  supple- 
mented by  courses  of  lectures  in  the  Medical  Department  of 
Harvard  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  M.  D.  in 
1857. 

After  graduation  he  passed  the  required  examinations  and 
received  his  first  commission,  signed  by  President  Buchanan, 
January  26,  1859,  having  been  appointed  an  assistant  surgeon 
July  29,  1858,  and  was  attached  to  the  steam  frigate  "Niag- 
ara, ' '  and  ordered  to  the  west  coast  of  Africa.  From  1859  to 
1861,  he  was  attached  to  the  home  squadron  and  stationed  at 
the  naval  hospital  in  New  York.  He  was  commissioned  sur- 
geon May  21,  1862,  and  assigned  to  the  steam  sloop  "Lacka- 
wanna. ' ' 


UNITED    STATES   NAVY.  353 

During  the  civil  war  his  service  Avas  largely  in  the  Gulf 
Squadron  and  from  1865  to  1867  at  the  naval  hospital  in  New 
York.  From  1867  to  1870,  he  was  assigned  to  the  Asiatic 
Squadron  and  on  duty  to  the  steamer  "Iroquois."  From 
1870  to  1872,  he  was  stationed  at  the  Portsmouth  (N.  H.)  na\y 
yard,  and  from  1872  to  1874,  was  fleet  surgeon  of  the  North 
Atlantic  Station,  the  flagships  being  the  "California"  and 
the  "Richmond."  In  1874  and  1875,  he  was  the  fleet  sur- 
geon of  the  Asiatic  Squadron,  the  flagship  being  the  "Hart- 
ford." 

Surgeon  Leach  was  commissioned  medical  inspector  April 
5,  1875,  and  assigned  to  duty  on  the  board  of  examiners  at 
Washington,  D.  C.  In  1878  he  was  delegate  to  the  American 
Medical  Association  and  served  upon  the  board  of  examiners 
for  admission  of  candidates  at  Annapolis.  In  1879  and  1880 
he  was  at  the  navy  yard  in  Boston;  in  1880  and  1881,  navy 
yard  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H. ;  1882,  special  duty  at  Portsmouth, 
N.  H. ;  1882  and  1883,  he  was  fleet  surgeon  of  the  North  At- 
lantic Squadron  and  July  5,  1883,  he  was  granted  sick  leave 
and  detached  from  the  flagship  "Tennessee,"  and  January 
17,  1885,  he  was  finally  retired  from  active  service  on  ac- 
count of  sickness,  the  result  of  duty  and  long  and  faithful 
service. 

His  biographer  says  of  him: 

"That  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties  he  was  one  of 
the  most  conscientious  of  men ;  always  thoughtful  of  the  health 
of  officers  and  men,  and  ever  ready  with  his  services,  night  or 
day,  as  might  be  required.  He  was  universally  beloved  by 
officers  and  men." 

Upon  being  retired  from  the  service,  he  returned  to  his 
native  town,  Newmarket,  where  he  resided  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  December  29,  1894,  leaving  one  brother,  George 
A.  Leach.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and 
was  buried  from  the  Congregational  church  in  Newmarket 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Rising  Star  Lodge,  No.  47,  of  which 
he  had  been  a  member  since  1858. 

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354  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Almond  Orlando  Leavitt,  M.  D. 
Grantham,  N.  H. 

Leavitt,  Almond  O.  Regular  oflBcer;  b.  Grantham;  res.  Grantham; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  July  30,  '61;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Potomac";  placed 
on  retired  list  June  24,  '62;  still  in  the  service.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  1139.) 

Surgeon  Leavitt  was  born  in  Grrantham,  N.  H.,  January  25, 
1828,  and  was  the  son  of  Josiah  and  Betsy  (Brown)  Leavitt, 
grandson  of  Dudley  Leavitt.  He  received  his  preliminary 
education  in  the  common  schools  of  New  Hampshire  and  fitted 
for  college  at  Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meriden,  receiving 
the  degree  of  A.  B.  from  Dartmouth  College  in  the  class  of 
1856.  He  commenced  his  professional  education  with  the  late 
Dr.  J.  B.  Rand  of  Hartford,  Vt.,  and  attended  medical  lectures 
at  Dartmouth  Medical  College  and  afterwards  at  the  Medical 
Department  of  Harvard  University,  and  was  graduated  from 
the  latter.  During  his  college  and  professional  education,  he 
supported  himself  largely  by  teaching  school,  a  part  of  the 
time  being  in  Randolph,  Mass.  While  a  student  at  Harvard 
he  obtained  an  appointment  in  the  hospital  on  Deer  island, 
and  while  there  he  received  an  appointment,  dated  July  30, 
1861,  as  assistant  surgeon  of  the  United  States  Navy.  He 
served  on  the  United  States  ship  "Potomac,"  and  was  placed 
on  the  retired  list  June  24,  1862,  on  account  of  physical  and 
mental  disability.  He  is  still  on  the  retired  list.  His  service 
while  in  the  navy  was  in  the  Gulf  Squadron,  and  during  that 
time  he  became  insane  and  has  continued  in  the  same  condition 
ever  since. 

He  never  married,  and  for  many  years  his  home  has  been 
at  the  State  Hospital  in  Concord,  N.  H. 


Charles  Little,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Acton,  Mass. 

Little,  Charles.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  New  Hampshire;  res.  Web- 
ster; app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  24,  '63;  served  on  U.  S.  S. 
"Winona";  disch.  Oct.  9,  '65.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p. 
1140.) 


UNITED    STATES   NAVY.  355 

Charles  Little  was  bom  in  West  Boscawen  (now  Webster), 
N.  H.,  February'  14,  1837,  and  was  the  son  of  Richard  and 
Mary  CoflEin  (Pillsbury)  Little,  and  a  grandson  of  Benjamin 
Little,  of  the  same  town.  The  grandfather  was  a  soldier  in 
the  War  of  the  Revolution  and  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Ben- 
nington. Captain  Richard  Little,  the  doctor's  father,  was 
an  officer  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  was  stationed  at  Ports- 
mouth in  1814.  They  were  descendants  of  George  Little,  of 
Newbury,  Mass. 

Surgeon  Little  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the 
common  schools  and  academies  of  New  Hampshire,  fitting  for 
college  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.,  and  received  the 
degree  of  A.  B.  from  Dartmouth  College  in  the  class  of  1860. 
He  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in  1860,  under  the  di- 
rection of  Dr.  Harris  Cowdrey  of  Acton,  Mass.,  and  continued 
the  same  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Carlton  P.  Frost,  of  St. 
Johnsbury,  Vt.  He  attended  medical  lectures  at  Hanover 
and  New  York,  and  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the 
^ledical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College  in  the  class  of 
1864. 

In  the  meantime  he  was  hospital  steward  in  the  Fifteenth 
Vermont  Volunteers,  of  which  his  preceptor,  Dr.  Carlton  P. 
Frost,  was  surgeon,  and  was  appointed  acting  assistant  sur- 
geon in  the  navy  from  New  Hampshire,  December  24,  1863, 
and  served  on  the  United  States  steamship  "Winona"  until 
discharged,  October  9,  1865.  After  leaving  the  United  States 
service,  he  located  in  Acton,  Mass.,  where  he  resided  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  November  16,  1869. 

Married,  June  11,  1866,  to  Helen  E.,  only  daughter  of  Dr. 
Harris  and  Abigail  Cowdrey  of  Acton,  Mass.,  who  died  in 
1886. 

No  children. 


356  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Charles  Albert  Manson,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Springfield,  Mass. 

(U.  S.  Navy.) 

Manson,  Charles  A.  Volunteer  ofiicer;  b.  New  Hampshire;  age  23; 
res.  New  Hampshire;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  13,  '64;  resigned 
Nov.  23,  '64;  re-app.  Jan.  18,  '65;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Ohio"  and 
"Massasoit";  appointment  revoked  June  28,  '65.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  1143.) 

(Dartmouth  Cavalry.) 

Manson,  Chaeles  A.  Dartmouth  College;  b.  Somersworth;  age  20; 
res.  Lawrence,  Mass.;  enl.  June,  '62;  must,  in  June  24,  '62,  as 
Priv.;  captd.  Aug.  19,  '62,  near  Winchester,  Va.;  must,  out  Oct.  2, 
'62.  Died  Apr.  4,  '83,  Springfield,  Mass.  (Record,  Ayling's  Reg- 
ister, 1895,  p.  1094.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  August  22,  1842,  at 
Great  Falls  (now  the  city  of  Somersworth),  N.  H.,  and  was 
the  son  of  Rev.  Albert  Charles  and  Mary  Jane  (Brown)  Man- 
son,  being  a  grandson  of  Capt.  William  Manson.  His  pre- 
liminary education  was  received  in  the  common  schools  and 
at  Lawrence  Conference  Seminary.  His  professional  educa- 
tion began  at  Sanbornton  Bridge  (now  Tilton),  N.  H.,  under 
the  direction  of  Dr.  Sylvestus  Campbell,  afterwards  assistant 
surgeon  of  the  Sixteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  and  Doc- 
tor Chadbourne.  He  attended  medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth 
Medical  College,  University  of  New  York  and  the  Medical  De- 
partment of  Vermont  University,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
latter  in  June,  1864. 

"While  in  Dartmouth  College  he  enlisted,  June  24,  1862,  in 
that  organization  made  up  mainly  of  college  students  in  Dart- 
mouth, Norwich  University  and  the  University  of  Vermont, 
called  the  Dartmouth  Cavalry.  This  organization  was  for 
three  months  and  was  attached  to  the  Seventh  Rhode  Island 
Cavalry  as  Company  B.  Doctor  Manson  was  taken  prisoner 
August  19,  1862,  near  Ashby  Gap,  Va.,  and  confined  in  Libby 
prison  and  Belle  island  until  discharged,  October  2,  1862; 
was  appointed  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  the  United  States 
Navy  August  13,  1864,  and  resigned  from  the  navy  in  1865, 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  357 

when  lie  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  in  the  army  August 
22,  1865,  and  was  honorably  discharged  January  1,  1866. 

After  his  army  service,  he  located  for  a  time  in  Wisconsin, 
and  afterwards  removed  to  Springfield,  Mass.,  where  he  died, 
April  4,  1883.  Doctor  Manson  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity  and  the  Psi  Upsilon. 

Married,  September  4,  1865,  Helen  Frances  Wadleigh,  who 
died  September  7,  1885. 

Children,  two:  Albert  Charles,  who  died  in  infancy,  and 
Charles  Albert,  now-  a  physician  in  New  York  City. 


R.  Osgood  Mason,  M.  D. 

Late  of  348  West  58th  St.,  New  York  City. 

Maso.v,  Rurus  O.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  New  Hampshire;  res.  New 
York;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  21,  '61;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "San- 
tiago de  Cuba";  resigned  Feb.  2,  '64.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  1143.) 

Surgeon  Mason  was  born  in  Sullivan,  N.  H.,  January  22, 
1830,  and  was  the  son  of  Rufus  and  Prudence  (Woods)  Mason, 
and  grandson  of  Bela  Mason.  The  Mason  family  were 
among  the  earliest  settlers  in  New  England.  Hugh  Mason, 
with  his  wife  Esther,  came  to  this  country  in  1634  and  settled 
in  Watertown,  Mass.  Dr.  R.  Osgood  Mason,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  is  of  the  seventh  generation  in  direct  line  of 
descent  from  the  original  Hugh  Mason. 

Received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  district  schools  of 
Sullivan,  N.  H.,  Keene  Academy  and  Hancock  Literary  and 
Scientific  Academy,  of  New  Hampshire.  Fitted  for  college 
at  Thetford  Academy,  Vermont,  was  graduated  A.  B.  from 
Dartmouth  College  in  the  class  of  1854  and  received  the 
degree  of  A.  M.  from  the  same  institution  in  1868.  His  pro- 
fessional education  was  commenced  in  1856  with  Doctor  Will- 
iams of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  continued  with  Drs.  F.  S.  Ed- 
wards, Lafayette  Ranney  and  John  C.  Dalton  of  New  York 
City;  attended  medical  lectures  in  New  York  and  was  gradu- 


358  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

ated  from  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  New 
York  in  1859,  with  the  rank  of  valedictorian.  Commenced 
practice  in  New  York  City  and  has  remained  there  ever  since, 
excepting  the  period  of  service  in  the  United  States  Navy. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  Academy  of  Medicine, 
New  York  County  Medical  Society  and  of  the  American  Medi- 
cal Association,  also  an  associate  member  of  the  Society  for 
Psychical  Research  (London). 

He  was  appointed  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  October,  1861, 
remaining  in  the  service  until  February,  1864,  when  he  ten- 
dered his  resignation  and  returned  to  New  York.  Doctor  Ma- 
son describes  his  service  in  the  navy  as  follows : 

"My  service  while  in  the  navy  was  on  board  the  United 
States  steamship  'Santiago  de  Cuba,'  a  purchased  vessel  of 
seventeen  hundred  tons,  armed  with  six  32-pounders  and  two 
Parrott  guns,  and  carrying  a  ship's  company  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty-four  men.  As  acting  assistant  surgeon,  I  was  sur- 
geon in  charge. 

' '  Our  mission  was  to  cruise  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  among  the 
West  India  and  Bahama  islands,  and  in  the  track  of  vessels 
plying  between  Charleston  and  Nassau  or  Havana,  protecting 
our  own  commerce  and  passenger  steamers  from  the  depreda- 
tions of  the  Confederate  cruisers  and  inflicting  what  damage 
we  could  upon  Confederate  vessels  and  blockade  runners. 
The  *  Alabama,'  the  'Northville'  and  the  'Oreta'  were  al- 
ready at  sea  plying  upon  our  commerce  and  we  hunted  the 
ports  and  harbors  of  Cuba,  Hayti  and  all  the  West  India  and 
Bahama  islands  to  gain  intelligence  of  them.  On  this  mission 
we  were  often  at  Havana,  anchored  at  the  very  spot  where  so 
lately  the  'Maine'  met  her  sad  fate.  For  six  months,  with 
headquarters  at  Cape  Haitien,  our  dutj'-  was  to  meet  and  con- 
voy the  California  steamers  safely  through  the  narrow  pas- 
sages of  the  Bahamas,  where  the  Confederate  cruisers  could 
hide  and  come  out  upon  them  unawares,  and  so  conduct  them 
to  the  open  sea  south  of  Cuba,  where  their  own  watchfulness 
and  speed  insured  their  safety. 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  359 

"April  23,  1862,  we  sighted  the  'Nashville'  and  gave  chase, 
hoping  to  capture  her.  We  sent  down  all  our  spars  and  did 
everything  to  increase  our  speed  and  overhaul  her,  but  she 
was  too  fast  for  us  and  after  a  most  exciting  chase  of  four 
hours  we  were  obliged  to  give  her  up  and  slowly  return  to  our 
cruising  ground.  The  day,  however,  was  not  entirely  without 
success,  for  at  dusk  we  captured  a  blockade  runner,  a  schooner 
with  one  hundred  and  sixty  bales  of  cotton,  and  two  days  later 
the  large  steamer  'Ella  Warley,'  heavily  laden  with  arms, 
ammunition  and  army  stores,  intended  for  the  Confederacy. 

"During  our  term  of  service  we  captured  five  steamers  and 
eight  sailing  vessels,  all  loaded  with  either  cotton  or  Confed- 
erate supplies,  and  one  steamer  loaded  with  cotton  was  de- 
stroyed. She  had  just  come  out  of  Sabine  Pass,  and  finding 
she  could  not  escape  us,  she  ran  into  shoal  water  and  aground, 
quite  in  reach  of  our  guns;  there  she  suddenly  burst  out  in 
flames,  probably  set  on  fire  by  her  crew,  and  was  quickly  con- 
sumed to  the  water 's  edge. 

"The  'Santiago  de  Cuba'  proved  to  be  of  great  service  to  the 
government  and  her  name  was  perhaps  better  and  more  widely 
known  than  any  other  vessel  except  the  more  prominent  fight- 
ing ships." 

After  his  return  to  New  York  and  resuming  professional 
work,  he  became  interested  in  literature  and  especially  psj'chic 
studies.  lie  has  been  a  prolific  writer  in  the  domain  of 
ps>'chical  research,  reporting  many  cases,  among  which  are : 
"Double  Personality;"  "Hypnotic  Suggestion;"  "Educa- 
tional Uses  of  Hypnotism;"  "Alternating  Personality,  Their 
Origin  and  Medico-Legal  Aspect." 

Married,  first,  July  3,  1871,  Marian  Isabel  Goodwin,  who 
died  December  16,  1880;  second,  April  27,  1886,  Charlotte 
Louise  Quick  Vander-Veer. 

One  child  living,  Ethel  Osgood  Mason,  born  November  12, 
1875. 

Doctor  Mason  died  May  11,  1903. 


360  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

James  R.  May,  M.  D. 
Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

May,  James  R.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  New  Hampshire;  res.  New 
Hampshire;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Feb.  25,  '64;  served  on  U.  S.  S. 
"Daylight";  disch.  Aug.  7,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Portsmouth.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1144.) 

Surgeon  May  was  born  in  New  Hampshire.  His  classical 
education  was  received  at  Harvard  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  A.  B.  in  1861 ;  his  professional  education  was  re- 
ceived in  Jefferson  Medical  College  in  Philadelphia,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1866. 

He  was  appointed  medical  cadet  in  the  United  States  Navy 
in  1862,  and  served  in  the  Judiciary  Square  Hospital,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  from  July,  1862,  to  July,  1863.  In  1864  he  was 
appointed  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  the  United  States  Navy, 
and  was  attached  successively  to  the  Portsmouth  navy  yard, 
to  the  steamer  "Kengpshea,"  the  United  States  ship  "E.  B. 
Hale,"  United  States  ship  ** Passaic,"  and  the  United  States 
ship  "Daylight."  In  June,  1865,  he  resigned  the  appoint- 
ment and  has  since  resided  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 


LeRoy  Frederick  Morse,  M.  D. 
Mattoon,  111. 

MoESE,  Leroy  F.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  New  Hampshire;  res.  New 
Hampshire;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Nov.  14,  '63;  served  on  U.  S.  S. 
"Proteus"  and  "Restless";  disch.  Dec.  7,  '65.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  1148.) 

Surgeon  Morse  is  now  a  resident  of  Mattoon,  Coles  county, 
Illinois,  and  was  born  February  5,  1839,  at  Canterbury,  N.  H., 
was  the  son  of  Charles  Abbott  and  Eunice  (Lake)  Morse,  a 
grandson  of  Charles  Morse.  Received  his  preliminary  edu- 
cation in  the  common  schools  at  Canterbury  and  at  Elm  wood 
Institute  of  Boscawen.  Commenced  his  professional  educa- 
tion under  the  direction  of  Dr.  L.  T.  Weeks  of  Canterbury,  in 
1861 ;  attended  medical  lectures  at  the  Medical  Department  of 
the  University  of  Vermont  in  1862,  Georgetown  Medical  Col- 


UNITED   STATES  NAVY.  361 

lege,  District  of  Columbia,  1862,  at  Hanover  in  1863,  and  was 
graduated  M.  D.  from  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth 
College  in  the  class  of  1864.  Commenced  the  practice  of  med- 
icine in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  in  1866,  remaining  there  about  one 
year;  was  afterwards  in  Biddeford,  Me.,  since  which  time  he 
has  been  in  Illinois,  most  of  the  time  having  been  located  at 
Mattoon,  Coles  county. 

He  was  appointed  acting  assistant  surgeon,  United  States 
Navy,  November  12,  1863,  and  was  discharged  by  reason  of  the 
close  of  the  war,  December  7,  1865.  A  full  record  of  his  naval 
service  was  on  the  United  States  bark  '  *  Restless, ' '  attached  to 
the  East  Gulf  Blockade  Squadron,  and  in  nearly  one  year  of 
his  service  was  in  and  about  St.  Andrew's  bay,  Florida;  from 
Januarj"^  to  March,  1865,  at  Charlotte  harbor,  Florida,  and 
from  that  time  until  June  18,  1865,  at  St.  Joseph's  bay, 
Florida.  At  this  date  the  blockade  was  raised  and  the  "Rest- 
less" went  out  of  commission  at  Philadelphia,  July  18,  1865. 
Surgeon  Morse  was  placed  on  a  leave  of  absence,  awaiting 
orders  until  December  7,  1865,  when  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged. 

Married,  April  14,  1869,  Harriet  Frances  Chamberlin  of 
Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

One  child.  Bertha  Lewise  Morse. 


Elias  Craig  Neal,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Tremont,  Me. 

Neal,   Elias   C.     Volunteer   officer;    b.   New  Hampshire;    res.   New 

Hampshire;   app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Feb.  27,  '64;   served  on  the 

U.  S.  S.  "Princeton";   disch.  Dec.  25,  '65.  (Record,  Ayling's  Reg- 
ister, 1895,  p.  1150.) 

Surgeon  Neal  was  born  in  Bamstead,  N.  H.,  January  28, 
1833,  and  was  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Sophia  George  (Chesley) 
Neal,  a  grandson  of  William  Neal  of  Boston,  Mass.  His  early 
education  was  received  in  the  common  schools  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  he  fitted  for  college  at  New  London  Literary  Insti- 
tution   and  the  New  Hampton  Academy  in  the  same  state. 


362  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Entered  Dartmouth  College  and  was  graduated  A.  B.  from 
the  same  in  the  class  of  1858,  with  the  late  Major  Thompson 
of  the  regular  army  and  Gen.  Samuel  A.  Duncan  of  the  United 
States  Colored  Troops.  He  commenced  his  professional  edu- 
cation in  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Nahum 
Wight,  and  continued  the  same  in  the  Medical  Department  of 
Dartmouth  College  and  at  Bellevue  Medical  College  Hospital 
in  New  York,  and  was  graduated  from  the  latter  in  1866.  Be- 
fore graduation  he  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  as  act- 
ing assistant  surgeon  in  the  United  States  Navy,  receiving  liis 
appointment  February  27,  1864,  and  was  ordered  to  join  the 
Gulf  Squadron ;  receiving  his  commission  March  1,  1864,  he 
sailed  from  New  York  for  New  Orleans  on  the  steamer  ' '  Daniel 
Webster,"  with  a  portion  of  a  New  Hampshire  Regiment, 
where  he  landed  early  in  April,  1864.  Received  orders  to  go 
aboard  the  steamer  "Pampero,"  April  14,  1864,  and  he  served 
on  that  boat  and  in  this  squadron  until  December  25,  1865. 

Dr.  Neal  had  a  varied  experience  in  the  fact  that  at  the 
breaking  out  of  the  civil  war  he  was  teaching  in  AVestern  Vir- 
ginia and  was  drafted  into  the  Confederate  army  from  Rock- 
ingham county,  Virginia.  Shortly  after  he  managed  to  es- 
cape and  came  to  New  Hampshire,  when  he  was  drafted  again, 
this  time  into  the  Union  service.  Having  been  a  medical  stu- 
dent for  some  time,  he  succeeded  in  passing  the  medical  exam- 
ination and  received  his  appointment  as  acting  assistant  sur- 
geon in  the  navy.  At  the  close  of  the  civil  war  he  was 
graduated  M.  D.  from  Belle^iie  Medical  College  and  located 
for  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Tremont,  Me.,  remaining  there 
about  two  and  one-half  years.  He  then  went  to  Jacksonville, 
111.,  and  was  assistant  in  the  asylum  for  insane,  where  he  re- 
mained for  nearly  seven  years;  afterwards  he  was  an  assist- 
ant in  the  asylum  at  Augusta,  Me.,  for  about  seven  years.  He 
resided  in  Portland,  Me.,  for  six  years  and  opened  a  private 
hospital  for  those  afflicted  with  mental  disease  at  Tremont,  Me. 
In  1866  he  removed  to  Fall  River  for  a  short  period,  but  at 
the  urgent  solicitation  of  his  former  friends  in  Maine,  he  re- 
turned to  his  private  practice  in  Tremont,  in  1887,  where  he 


UNITED    STATES   NAVY.  363 

resided  until  his  death,  which  occurred  August  30,  1897.  He 
was  universally  respected  by  his  friends  and  neighbors  and 
introduced  into  iMaine  some  much  needed  reforms  in  the  man- 
agement of  its  asylum ;  among  these  was  the  appointment  of 
women  physicians  upon  the  hospital  staff. 

His  biographer  says  of  him :  ' '  His  kindness  to  the  poor 
knew  no  limitations,  while  strength  and  means  lasted.  His 
great  heart,  too  large  for  the  frail  body,  overflowed  with  sym- 
pathy for  the  poor,  the  desolate,  the  friendless.  His  resent- 
ments were  kindled  by  the  knowledge  of  oppression  and  cru- 
elty to  the  helpless.  As  was  said  of  him,  he  was  the  New 
England  'Dr.  McClure'  of  the  'Bonnie  Briar  Bush.'  " 

Married,  May  18,  1871,  at  Pembroke,  Me.,  Evelyn  Maria, 
daughter  of  Ebed  and  Esther  (Farnsworth)  Wilder. 

Children,  four:  George  Arthur,  Esther  Wilder,  Milron 
and  Saxon  Kingsley  Neal.  The  daughter,  Esther,  died  in 
1879,  at  Augusta. 


Charles  H.  Page,  M.  D. 
Late  of  the  United  States  Navy. 

Page,  Charles  H.  Regular  officer;  b.  Concord;  res.  Massachusetts; 
app.  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  22,  '63;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Eutaw"  and 
"Hartford."  Died  Dec.  24,  '67,  on  "Hartford,"  Hiogo,  Japan. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1152.) 

Charles  H.  Page  was  born  in  Concord,  October  2,  1841,  and 
was  the  son  of  William  H.  and  ^lary  (Thompson)  Page,  and 
a.  grandson  of  Laban  Page.  He  received  his  preliminary  ed- 
ucation in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  city,  supplemented 
by  a  course  of  instruction  at  the  New  London  Literary  and 
Scientific  Institute.  He  commenced  his  professional  educa- 
tion under  the  direction  of  Doctors  Gage  and  Moulton,  in  1860 
or  1861,  and  attended  lectures  at  the  Medical  Departments  of 
Dartmouth  College  and  Harvard  University.  He  was  ap- 
pointed medical  cadet  in  1862  and  served  in  the  marine  hos- 
pital at  Chelsea,  Mass.,  for  one  year.  While  a  medical  cadet, 
he  served    on    the    United    States    bark  "Restless,"  in  the 


364  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN  THE  REBELLION. 

East  Gulf  Squadron,  and  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon, 
United  States  Navy,  September  22,  1863.  He  was  assigned  to 
duty  on  the  United  States  ship  ' '  Eutaw, ' '  and  was  on  duty  at 
Deep  Bottom  and  Aiken's  Landing,  on  the  James  river,  and 
afterwards  was  on  duty  at  the  surgeon's  office  in  the  navy- 
yard  at  Boston.  This  was  in  June,  1865,  and  he  was  after- 
wards assigned  to  duty  as  the  junior  medical  officer,  and  sailed 
from  the  United  States  on  the  11th  of  August,  1865,  on  the 
flagship  "Hartford."  He  arrived  in  Macao  in  February, 
1866.  September  12,  1866,  he  was  transferred  to  the  "Wa- 
chusett,"  which  was  then  in  Yokohama,  Japan.  Soon  after, 
Doctor  King,  her  former  surgeon,  was  sent  home  ill,  and  Sur- 
geon Page  was  then  in  charge  of  the  medical  department  of 
this  steamer.  During  the  j^ear  1866  the  "Wachusett,"  be- 
coming unserviceable,  was  ordered  out  of  commission,  and 
Surgeon  Page  found  himself  again  on  board  the  flagship 
"Hartford." 

The  following  is  quoted  from  a  personal  letter : 

"United  States  Flagship  'Hartford,' 
"Shanghai,  China,  June  19,  1867. 

"From  Nagasaki  we  came  over  here,  arriving  June  4,  but 
we  made  a  very  short  stay,  only  long  enough  to  coal  ship,  and 
we  were  soon  off  on  a  secret  expedition.  "When  we  sailed  no 
one  but  the  admiral  knew  where  we  were  bound  until  we  were 
well  out  to  sea;  then  in  the  goodness  of  his  heart  he  disclosed 
the  secret  and  informed  us  that  we  were  going  to  the  island  of 
Formosa,  which,  as  you  will  see  by  looking  at  the  map,  is  well 
to  the  southward  of  this  place,  and  we  were  going  to  the  south- 
ern extremity  of  it.  We  got  enough  of  it  before  we  got  back ; 
of  the  heat,  I  mean,  for  it  was  fearfully  hot  down  there,  and 
it  is  quite  a  pleasant  change  for  us  to  return  here;  even  the 
residents  here  consider  this  pretty  warm.  The  circumstances 
under  which  we  went  to  Formosa  are  as  follows : 

' '  A  few  months  ago  the  American  ship  '  Rover '  was  wrecked 
on  some  rocks  near  the  southern  extremitj''  of  Formosa,  and  the 
captain,  with  his  wife  and  crew,  abandoned  the  wreck  and  in 
their  boats  went  to  this  portion  of  the  island  we  visited.     The 


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natives  met  them  as  they  landed  on  the  beach  and  murdered 
them  then  and  there.  It  was  a  horrid  affair,  and  what  made  it 
still  more  so,  was  that  a  report  v/as  circulated  that  the  cap- 
tain's wife  was  still  living  amongst  the  savages.  An  English 
gunboat,  'Commorant, '  which  was  then  lying  at  one  of  the 
ports  near,  immediately  proceeded  to  the  spot  and  were  also 
met,  fired  upon  and  driven  away  by  these  same  savages.  We 
heard  of  this  affair  while  we  were  in  Amoy,  and  one  of  our 
vessels,  the  'Ashuelot, '  was  at  the  time  over  there  to  see  what 
she  could  do,  and  when  we  arrived  here  from  Nagasaki  we 
heard  that  she  had  done  nothing  at  all,  not  even  making  an 
attempt  to  land.  In  consequence  of  all  these  circumstances 
combined,  our  admiral  concluded  that  he  would  take  a  look 
down  there  himself  and  land  a  force  on  the  island  to  burn  and 
destroy  everything  they  could  get  at.  We  took  the  'Wyoming' 
along  with  us,  and  on  the  thirteenth  of  this  month  we  landed 
one  hundred  and  eighty  well  armed  men  upon  the  spot  where 
the  tragedy  took  place.  I  accompanied  them  as  the  medical 
ofiicer.  We  were  not  fired  upon  in  landing,  but  got  enough  of 
it  afterwards.  The  day  was  fearfully  hot  and  we  landed  in 
the  hottest  part  of  it,  thus  not  only  having  the  savages  for  our 
enemies,  but  '  Old  Sol '  himself,  and  indeed,  I  think  he  was  the 
greater  of  the  two.  We  had  penetrated  into  the  interior  about 
a  mile  before  they  fired  upon  us  and  I  must  confess  that  I  v/as 
a  little  nervous  as  the  first  volley  Avhizzed  by  me,  but  it  was 
not  long  before  I  got  quite  accustomed  to  the  balls,  and  if  it 
had  not  been  for  the  sun  and  the  miserable  way  our  enemies 
had  of  skulking  in  the  jungle  and  behind  rocks  and  trees,  I 
should  have  enjoyed  it  hugely.  But  these  Formoseans  are  ex- 
actly like  our  Indians  at  home,  only  a  degree  worse,  for  they 
are  cannibals  in  addition  to  their  other  bad  traits.  We  lost  our 
favorite  officer  and  mes.smate  that  day.  Lieutenant  Commander 
Mackenzie.  He  was  shot  and  immediately  killed  while  lead- 
ing his  men  in  a  charge  upon  these  savages,  who  were  in  an 
immense  jungle  and  when  he  was  very  near  them  they  fired 
and  killed  him.  I  was  very  near  him  and  caught  him  as  he 
fell,  and,  when  I  found  that  he  was  dead,  dragged  his  body  to 


366  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE  REBELLION. 

the  rear  to  prevent  the  enemy  from  getting  it,  under  a  very- 
heavy  fire  from  the  scoundrels.  Fortunately  I  did  not  get  as 
much  as  a  scratch  that  day,  but  I  came  very  near  being  struck 
by  balls  several  times.  Once,  as  I  was  resting  myself  quietly  on 
the  side  of  a  hill  a  ball  came  and  buried  itself  in  the  ground 
about  an  inch  alongside  of  me ;  I  immediately  got  up,  of  course, 
and  sought  safer  quarters.  I  have  got  several  holes  in  the  lit- 
tle sack  coat  that  I  wore  that  day.  The  sun,  however,  was  our 
greatest  enemy,  for  in  the  few  hours  that  we  were  ashore,  from 
10  a.  m.  to  4  p.  m.,  our  men  were  completely  exhausted  and  we 
had  nine  cases  of  sunstroke.  I  assure  you  that  we  were  glad 
to  get  on  board  ship  again  after  our  fatigue,  but  it  was  hard  to 
gaze  upon  the  cold  and  lifeless  form  of  our  beloved  messmate, 
who  but  a  few  hours  before  had  landed  with  all  the  health  and 
spirits  that  we  did.  He  was  a  brave  fellow,  and  died  at  the 
head  of  his  men  in  the  good  cause  of  avenging  the  brutal  mur- 
der of  those  unfortunate,  unarmed  and  distressed  few  who, 
after  having  escaped  the  peril  from  a  shipwreck,  had  sought 
safety  on  that  land  where  he  was  killed.  We  were  forced  to 
bury  him  at  Takan,  a  port  a  few  miles  to  the  northward.  Poor 
fellow,  we  miss  him  exceedingly,  but  trust  he  is  in  a  better 
place  than  this  wicked  Avorld  of  ours.  He  was  fleet  captain 
and  the  admiral 's  right-hand  man. 

"We  are  at  present  lying  comfortably  anchored  in  Shang- 
hai; the  'Wyoming,'  and  my  old  friend,  the  'Wachusett,'  are 
also  here.  The  'Wachusett'  is  at  present  broken  down  and 
has  been  here  a  long  time,  repairing.  I  may  go  home  in  her 
yet,  for  my  examination  for  promotion  has  been  due  so  long 
that  the  department  may  order  me  home  in  that  way. ' ' 

Sailed  from  Yokohama,  May  11,  1867. 

Notes  in  reference  to  the  opening  of  the  ports  to  foreign 
commerce  of  Osaca  and  Hiogo : 

' '  Osaca  is  not  yet  open  to  commerce,  but  is  to  be  at  the  com- 
mencement of  next  year.  We  only  visited  the  port  because 
our  minister,  together  with  the  other  foreign  representatives, 
had  been  invited  to  an  audience  by  the  tycoon,  who  is  the  rul- 
ing one  in  the  empire,  to  make  proper  arrangements  for  for- 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  367 

mally  opening  the  ports  of  Osaca  and  Hiogo  to  the  world,  such 
as  selecting  a  suitable  situation  for  the  foreign  settlements, 
arranging  duties  on  articles  of  commerce,  etc.  The  'Hart- 
ford,' 'Shenandoah'  and  'Wyoming'  represented  our  country 
in  the  harbor  and  the  minister  did  the  plenipotentiarism  on 
shore,  while  very  pleasantly  located  in  a  Buddhist  temple,  ser- 
vants and  tables  being  bountifully  supplied  by  the  Japanese 
government  and  under  the  superintendence  of  our  old  friend, 
Japanese  Tommy,  who,  by  the  way,  has  become  quite  a  high 
official,  a  sort  of  right-hand  man  to  the  tycoon  in  his  inter- 
course with  foreigners.  His  Japanese  rank  is  that  of  captain, 
which  means  much  more  in  Japan  than  in  America,  and  his 
Japanese  name  is  Komeda  Kaigero,  so  we  had  him  at  Osaca  as 
Capt.  Komeda  Kaigero,  but  we  often  call  him  'Tommy,'  which 
suited  him  fully  as  well.  He  speaks  very  good  English  in- 
deed and  is  really  quite  a  gentleman.  I  spent  two  days  on 
shore  at  Osaca,  at  the  minister's  quarters,  by  invitation." 
(Concord  Monitor,  Friday,  March  13,  1868.) 

Doctor  Beale,  surgeon  of  the  fleet  to  which  Doctor  Page  was 
attached,  says: 

"Doctor  Page  accompanied  the  expedition  to  the  island  of 
Formosa  in  June  last,  and  participated  in  all  its  fatigues  and 
dangers.  Up  to  that  time  his  health  had  been  excellent,  but 
from  that  day  it  began  to  decline.  Operating,  as  the  expedi- 
tion did,  in  a  mountainous  country  and  under  a  tropical  sun, 
the  physical  efforts  he  was  called  upon  to  make,  imposed  too 
great  a  strain  upon  his  lungs,  and  thus  laid  the  foundation  of 
the  disease  (pulmonary  consumption)  of  which  he  ultimately 
died.  As  the  expedition  moved  on  to  different  places.  Doctor 
Page  hoped  to  find  relief  from  change  of  air,  but  all  these 
hopes  proved  fallacious,  and  by  the  time  they  reached  Hiogo 
it  was  apparent  to  all  that  he  had  but  little  time  to  live. ' ' 

Continuing,  Doctor  Beale  says: 

"Fully  realizing  his  condition,  and  bowing  in  submission 
to  the  will  of  his  Heavenly  Father,  he  gently  passed  away  on 
the  day  before  Christmas,  and  all  that  remains  mortal  of  our 
much  loved  friend  now  lies  buried  within  the  limits  of  the  for- 


368  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

eign  settlement  at  that  place  (Hiogo,  Japan).  A  monument 
to  his  memory  is  being  prepared  by  brother  officers  of  the 
'Hartford,'  and  will  be  erected  in  the  course  of  a  few  weeks. 
No  one  could  appreciate  more  highly  than  I  did  the  many  es- 
timable and  noble  qualities  of  our  deceased  friend.  I  have 
never  known  a  man  of  sounder  principles  of  action,  or  greater 
purity  of  heart  and  life.  His  whole  career  aboard  this  ship, 
since  I  first  became  acquainted  with  him,  over  two  years  ago, 
was  without  blemish. ' ' 

''DexVth  of  Surgeon  Page." 

"Assistant  Surgeon  Charles  11.  Page,  of  the  flagship  'Hart- 
ford,' Asiatic  Squadron,  died  aboard  ship  in  the  Japanese 
waters,  December  24,  1867.  Surgeon  Page  was  the  eldest  son 
of  the  late  William  H.  Page  of  this  city,  and  a  native  of  Con- 
cord, but  was  appointed  from  Massachusetts,  where  he  had 
resided  for  some  time  prior  to  his  appointment.  For  some 
years  after  the  decease  of  his  father,  he  resided  in  the  family 
of  his  uncle  and  guardian,  the  late  Col.  David  Davis  of  this 
city.  He  entered  the  service  in  February,  1863,  took  a  high 
rank  in  his  profession  and  with  the  exception  of  six  months  has 
been  on  sea  service  ever  since.  He  was  about  twenty-five 
years  of  age." 

The  following  is  a  resume  of  Surgeon  Page's  service  in  the 
navy: 

Chelsea,  June,  1862,  United  States  Marine  Hospital,  as  a 
medical  cadet. 

United  States  bark  "Eestless, "  Charlotte's  harbor,  Flor- 
ida, East  Gulf  Squadron,  June,  1863. 

United  States  ship  "Eutaw,"  Deep  Bottom,  James  river, 
Va.,  January  13,  1865. 

United  States  gunboat  "Eutaw,"  off  Aiken's  Landing, 
James  river,  Va.,  January  28,  1865,  to  February,  1865. 

Surgeon's  office,  navy  yard,  Boston,  June,  1865. 

Left  the  United  States  on  the  11th  of  August,  1865,  on  the 
*' Hartford;"  arrived  at  Macao  in  February,  1866;  was  on  the 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  369 

"Hartford"  as  junior  of  three  medical  officers  until  Septem- 
ber 12,  when  transferred  to  "Wachusett"  in  charge  of  med- 
ical department;  was  then  at  Yokohama,  Japan,  and  Doctor 
King,  her  former  surgeon,  was  sent  home  ill,  thus  causing  a 
vacancy. 

Japan  last  summer,  visiting  Nagasaki,  Yokohama,  Kana- 
gowa  and  Yeddo.     At  Amoy  for  a  few  days. 

United  States  steamer  "Wachusett,"  Amoy,  China,  Novem- 
ber, 1866. 

United  States  ship  "Hartford,"  Yokohama,  Japan,  April, 
1867. 

Examination  for  promotion  due  more  than  a  year. 

United  States  flagship  "Hartford,"  Shanghai,  China,  June, 
1867. 

On  the  Formosa  expedition  of  June,  1867. 

Haykoy,  September,  1867. 

United  States  flagship  "Hartford,"  Hong  Kong,  China, 
October,  1867. 


George  Alanson  Parker,  M.  D. 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Parker,  George  A.  Volunteer  officer;  res.  New  Hampshire;  app. 
Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Apr.  19,  '64.  Died  June  18,  '64.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1153.) 

Surgeon  Parker  was  the  son  of  Caleb  and  Abigail  Davis 
(Virgin)  Parker,  grandson  of  Joseph  Parker;  born  in  Con- 
cord, December  23,  1840.  He  received  his  preliminary  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Concord ;  fitted  for  college  at  Kim- 
ball Union  Academj',  Meriden,  N.  H.,  and  was  graduated  A.  B. 
from  Williams  College  in  the  class  of  1862.  He  at  once  com- 
menced his  professional  education  in  1862,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Dr.  William  B.  Hidden  of  Concord  and  attended  one 
or  more  courses  of  lectures  at  Jefferson  Medical  College  in 
Philadelphia,  but  did  not  complete  his  course  of  medical  study, 

24 


370  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

as  he  was  appointed  medical  cadet  Marcli  23,  1864,  entering 
the  Eckington  Hospital,  Washington,  D.  C.  Was  appointed 
acting  assistant  surgeon  in  the  na\7',  April  19,  1864,  and  or- 
dered to  the  East  Gulf  Squadron,  and  in  a  short  time  was  as- 
signed to  duty  in  a  naval  hospital  at  Key  West,  Fla. 

His  biographer  says : 

"The  tenth  of  June,  1864,  found  him  still  at  Key  West,  Fla., 
on  board  the  United  States  schooner  '  Eugenia, '  from  which  he 
was  temporarily  detached  and  ordered  on  board  the  United 
States  steamer  'De  Soto,'  as  an  assistant  to  Surgeon  Wheeler, 
on  her  passage  to  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  He  was  taken  ill  before 
reaching  Portsmouth,  and  died  of  yellow  fever  on  board  the 
'De  Soto,'  in  Portsmouth  harbor,  June  18,  1864." 

It  will  be  noticed  that  his  service  was  short,  yet  he  gave  his 
life.  Who  could  do  more  ?  He  inherited  many  New  England 
traits  of  character,  being  progressive  in  disposition,  steadfast 
in  purpose,  was  without  deceit  and  ever  ready  to  support  the 
right  and  reject  the  wrong. 

Unmarried. 

Sigma  Phi  was  his  college  society. 


Nathaniel  Chamberlain  Parker,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Farmington,  N.  H. 

(U.  S.  Navy.) 

Pabker,  Nathaniel  C.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Lebanon,  Me.;  age  27; 
res.  Farmington;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  23,  '62;  appointment 
revoked  Mar.  3,  '63.  See  4,  10  and  18  N.  H.  V.,  and  Miscel.  Organ- 
izations.    (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1153.) 

(Miscel.  Organizations.) 

Paekeb,  Nathaniel  C,  alias  Henry  McAllester.  Co.  C,  2  Mass.  Cav.; 
b.  Lei)anon,  Me.;  age  29;  res.  Farmington,  cred.  "West  Cambridge, 
Mass.;  enl.  Apr.  2,  '64  for  3  yrs. ;  must,  in  Apr.  2,  '64,  as  Sergt; 
disch.  May  26,  '65.  (Reported  his  birthplace  as  Princetown, 
Iowa,  and  age  as  24.)  Died  Dec.  31,  '66,  Farmington.  See  4,  10 
and  18  N.  H.  V.,  and  U.  S.  Navy.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  1069.) 


UNITED    STATES   NAVY.  371 

(18   N.   H.   V.) 

Pakker,  Nathaniel  C.  F.  and  S.;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Apr.  4,  '65;  not 
must.  Supposed  identical  with  Nathaniel  C.  Parker,  Co.  H,  4 
N.  H.  v.,  Co.  I.  10  N.  H.  v.,  Co.  C,  2  Mass.  Cav.  See  Miscel.  Organ- 
izations and  U.  S.  Navy.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  820.) 

(10  N.  H.  V.) 

Parker,  Nathaniel  C.  Co.  I;  b.  Lebanon,  Me.;  age  27;  res.  Far- 
mington.  cred.  Farmington;  enl.  Aug.  8,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  4,  '62, 
as  Priv.;  des.  Sept.  22,  '62,  Manchester;  reported  Apr.  1,  '65,  under 
President's  Proclamation;  disch.  May  5,  '65,  Concord,  with  loss  of 
all  pay  and  allowances.  See  4  and  18  N.  H.  V.,  Miscel.  Organiza- 
tions and  U.  S.  Navy.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  542.) 

(4  N.  H.  V.) 

Parker.  Nathaniel  C.  Co.  H;  b.  Lebanon,  Me.;  age  26;  res.  Far- 
mington; enl.  Sept.  9,  '61;  must,  in  Sept.  18,  '61,  as  Priv.;  disch. 
disab.  Jan.  6,  '62,  Hilton  Head,  S.  C.  See  10  and  18  N.  H.  V., 
Miscel.  Organizations  and  U.  S.  Navy.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  189.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Lebanon,  Me.,  March 
30,  1835,  and  was  the  son  of  Dr.  David  Taylor  and  Clarissa 
(Chamberlain)  Parker,  a  grandson  of  Rev.  Clement  Parker. 
His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  common  schools 
of  Farmington  and  Lebanon  Academy.  From  early  life  his 
surroundings  were  replete  with  medicine  and  surgery,  his 
father  being  a  physician  and  his  mother  a  very  skilled  assist- 
ant. He  attended  lectures  at  the  IMedical  Department  of 
Harvard  College  and  the  Medical  Department  of  Bowdoin 
College  and  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  latter  in 
1856.  He  settled  in  Farmington  for  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. 

Doctor  Parker  enlisted  as  private  in  Company  H,  Fourth 
New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  September  9,  1861,  and  was  dis- 
charged disabled,  January  6,  1862,  at  Hilton  Head,  S.  C, 
October  23,  1862,  he  was  appointed  acting  assistant  surgeon  in 
the  United  States  Navy  and  served  until  March  3,  1863.  April 
2,  1864,  enlisted  for  three  years  in  the  Second  Massachusetts 
Cavalry  and  was  discharged  as  sergeant,  May  26,  1865.     April 


372  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE  REBELLION. 

4,  1865,  he  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Eighteenth 
New  Hampshire  Volunteei^,  but  was  not  mustered. 

His  biographer  says  of  him : 

"  Of  his  other  service  I  know  only  that  he  was  captured  and 
sent  to — I  believe — Andersonville.  Found  to  be  a  medical 
man,  he  was  put  on  duty  as  a  surgeon  by  the  Confederates, 
and  was  treated  well.  Returned  soldiers  said  that  he  did  an 
immense  deal  of  good  to  both  Confederates  and  Federals,  pro- 
fessionally, in  the  six  or  more  months  during  which  he  was  a 
prisoner  of  war,  and  that,  as  in  his  work  at  home,  lives  were 
saved  by  his  skill  and  attention,  which  else  would  have  been 
lost. 

"His  health  undoubtedly  was  affected  by  his  army  experi- 
ences and  he  died  on  December  31,   1866,   in  Farmington, 

N.  H." 

****** 

"Dr.  N.  C.  Parker  grew  up  in  a  medical  atmosphere,  his 
mother  having  begun  the  practice  of  obstetrics  in  an  hour  of  a 
patient's  great  need  and  having  been  a  proverb  of  success  in 
her  work  until  her  health  failed.  She  grew  skilled  in  many 
ways  and  was  often  insisted  upon  as  a  medical  attendant  when 
the  men  were  unavailable.  She  was  also  an  expert  pharma- 
cist. Hundreds  of  people,  men  and  women,  mourned  sin- 
cerely on  the  occasion  of  her  funeral. ' ' 

****** 

"You  can  say  little  of  him  in  any  history  beyond  the  fact 
that  he  had  a  genius  for  his  profession  and  that  many  sol- 
diers felt  grateful  to  him  for  the  care  to  which  they  believed 
they  owed  their  lives.  He  was  liked  by  the  people  for  the 
many  attractive  qualities  natural  to  him  and  many  of  his  pa- 
tients still  living  speak  often  of  him  with  regretful  affection. 

' '  People  acquainted  with  his  medical  work  thought  him  one 
who  should  have  gone  far  beyond  all  other  local  practitioners 
had  he  lived  and  attended  to  his  practice.  He  seemed  to  have 
an  odd  magnetic  gift,  and  he  said  once  that  in  a  bad  case, 
could  he  be  alone  for  a  little  time  it  seemed  to  him  as  if  he  saw 


UNITED    STATES   NAVY.  373 

the  whole  body  open  before  him  and  he  knew  what  to  do,  if 
anything  could  be  done.  He  had  the  true  medical  and  surgi- 
cal gift." 

Doctor  Parker  was  a  member  of  the  Strafford  District  Med- 
ical Society  in  1858,  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  1859 ; 
the  iMasonic  Fraternity  and  member  of  the  Farmington  school 
board,  foreman  of  the  local  fire  company. 

He  was  very  successful  in  his  treatment  of  diseases,  espe- 
cially smallpox  and  scarlet  fever.  Every  little  child  was  fond 
of  him  and  he  was  tender  with  both  children  and  animals. 

Married,  first,  Miss  Margaret  Downs;  second,  Miss  A.  H. 
Cilley. 

No  children. 


Frederick  E.  Potter,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Potter,  Frederick  E.  Regular  officer;  b,  Rumney;  age  22;  res.  New 
Hampshire;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  July  30,  '61;  Surg.  Mar.  25,  '66; 
served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Monticello"  and  "Narragansett";  resigned  Apr. 
1,  '75.  P.  0.  ad.,  Portsmouth.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  1156.) 

Surgeon  Potter  was  born  in  Eumney,  July  3,  1839.  His 
mother  was  Calysta  Lucas,  daughter  of  Deacon  Samuel  Lu- 
cas of  Rumney,  her  ancestor  being  James  Harvey  of  Notting- 
ham, one  of  the  men  sent  out  from  Londonderry,  Ireland,  to 
select  a  home  for  his  oppressed  countrymen  in  the  new  world. 

His  great  grandfather  on  his  mother's  side  was  Sergeant 
Beverly,  who  fought  at  Bunker  Hill,  served  through  the  Rev- 
olution, was  bearer  of  dispatches  to  General  Montgomery,  then 
in  front  of  Quebec,  swam  the  St.  Lawrence  in  midwinter  and 
successfully  delivered  his  dispatches,  as  the  history  of  Concord 
details. 

His  father  was  Dr.  Frederick  F.  Potter  of  Conway,  grand- 
son of  Major  General  Frye  of  Fryeburg,  Me.,  who  served  as 
ensign  at  the  capture  of  Louisburg,  was  a  major-general  in 
the  Continental  Army  and  a  close  friend  of  Washington. 


374  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Doctor  Potter  moved  with  his  parents  to  Suneook  at  the  age 
of  three  years.  Received  his  preliminary  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  New  Hampshire  and  at  the  Putnam  School 
of  Newburyport,  Mass.  He  commenced  his  professional  edu- 
cation with  his  father  in  1856,  and  attended  two  courses  of 
lectures  at  the  jMedical  Department  of  the  University  of 
Vermont,  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  same  in  June, 
1859.  Commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  the  hospitals 
of  New  York,  and  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  in  the 
United  States  Navy,  July  30,  1861,  and  remained  in  the  ser- 
vice until  April,  1875,  passing  through  the  grades  of  assistant 
surgeon  and  surgeon,  serving  on  the  United  States  steamships 
"Monticello,"  "Narragansett,"  and  others.  He  joined  the 
Mississippi  Squadron  and  served  on  the  Cumberland,  Missis- 
sippi and  Tennessee  rivers  through  the  siege  of  Vicksburg,  was 
present  at  the  bloody  battle  of  Grand  Gulf  and  in  the  Red 
River  expedition.  Broken  in  health  from  exposure  and  hard 
service,  he  was  detailed  as  president  of  the  board  of  examin- 
ers for  admission  of  medical  officers  to  the  navy,  stationed  at 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

During  his  term  of  service  he  was  surgeon  to  Doctor  Hall 's 
scientific  expedition  to  northern  Siberia.  He  had  much  ex- 
perience with  epidemics  of  yellow  fever,  cholera  and  small- 
pox. 

His  health  still  failing  he  was  placed  on  waiting  orders  and 
returned  to  his  native  state  where,  after  a  year,  his  health  was 
again  sufficiently  restored  for  him  to  apply  for  duty,  and  he 
saw  service  in  ]\Iexico,  when  the  French  and  Austrians,  under 
Maximilian,  were  striving  to  plant  an  empire  upon  this  conti- 
nent contrary  to  the  wishes  of  the  American  people.  Here  he 
was  present  at  an  engagement  which  cost  the  country  several 
lives  to  retain  the  republican  government  in  power.  After 
seven  years,  spent  mostly  in  Mexico  and  South  America,  in 
the  service  of  his  country.  Doctor  Potter  suggested  that,  as 
his  mother  was  getting  old  and  needed  his  care,  he  be  assigned 
to  duty  near  his  home  in  New  Hampshire.     In  compliance 


UNITED    STATES   NAVY.  375 

with  his  request,  he  was  ordered  to  the  navy  yard  at  Ports- 
mouth, and  after  serving  four  years  at  the  yard  at  this  station, 
not  wishing  to  again  leave  home  and  people,  he  resigned  his 
commission  as  surgeon  in  1876,  and  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
medicine  in  the  city  of  Portsmouth,  where  he  has  since  resided. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  of 
the  military  order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  and  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Medical  Society. 

Married,  October  2,  1873,  Miss  Harriet  Wilkins  of  Pem- 
broke, N.  H. 

Doctor  Potter  died  November  18,  1902. 


EzEA  Pray,  M.  D. 

Pbay,  Ezea.  Volunteer  oflBcer;  b.  New  Hampshire;  age  28;  res.  New 
Hampshire;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  21,  '62;  Acting  Passed 
Asst.  Surg.  Aug.  4,  'G5;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Cambridge"  and  South 
Atlantic  Squadron;  disch.  Mar.  1,  '66.  (Record,  Ayling\s  Register, 
1895,  p.  1156.) 


Fernando  Coello  Sargent,  M.  D. 

Sargent,  Feexando  C.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  New  Hampshire;  res. 
Illinois;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Sept.  8,  '63;  served  on  the  U.  S.  S. 
"Penobscot";  disch.  Aug.  24,  '65.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  1162.) 

Fernando  Coello  Sargent  was  born  in  New  London,  and  was 
the  son  of  Sylvanus  Thayer  and  Emmeline  (Crockett)  Sar- 
gent. Received  his  preliminary  education  at  Colby  Academy. 
Of  his  early  medical  education  but  little  knowledge  seems  to 
have  been  preserved,  but  he  is  reported  as  having  attended  the 
Michigan  University,  Ann  Arbor,  and  was  graduated  I\I.  D. 
from  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  1866.  Soon  after  receiv- 
ing his  degree  he  practiced  medicine  for  a  .short  time  in 
Franklin,  N.  H.,  and  was  at  Danbury,  N.  H.,  some  four  or  five 
years.  His  record  shows  that  he  entered  the  navy  as  acting 
assistant  surgeon  in  1863  and  served  until  the  close  of  the 


376  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

war.     After  his  service  in  the  navy,  he  located  in  the  state  of 
Illinois,  where  he  died  in  1870. 
Married  Mary  E.  Garland. 


Henry  Hilliard  Smith,  M.  D. 
Dublin,  N.  H. 

Smith,  Henry  H.  Volunteer  officer;  b.  Liverpool,  Ohio;  age  26;  res. 
Claremont;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  Nov.  20,  '63;  served  on  U.  S.  S. 
"Thomas  Freeborn";  resigned  Apr.  21,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Dublin. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1165.) 

Surgeon  Smith  was  born  June  16,  1837,  in  Liverpool,  Me- 
dina county,  Ohio,  and  was  the  son  of  Henry  Summer  and 
Mary  (Hilliard)  Smith,  his  paternal  grandfather  being  Ben- 
jamin Smith  of  Nashua,  N.  H.  His  preliminary  education 
was  received  at  the  common  schools  and  academy  at  Clare- 
mont, N.  H.,  with  a  partial  course  at  the  Chandler  Seientifie 
School,  Hanover,  N.  H.  He  commenced  the  study  of  medi- 
cine at  Claremont,  N.  H.,  under  the  direction  of  Samuel  G. 
Jarvis,  M.  D.,  and  later  with  Profs.  Dixi  and  A.  B.  Crosby  of 
Dartmouth  Medical  College,  attending  two  courses  of  medi- 
cal lectures  at  Hanover,  and  was  graduated  from  the  Medical 
Department  of  Dartmouth  College  in  the  class  of  1859.  He 
commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Tunbridge,  Vt.,  1860, 
where  he  remained  two  years,  removing  from  there  to  Dub- 
lin, where  he  has  been  in  the  practice  of  medicine  for  over 
forty  years. 

He  was  appointed  acting  assistant  surgeon  November  20, 
1863,  and  served  on  board  the  United  States  steamship 
''Thomas  Freeborn,"  resigning  April  21,  1865,  by  reason  of 
the  close  of  the  war.  During  his  long  residence  in  Dublin, 
N.  H.,  he  has  enjoyed  the  confidence  and  good  will  of  the  citi- 
zens of  that  town,  serving  upon  the  local  board  of  health,  and 
in  many  other  capacities  that  were  useful  to  his  fellow  citi- 
zens. 

Married,  May  25,  1880,  Arabella  S.  Fisk. 


united  states  navy.  377 

Sumner  T.  Smith,  M.  D. 

Doctor  Smith,  a  j^ounger  brother  of  the  foregoing,  was  born 
in  "West  Claremont,  X.  H.,  June  8,  1839,  and  was  the  son  of 
Henry  Sumner  and  Mary  (Hilliard)  Smith,  and  a  grandson 
of  Benjamin  Smith  of  Nashua,  N.  H.  He  received  his  pre- 
liminary education  in  the  common  schools  and  academies  of 
the  state,  and  was  graduated  A.  B.  from  Norwich  University, 
Vermont,  in  1860.  He  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in 
1864,  under  the  direction  of  the  late  Alvah  R.  Cummings, 
M.  D.,  of  Claremont,  and  afterwards  with  Prof.  A.  B.  Crosby, 
Dartmouth  College.  He  attended  medical  lectures  at  Dart- 
mouth Medical  College  and  also  at  Ann  Arbor,  I\Iich.,  taking 
two  courses  at  Dartmouth  and  one  at  Ann  Arbor,  and  was 
graduated  from  the  latter  in  1867. 

Prior  to  his  study  of  medicine  he  served  in  the  United 
States  Navy  as  acting  master's  mate  on  the  United  States 
ship  "Supply,"  which  went  down  to  the  Gulf  Squadron,  and 
while  on  that  station  he  contracted  yellow  fever,  which  so  un- 
dermined his  health  that  he  resigned  his  commission  and  went 
home  to  Claremont  and  commenced  the  study  of  medicine. 
After  graduation  he  located  in  South  Acworth  for  one  year, 
was  a  long  time  in  Alstead,  N.  H.,  also  in  Westerly,  R.  I., 
when  he  removed  to  Athol,  ]\Iass.,  and  resided  there  until  his 
death,  March  27,  1892. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  River  Valley  ^ledical 
Association,  of  which  he  was  at  one  time  the  president,  and 
also  a  member  of  the  Miller's  River  Medical  Association  and 
of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society. 

:Married  :\Iartha  Ellen  Lovell,  June  12,  1872. 

Children :  William  Benjamin  Tyng  and  Lovell  Bolivar. 


Passmore  Treadwell,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Bois6  City,  Idaho. 

Tbe.\dwell,   Passmobe.     Volunteer  officer;    b.   Portsmouth;    age   22; 
res.  Concord;  cred.  New  Hampshire;  app.  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  June 


378  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

30,  '62;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Vixen,"  "Columbia,"  "Relief,"  and 
Mississippi  Squadron;  disch.  Mar.  28,  '67.  Died  May  23,  '81,  Bois6 
City,  Idaho.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1171.) 

Surgeon  Treadwell  was  a  son  of  Thomas  Passmore  and 
Lydia  (Greenough)  Treadwell,  and  a  grandson  of  Thomas 
Treadwell.  He  was  born  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  September  19, 
1839.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Concord,  N.  H.,  his  parents  having  removed  to  this  city 
when  he  was  very  young.  He  commenced  his  professional  ed- 
ucation in  1859,  with  Dr.  Charles  P.  Gage  of  Concord;  at- 
tended medical  lectures  at  Jefferson  Medical  College  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  that  institution  in 
1862. 

Commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  the  United  States 
Navy  as  acting  assistant  surgeon,  June  30,  1862,  serving  on  the 
United  States  ships  "Vixen,"  ''Relief,"  "Columbia,"  and 
Mississippi  Squadron,  and  was  discharged  from  the  navy 
March  28,  1867.  Located  in  New  York  City  for  one  year; 
three  years  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  when  he  became  post  surgeon 
at  Fort  Boise,  Boise  City,  Idaho  territory,  holding  that  posi- 
tion from  1871  to  1877.  Resigning  that  position,  he  continued 
the  practice  of  medicine  at  Boise  City  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  May  23,  1881. 

Was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  in 
1862. 

Married,  September  17,  1867,  Harriet  Brown  of  Concord, 
N.  H. 

Children,  four:  John  Passmore,  who  died  July  8,  1869, 
Elizabeth  Brown,  Thomas  Percy  and  Robert  Hastings  Tread- 
well. 


Francis  Minot  Weld,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass. 

Weld,  Francis  Minot.  Regular  oflBcer;  b.  Dal  ton;  res.  Jamaica 
Plain,  Mass.;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  May  22,  '62;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Nan- 
tucket" and  "Wabash";  resigned  Dec.  31,  '63.  Died  Dec.  31,  '93, 
Jamaica  Plain,  Mass.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1175.) 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  379 

Surgeon  Weld  was  born  in  Dalton,  N.  H.,  January  17,  18-40, 
and  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Swan  and  Sarah  Fitch  (Sumner) 
Weld,  and  a  grandson  of  William  Gordon  Weld.  He  received 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools  of  New 
Hampshire,  the  high  school  at  Jamaica  Plain  and  the  Eliot 
School  of  Boston,  and  Avas  graduated  A.  B.  from  Harvard 
College  in  the  class  of  1860.  Afterwards  the  degree  of  A.  M. 
was  conferred  by  the  same  college.  He  commenced  his  pro- 
fessional education  in  September,  1860,  at  the  Harvard  ]\Iedi- 
cal  School  and  was  graduated  from  the  same  in  March,  1834, 
taking  the  first  prize  for  an  essay  on  "Our  Native  Materia 
Mediea,"  which  was  published  in  the  Boston  Medical  Journal 
of  about  that  date. 

He  was  appointed  medical  cadet  in  the  United  States  Army, 
May  3,  1862,  and  served  in  the  post  hospital  at  Grafton, 
W.  Va.,  and  also  with  the  Sixth  West  Virginia  Volunteers, 
until  June  14,  1862,  when  he  was  commissioned  assistant  sur- 
geon, United  States  Navy,  and  ordered  to  the  naval  hospital 
at  Chelsea,  Mass.  January  14,  1863,  he  was  detached  from  the 
naval  hospital  and  ordered  to  the  monitor  "Nantucket,"  then 
fitting  out  at  East  Boston,  and  sailed  for  Port  Royal,  S.  C, 
February  28,  1863.  He  served  on  the  "Nantucket"  in  the 
various  attacks  on  Charleston  and  on  blockade  duty  off  Sa- 
vannah, Ga.,  and  took  part  in  the  attack  on  Fort  Sumter, 
April  7,  1863.  December  1,  1863,  he  was  detached  from  the 
"Nantucket"  and  ordered  to  the  frigate  "Wabash."  He  re- 
signed December  13,  1863,  and  was  relieved  from  duty  Jan- 
uary 11,  1864. 

Soon  after  receiving  his  degree  of  IVI.  D.,  in  March,  1864, 
he  was  commissioned  surgeon  of  the  United  States  Colored 
Troops,  Fourth  Division,  Ninth  Army  Corps,  which  was  at- 
tached to  the  Array  of  the  Potomac  in  Grant 's  campaign  from 
the  AVilderness  until  the  siege  of  Petersburg.  In  Decem])er, 
1864,  the  Fourth  Division  was  transferred  to  the  Twenty-fifth 
Corps,  Army  of  the  James,  which  was  stationed  before  Rich- 
mond.    Just  before  this  he  had  been  assigned  to  the  position 


380  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

of  brigade  surgeon,  First  Brigade,  Fourth  Division,  Ninth 
Army  Corps.  He  was  with  General  Terry  with  the  Tenth 
Corps  at  the  capture  of  Fort  Fisher,  N.  C,  January  15,  and 
Wilmington,  N.  C,  February  22,  1865.  In  March  the  Tenth 
Corps  joined  General  Sherman's  forces  near  Ealeigh.  During 
this  service  he  was  brigade  and  division  surgeon  in  charge  of 
field  and  post  hospitals,  and  at  one  time  was  stationed  at  the 
district  hospital  at  New  Berne,  N.  C.  After  the  close  of  the 
war  he  was  on  garrison  duty  in  North  Carolina  till  mustered 
out  September  21,  1865. 

After  leaving  the  service  of  the  United  States  he  settled 
for  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass.,  in  Octo- 
ber, 1865,  and  afterwards  practiced  in  New  York  City  for  a 
considerable  period.  He  was  attending  and  consulting  physi- 
cian and  surgeon  to  various  dispensaries  and  infirmaries  in 
New  York,  and  medical  superintendent  of  the  New  York  Hos- 
pital in  1876  and  1877.  For  two  terms  he  held  the  position  of 
one  of  the  overseers  of  Harvard  College. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  New  York  JMedical  Society;  also 
of  the  New  England  Society;  the  Harvard,  Century,  Univer- 
sity Union  League,  and  the  Players'  Club  of  New  York,  the 
Union  Club  of  Boston  and  the  Loyal  Legion. 

Married,  April  11,  1872,  Fannie  Elizabeth  Bartholomew  of 
Hartford,  Conn. 

Children,  three:  Sarah  Swan  Weld,  Francis  Minot  and 
Christopher  Minot  Weld. 

Doctor  Weld  died  December  31,  1893,  at  Jamaica  Plain, 
Mass.,  and  was  buried  with  the  honors  of  the  Loyal  Legion. 


Charles  Henry  White,  M.  D. 

U.  S.  Naval  Museum  of  Hygiene,  Washington,  D.  C. 

White,  Chakles  H.  Regular  officer;  b.  Centre  Sandwich;  age  23; 
res.  Watertown,  Mass.;  cred.  Massachusetts;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Dec. 
26,  '61;  Passed  Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  30,  '6.5;  Surg.  Nov.  18,  '69;  Medical 
Inspector  July  10,  '88;  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Huron"  and  "Roanoke"; 
still  in  the  service.  P.  O.  ad.,  Washington,  D.  C.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1176.) 


UNITED   STATES   NAVY.  381 

Surgeon  White  was  born  November  18,  1838,  in  Centre 
Sandwich,  N.  H.,  and  was  the  son  of  Charles  and  Sarah  D. 
(French)  White,  and  a  grandson  of  Samuel  White.  His  pre- 
liminary education  was  received  in  the  common  schools  and  a 
select  school  at  Centre  Sandwich,  supplemented  by  an  aca- 
demic course  at  Sanbornton  Bridge,  now  Tilton.  Commenced 
his  professional  education  at  Watertown,  Mass.,  in  1859,  under 
the  direction  of  David  T.  Huckins,  M.  D.,  taking  three  courses 
of  lectures  at  the  Medical  Department  of  Harvard  College,  and 
was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  same,  March  12,  1862. 

While  still  a  student  in  Harvard  Medical  College,  he  re- 
ceived an  appointment  in  the  United  States  Navj',  December 
26,  1861,  and  in  May,  1862,  was  assigned  to  duty  in  the  Chel- 
sea Naval  Hospital,  Massachusetts.  He  has  remained  in  the 
navj^  ever  since,  passed  through  all  the  grades,  including  that 
of  medical  director,  and  has  had  his  share  of  cruising  and  land 
duty. 

He  has  given  special  attention  to  microscopical  and  biolog- 
ical work,  and  is  a  member  of  various  scientific  societies  in  and 
about  Washington.  At  the  present  time  he  is  assigned  to 
duty  at  the  Naval  Museum  of  Hygiene  in  Washington,  D.  C. 


George  Fisk  Wilbur,  ^L  D. 

Nashua,   N.   H. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Webster,  ^lass.,  IMay 
15,  1839,  and  was  the  son  of  Alvah  and  IMary  Farrar  (Porter) 
Wilbur.  His  early  education  was  in  the  common  schools  of 
Nashua,  Nashua  Literary  Institution,  Kimball  Union  Acad- 
emy, New  London  Institute  and  Westbrook  Academy  in 
Maine.  His  professional  education  commenced  in  1857  with 
Dr.  James  B.  Greeley  of  Nashua  and  later  with  Dr.  N.  J. 
Moore  of  Nashua.  He  attended  three  courses  of  medical  lec- 
tures at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  New  York 
and  Long  Island  College  Hospital  in  New  York,  receiving  his 
degree  from  the  latter  in  1864,  and  commenced  the  practice 


382  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN    THE   REBELLION. 

of  medicine  the  same  year  in  the  United  States  service  as  act- 
ing assistant  surgeon  on  board  the  hospital  transport  "Bal- 
tic," from  June,  1864,  until  December,  1864,  when  he  was 
transferred  to  the  hospital  transport  "Gen.  J.  K.  Barnes," 
remaining  on  that  boat  from  December,  1864,  to  November  14, 
1865,  when  he  was  mustered  out  of  the  service.  During  the 
year  1866  he  was  a  few  months  in  Janesville,  Wis.,  and  Colo- 
rado, returning  to  Nashua  and  resuming  practice  in  June, 
1867,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Nashua  Medical  Association,  has  been  city  physician  of  Nashua 
as  well  as  county  physician;  surgeon  of  the  John  G.  Foster 
Grand  Army  Post  for  several  years  and  medical  director  of 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Department  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  is  a  thirty-third  degree  Mason ;  past  chancellor  of 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge,  No.  5,  of  Nashua,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  Pennichuck  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows;  was  a  member  of 
the  board  of  United  States  examining  surgeons  in  Nashua  from 
1893  to  1897. 

As  a  citizen  he  has  been  a  cherished  and  valued  member  of 
society,  and  as  an  evidence  of  the  confidence  of  his  fellow 
citizens  it  may  be  mentioned  that  he  is  a  trustee  of  the  City 
Guaranty  Savings  Bank,  a  trustee  of  the  Home  for  Aged 
Couples  and  surgeon  of  the  Home  for  Aged  Women,  at 
Nashua,  N.  H. 

It  has  been  his  aim  to  do  work  in  general  surgery  and  med- 
icine, rather  than  as  a  specialist,  still  he  has  had  large  experi- 
ence in  the  fact  that  during  his  labors  on  the  hospital  trans- 
port he  saw  a  good  deal  of  spotted  fever  as  it  came  from  Wil- 
mington, N.  C.  He  has  had  considerable  experience  in  a 
smallpox  epidemic  in  Nashua  in  1873,  and  also  of  a  dysentery 
epidemic  in  1883.  He  has  served  on  the  staff  of  the  Nashua 
Hospital  Association  ever  since  its  organization  in  1864.  He 
took  a  post-graduate  course  in  New  York  with  Prof.  Austin 
Flint,  Sr.,  and  Prof.  Frank  H.  Hamilton. 

Married  Clara  E.  Brown  of  Nashua,  September  30,  1875. 

No  children. 


united  states  navy,  383 

John  Harvey  Wright,  M.  D. 

Wbight,  Johx  H.  Regular  officer;  b.  Haverhill;  age  24;  res.  Massa- 
chusetts; app.  Asst.  Surg.  Dec.  9,  '39;  Surg.  Apr.  18,  '55;  placed 
on  retired  list  Apr.  25,  '61;  app.  Medical  Director  on  retired  list 
Mar.  3,  '71.  Died  Dec.  26,  '79,  Boston,  Mass.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  1180.) 

John  Harvey  Wright  was  born  in  Haverhill,  X.  H.,  May  7, 
1815,  and  was  the  son  of  John  S.  and  Mary  (Welbnan) 
Wright.  His  parents  removed  to  Boston  in  1820,  and  he 
fitted  for  college  at  the  Boston  Latin  School,  and  entered  Har- 
vard College  in  1830.  In  1831  he  entered  Amherst  College  in 
the  third  term  of  the  sophomore  year,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated A.  B.  in  the  class  of  1834.  The  four  years  succeed- 
ing his  graduation  were  spent  in  the  study  of  medicine — three 
with  Dr.  Austin  Flint,  at  Northampton,  Mass.,  and  one  at 
the  Harvard  Medical  School,  where  he  received  the  degree  of 
M.  D.  in  1838.  After  a  few  months  spent  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession  at  Springfield,  INIass.,  he  was  appointed  assist- 
ant surgeon  in  the  United  States  Navy,  his  commission  bear- 
ing date  December  9,  1839.  April  18,  1855,  he  was  commis- 
sioned surgeon,  and  March  3.  1871,  medical  director,  his  en- 
tire term  of  active  service  on  sea  and  land  covering  a  period 
of  over  sixteen  years.  Under  the  act  of  February  21,  1861, 
he  was  placed  on  the  retired  list,  and,  in  April  of  the  same 
year,  established  himself  in  the  commission  business  in  Bos- 
ton, under  the  name  of  Wright  &  Whitman,  the  title  being 
changed  in  May,  1863,  to  J.  S.  &  E.  Wright  &  Co.,  and  again 
in  July,  1874,  to  Wright,  Bliss  &  Fabyan.  His  connection 
with  this  firm  continued  until  his  death,  the  result  of  Bright 's 
disease,  at  Brighton  district,  Boston,  December  26,  1879. 

Married,  February  5,  1863,  Anna  IMoriarity,  daughter  of 
Lyman  Nichols  of  Nahant,  Mass.,  who,  with  two  children,  sur- 
vives him. 

(Necrology'  of  Amherst  College.) 


MISCELLANEOUS  ORGANIZATIONS. 

GONTRET  SURGEONS. 

SURGEONS  WHOSE  SERVICE  WHS  IN  REGIMENTS  OUTSIDE  THE  STATE. 

PRIVATES  WHO  AFTERWARDS  BECAME  PRACTITIONERS 

OF  MEDICINE  IN  NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 


During  the  civil  war  it  was  not  infrequent  that  in  conse- 
quence of  severe  and  sometimes  prolonged  battles  many  sick 
and  wounded  men  were  massed  together  in  cities  in  which  it 
was  impossible  for  the  regimental  medical  attendants  to  give 
them  due  attention.  The  governors  of  different  states  on 
many  occasions  appealed  to  the  profession  to  come  into  the 
service  temporarily  to  alleviate  the  sufferings  of  these  men. 
Oftentimes,  these  wounded  and  sick  men  were  sent  to  the  dif- 
ferent states  to  be  cared  for  entirely  by  the  profession,  and 
good  men  and  women  of  the  commonwealth.  Scarcely  a  single 
Northern  state  that  did  not  have  one  or  more  hospitals  or 
temporary  quarters  where  such  soldiers  could  be  cared  for. 
At  one  time  the  court  house  in  Concord  was  turned  into  a 
hospital,  and  the  Capitol  at  Washington,  in  1862,  was  an  ex- 
temporary hospital  for  many  weeks.  Its  rooms  and  corridors 
were  crowded  with  beds  on  which  the  sick  and  wounded  were 
being  treated.  New  Hampshire  had  a  large  hospital  at  Man- 
chester during  the  closing  years  of  the  war. 

The  profession  in  New  Hampshire,  ever  loyal  to  the  state, 
responded  most  nobly  to  such  calls  as  these.  These  men  who 
volunteered  their  services  for  temporary  work  w^ere  oftentimes 
beyond  the  age  limit  to  do  service  in  the  field  and  were  recog- 
nized as  contract  surgeons.  We  have  done  the  best  we  could 
to  group  them  together  for  the  time  being  and  give  them  a 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  385 

place  in  the  medical  and  surgical  records  of  New  Hampshire 
for  their  services  loyally  performed  when  called  for. 

Another  class  which  the  compiler  of  these  sketches  has  found, 
and  which  seems  to  be  deserving  of  an  official  record,  comprised 
men  born  in  the  state,  who  served  in  the  volunteer  corps  of 
regiments  outside  the  state,  and  afterwards  returned  to  the 
state  to  practice  medicine. 

Still  another  group  were  those  whose  patriotism  led  them 
io  enlist  as  private  soldiers,  going  to  the  front  for  a  longer  or 
shorter  period ;  many  of  whom  were  wounded,  but  eventually 
coming  home,  became  students,  graduated  in  medicine  and 
practiced  in  the  state  for  a  longer  or  shorter  period. 

The  patriotism  of  such  men  is  undoubted.  Their  zeal  and 
good  will  towards  our  country  was  made  manifest  in  their 
going  to  the  front,  and  afterwards  becoming  practitioners  of 
medicine.  It  will  be  seen  in  the  sketches  which  have  been  pre- 
pared that  these  men  were  directed  by  the  services  which  they 
performed  in  the  amelioration  and  alleviation  of  the  sufferings 
that  occurred  around  them,  to  the  practice  of  medicine. 


CONTRACT  SURGEONS. 


Ezra  Bartlett,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Exeter,  N.  H. 

Ezra  Bartlett,  M.  D.,  was  born  September  28,  1811,  at  War- 
ren, N.  II.,  and  was  the  son  of  Ezra  and  Hannah  (Gale)  Bart- 
lett, and  grandson  of  Josiah  Bartlett,  signer  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence.  January,  1812,  his  parents  removed  to 
Haverhill,  N.  H.  His  education  was  received  in  the  common 
schools  of  Haverhill,  Grafton  county,  N.  H.,  and  in  January, 
1829,  he  began  the  study  of  medicine  with  his  uncle,  John 
French  of  Bath,  and  his  father  at  Haverhill.  He  attended 
three  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth  and  was  grad- 
uated from  Dartmouth  Medical  College  August  22,  1832. 

26 


386  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Dr.  Bartlett  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  at  War- 
minster, Nelson  county,  Va.,  remaining  there  one  year.  He 
was  located  in  Haverhill  three  years;  South  Berwick,  Me., 
fifteen  years;  East  Boston,  Mass.,  four  years,  and  was  in 
Exeter  after  November  1,  1855. 

He  was  a  member  of  Strafford  District  Medical  Society, 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  and  Massachusetts  Medical 
Society.  He  was  delegate  from  Strafford  District  Medical 
Society  to  the  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Medical  Associ- 
ation at  Boston,  May,  1849. 

He  published  several  medical  papers  and  had  a  good  stand- 
ing among  the  profession  as  a  physician  and  surgeon.  He 
constructed  apparatus  for  fractures  and  displacements. 

He  was  acting  assistant  surgeon,  United  States  Army,  from 
January  7,  1863,  to  July,  1865.  His  service  was  as  follows: 
As  contract  surgeon,  serving  at  Washington,  Memphis  and 
Vicksburg,  under  General  Grant,  and  also  wdth  the  Fifteenth 
Army  Corps  under  General  Sherman  until  the  capture  of 
Atlanta.  Subsequently,  he  served  in  a  hospital  at  Savannah, 
Ga.,  until  July  1,  1865. 

In  1835  he  became  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church 
at  Haverhill.     He  was  health  officer  at  Exeter  at  one  time. 

Married,  first.  May  4,  1835,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Josiah  and 
Susan  (Hussey)  Calef  of  Saco,  Me.,  who  died  October  9,  1847; 
second,  February  13,  1851,  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 

and  (Kettell)   Tucker  of  Boston,  Mass.,  and  widow  of 

John  Hubbard  of  South  Berwick,  Me. 

Children,  one:  Josiah  Calef,  born  May  3,  1846;  married 
Grace,  daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  Ira  Sampson  of  Taunton,  Mass. 

Dr.  Ezra  Bartlett  died  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  June  16,  1892, 
of  paralysis. 


George  Beebe,  M.  D. 

"Rev.  George  Beebe,  M.  D.,  was  born  in  Bacomb,  Somerset- 
shire, England,  June  9,  1828.     He  served  in  the  War  with 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  387 

Mexico  and  was  a  practicing  physician  at  the  time  of  the  civil 
war.  He  was  called  into  the  service  of  the  medical  depart- 
ment under  the  designation  of  warrant  surgeon,  and  as  such 
did  duty  during  the  last  of  the  war.  He  entered  the  ministry 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and  filled  a  series  of  ap- 
pointments, including  the  church  at  Littleton,  in  1872-73. 
While  residing  at  Gosport,  Star  Island,  N.  H.,  he  was  several 
times  a  member  of  the  Legislature.  He  died  at  Bethlehem, 
March  7,  1877,  and  is  buried  in  Glenwood  cemetery  in  Little- 
ton."— {Grayiite  Monthly,  A.  S.  Batchellor.) 


James  H.  Crombie,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Derry,  N.  H. 

"Surgeon  Crombie  was  born  in  Temple,  N.  H.,  September 
2,  1813,  and  was  the  son  of  Dr.  Charles  and  Joanna  (Jones) 
Crombie.  He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  and  at 
Francestown  Academy,  to  which  town  his  father  removed  dur- 
ing his  early  childhood.  His  professional  education  was  com- 
menced with  his  father  and  continued  under  the  direction  of 
Dr.  Amos  Twitchell  of  Keene.  About  this  time  Dr.  Twitchell 
had  large  medical  classes  and  gave  instruction  to  a  good  many 
medical  students,  who  afterwards  became  very  active  in  the 
profession  in  various  parts  of  the  United  States.  Surgeon 
Crombie  attended  medical  lectures  at  Woodstock,  Vt.,  and 
Hanover,  N.  H.,  and  was  graduated  from  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment of  Dartmouth  College  in  1838.  Located,  in  1838,  at 
Francestown  with  his  father,  but  removed  to  Derry  in  1850, 
from  which  place  he  entered  the  army  as  contract  surgeon  in 
1861,  and  was  on  duty  in  the  vicinity  of  Fortress  Monroe,  Vir- 
ginia, until  1864.  On  being  mustered  out  of  the  service  he 
returned  to  Derry,  at  which  place  he  died,  June  30,  1884,  aged 
seventy  years. ' ' 

Married  Sarah  Frances  Mills,  daughter  of  the  late  Alexan- 
der Willis  of  Francestown. 

No  children.     (History  of  Francestown.) 


388  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Albert  H.  Crosby,  M.  D. 

Surgeon  Crosby  was  born  in  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  April  23, 
1828,  and  was  the  eldest  son  of  Prof.  Dixi  and  Mary  Jane 
(Moody)  Crosby  of  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  and  a  grandson  of  Asa 
Crosby.  His  father,  Dr.  Crosby,  removed  to  Hanover  in  1838, 
taking  the  place  of  Prof.  Reuben  Diamond  Mussey,  who  had 
been  professor  of  surgery  in  the  Medical  Department  of  Dart- 
mouth College  for  many  years.  Albert  H.  was  graduated  from 
the  Academic  Department  of  Dartmouth  College  in  1848.  He 
first  gave  his  attention  to  the  practice  of  law,  graduating  in 
the  same  and  locating  in  Francestown,  N.  H.,  about  1852. 
Not  feeling  satisfied  with  legal  work,  he  left  that,  taking  up 
the  study  of  medicine  and  receiving  his  degree  of  M.  D.  from 
Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  1860.  "While  a  student  in  medi- 
cine he  had  two  years  of  clinical  study  in  connection  with  the 
United  States  Marine  Hospital  at  Chelsea  and  the  Deer  Island 
Hospitals  in  Boston  Harbor.  After  graduating  in  medicine 
was  located  at  Wells  River,  Vt.,  from  1860  to  1862.  Early  in 
1862  he  was  appointed  to  the  position  of  assistant  surgeon  at 
Columbia  University  Hospital,  Washington,  where  his  uncle, 
Thomas  Russell  Crosby,  was  a  United  States  volunteer  sur- 
geon in  charge  of  the  hospital,  and  was  subsequently  detailed 
as  surgeon  of  the  Thirteenth  Regiment  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 
In  1863  he  became  assistant  to  his  father  in  the  medical  bureau 
of  the  provost  marshal 's  office  in  New  Hampshire ;  afterwards, 
in  1864,  he  became  post  surgeon  at  the  rendezvous  camp  near 
South  Street,  in  Concord,  N.  H.  He  remained  in  charge  of 
the  hospital  there  until  the  close  of  the  war,  closing  out  and 
selling  all  the  surgical  and  medical  supplies  left  at  the  close 
of  the  war.  At  that  time  he  located  in  Concord  and  remained 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
September  5,  1886,  of  apoplexy,  at  the  residence  of  his  son-in- 
law,  Col.  E.  H.  Gilman,  in  Exeter,  where  he  and  his  wife  were 
visiting  at  that  time. 

Early  in  his  professional  work  in  Concord  he  became  medi- 


MISCELLANEOUS   OEGANIZATIONS.  389 

cal  director  at  St.  Paul's  School  and  retained  that  position 
until  his  death.  While  residing  in  Wells  River  he  married 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  Moody  Moore,  granddaughter  of  Dr. 
Isaac  Moore,  who  was  born  and  educated  in  Scotland  and, 
emigrating  to  America,  was  for  a  long  period  in  successful 
practice  in  Bath,  N.  H. 

Dr.  Crosby  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society,  joining  in  1871,  and  in  1883  was  president.  For  a 
period  of  sixteen  years  he  was  medical  attendant  at  the  New 
Hampshire  state  prison;  a  member  of  the  board  of  medical 
pension  examiners,  and  served  for  three  j^ears  on  the  school 
board. 

Dr.  Crosby  was  a  delightful  companion  with  a  fund  of 
humor  and  good  cheer.  "In  conversation  he  was  ready  and 
interesting,  and  it  was  not  easy  to  touch  any  subject  on  which 
he  was  not  able  to  talk  intelligently  and  even  instructively. 
He  contributed  not  infrequently  to  the  medical  journals  and 
to  the  newspaper  press,  and  delivered  many  lectures  before 
lyceums  and  literary  societies.  In  every  movement  intended 
to  promote  the  public  health  and  comfort  he  was  an  earnest 
supporter. ' ' 


George  W.  Currier,  M.  D. 

Nashua,  N.  H. 

From  time  to  time  during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  after 
battles  had  been  fought  in  which  there  was  great  loss  of  life 
and  a  large  number  of  wounded  men,  the  governors  of  differ- 
ent states,  understanding  the  great  need  of  competent  persons 
to  assist  in  caring  for  the  wounded  men,  sent  a  considerable 
number  of  medical  students  and  others,  sometimes  men  who 
had  graduated  in  medicine,  to  Washington  and  they  were  dis- 
tributed to  points  where  it  was  deemed  they  would  do  the  most 
good.     Dr.  Currier  comes  into  this  class.     He  was  born  in  Wil- 


390  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

mot,  N.  H.,  March  8,  1841,  and  was  the  son  of  Nathan  and 
Mary  Jane  (Frazier)  Currier.  His  early  education  was  re- 
ceived in  the  common  schools  of  New  Hampshire  and  at  the 
Nashua  Literary  Institute.  His  professional  education  com- 
menced in  1861  with  Dr.  Josiah  G.  Graves  of  Nashua.  He 
attended  two  courses  of  lectures  at  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  in  New  York  and  was  graduated  from  the  same 
in  September,  1864.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Nashua  ever 
since,  belongs  to  the  Nashua  Medical  Society,  has  been  city 
physician,  pension  examiner,  examiner  for  various  life  insur- 
ance companies,  member  of  the  school  board,  and  has  held  all 
of  the  important  offices  in  the  state  connected  with  the  Masonic 
Fraternity. 

He  was  sent  to  the  front  by  Governor  Gilmore  in  June,  1864, 
and  during  the  two  months'  service  was  in  Baltimore,  Fortress 
Monroe,  White  House  Landing,  Cold  Harbor  and  Washing- 
ton ;  a  considerable  share  of  his  service  being  at  White  House 
Landing,  caring  for  the  wounded  brought  down  from  Cold 
Harbor,  afterwards  at  the  hospitals  about  Washington. 

Married,  October  8,  1868,  Abbie  S.  Walker. 

No  children. 


Daniel  Darling,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Rumney,  N.  H. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Plymouth,  N.  H., 
December  31,  1816,  and  was  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth 
(Leavitt)  Darling,  and  a  grandson  of  Daniel  Darling.  He 
received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools, 
two  years  at  Hopkinton  Academy  and  a  short  period  at  Nor- 
wich University;  commenced  his  professional  education  in 
Kumney,  about  1836,  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Woodbury 
and  afterwards  with  Dr.  Alonzo  A.  Whipple  of  Wentworth, 
N.  H. :  attended  three  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  Bowdoin 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  391 

College  and  was  graduated  from  the  Medical  Department  of 
the  same  in  1839.  First  located  for  the  practice  of  medicine 
at  Concord,  Vt.,  where  he  remained  for  two  and  one-half 
years,  after  which  he  located  in  Wells  River,  remaining  there 
about  seven  years.  On  leaving  Wells  Eiver,  he  located  in 
Rumney,  N.  H.,  in  1850,  where  he  remained  in  the  active 
practice  of  his  profession  until  his  death,  which  occurred  April 
3,  1889. 

Dr.  Darling  was  a  member  of  the  Moosilauke  Medical  Soci- 
ety. In  1864  he  was  a  contract  surgeon  and  served  in  the 
Lincoln  Hospital,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Married,  August  2,  1839,  Sarah  C.  Pillsbury  of  Wentworth, 
N.  H. 

Children,  five:  Elizabeth,  Lydia,  Susan,  Sarah  and  Dan- 
iel, Jr. 


William  Russell  Dunham,  j\I.  D. 
Keene,  N.  H. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Chesterfield,  N.  H., 
December  15,  1833,  and  was  the  son  of  Ira  and  Savona  (Pren- 
tice) Dunham,  and  was  a  grandson  of  Thomas  Dunham.  He 
received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  and  high 
schools  of  Chesterfield  and  Hinsdale,  N.  H.,  and  commenced 
his  professional  education  in  1856  in  New  York  under  the 
direction  of  R.  T.  Trull,  which  was  continued  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Daniel  Campbell  of  Saxton's  River,  Vt. ;  this  was  sup- 
plemented by  courses  of  lectures  at  the  Berkshire  Medical  Col- 
lege of  Pittsfield,  ]\Iass.,  and  at  Harvard  University,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1865. 

He  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  April  17,  1865,  at 
Westmoreland,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  until  February  22, 
1876.  At  this  time  he  located  in  Keene,  N.  IL,  and  became 
a  prominent  member  of  the  profession,  becoming  a  member  of 
the  Connecticut  River  Valley  Medical  Association,  of  which  he 


392  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

has  been  vice-president,  of  the  Cheshire  County  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, and  also  of  the  American  Medical  Association.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  school  board  of  the  City  of  Keene,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Keene  Society  of  Natural  History,  and 
examiner  for  several  life  insurance  companies. 

During  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  and  before  his  graduation, 
he  became  a  contract  surgeon,  holding  the  position  of  acting 
assistant  surgeon  of  a  colored  regim.ent  and  was  ordered  to 
South  Carolina  for  duty. 

In  the  line  of  original  research  he  has  been  engaged  for 
nearly  twenty-five  years  in  the  Department  of  Biological 
Science. 

Married,  in  1865,  Josephine  S.  Forbes. 

One  child,  Mary  R.  Dunham. 


Charles  Amos  Elliott, 

Charles  Amos  Elliott,  son  of  Charles  Franklin  Elliott,  M.  D., 
was  born  in  Somersworth,  August  10,  1835.  Commenced  the 
study  of  medicine  with  his  father,  taking  courses  of  lectures 
at  Bowdoin  and  Dartmouth  Medical  Colleges.  Entered  the 
service  of  the  United  States  as  assistant  surgeon,  where  he  re- 
mained for  three  years.  Afterwards  settled  in  Lebanon,  Me. ; 
later  removed  to  Somersworth,  where  he  was  associated  with 
his  father  until  failing  health  demanded  his  retirement  from 
active  work. 

Married,  April  12,  1872,  Hannah  Abbie  Hayes,  daughter 
of  Cyrus  W.  Hayes  of  Lebanon,  Me. 

Children,  two  sons. 

He  died  March  7,  1891. 


William  Kelly  Fletcher. 

"William  Kelly  Fletcher,  the  son  of  Quartus    and    Ann 
(Kelly)  Fletcher,  was  born  at  Cornish,  February  12,  1828. 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  393 

He  studied  medicine  at  Dartmouth  Medical  College  and  Har- 
vard Medical  School,  graduating  M.  D.  at  the  last  in  1862; 
was  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  the  United  States  Army  from 
May  to  June,  1862,  and  from  January,  1863,  to  December, 
1864;  began  practice  at  Somerville,  Mass.,  April  1,  1865." — 
(Page  448,  "Alumni  of  Dartmouth  College,"  by  Chapman.) 


Timothy  S.  Foster,  ^I.  D. 
Laconia,  N.  H. 

Surgeon  Fx)ster  was  born  ]March  16,  1828,  in  the  town  of 
Lisbon,  Me.  He  was  the  son  of  Timothy  and  Esther  (Haley) 
Foster.  His  early  education  was  in  the  common  schools 
and  later  at  private  schools  and  academies.  His  profes- 
sional education  was  commenced  in  1859  at  Brunswick,  Me., 
under  the  direction  of  Drs.  N.  T.  Palmer  and  John  D.  Lincoln, 
who  Avere  his  medical  preceptors.  He  attended  medical  lec- 
tures at  the  j\Iedical  Department  of  Bowdoin  College  and  was 
graduated  from  the  same  in  April,  1862.  He  commenced  the 
practice  of  medicine  in  1861,  at  Brunswick,  IMe.,  and  entered 
the  United  States  service  as  contract  surgeon  September  1, 
1862.  He  was  in  the  service  one  year,  when  on  account  of  ill 
health  he  resigned,  returned  to  Brunswick,  Me.,  where  he  was 
in  practice  for  a  short  time,  then  came  to  Laconia,  N.  H., 
where  he  has  since  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion. He  is  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
the  Winnipesaukee  Academy  of  Medicine  and  corresponding 
member  of  the  Uymecological  Society  of  Boston.  He  is  also 
surgeon  of  the  G.  A.  R.  Post,  John  L.  Perley,  No.  37,  of  the 
Department  of  New  Hampshire ;  member  of  the  order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  as  well  as  of  the  local.  State  and  National  Granges. 

Surgeon  Foster's  duties  commenced  immediately  after  the 
first  battle  of  Bull  Run.  when  a  good  many  sick  and  wounded 
soldiers  needed  especial  care.  This  was  a  period  in  the  war 
when  a  single  surgeon  and  an  assistant  were  all  the  medical  at- 


394  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

tendants  that  were  allowed  to  any  regiment  of  a  thousand  men, 
the  natural  result  being  that  there  was  a  good  deal  more  pro- 
fessional work  to  be  done  than  was  possible  by  the  few  men  on 
duty.  At  this  period  the  governors  of  the  different  Northern 
states  were  called  upon  to  send  to  the  front  volunteer  sur- 
geons. 'A  good  many  of  these  men  left  home  like  the  minute- 
men  in  the  Revolutionary  period,  only  expecting  to  be  gone  a 
few  days  or  a  few  weeks,  giving  their  services,  their  expenses 
only  being  paid  by  the  state  in  which  they  responded  to  the 
call.  Many  of  these  volunteers  remained  for  a  longer  or 
shorter  period  in  the  service,  accepting  positions  in  the  army 
or  navy  as  best  suited  their  convenience.  At  that  time  the 
City  of  Washington  was  but  little  more  than  an  immense  hos- 
pital, and  for  a  time  even  the  Capitol  was  filled  with  sick  and 
wounded  men  and  Surgeon  Foster 's  service  was  confined  to  the 
hospital  within  or  near  the  city  limits. 

Acting  Assistant  Surgeon  Foster  says:  "I  was  assigned  to 
hospital  duty  and  was  transferred  to  the  Eleventh  Army  Corps 
at  the  time  of  the  battle  of  Gettysburg;  was  in  several  skir- 
mishes on  the  way  to  Gettysburg  and  did  not  arrive  there  until 
the  battle  was  over.  After  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run,  by 
request  of  Governor  Washburn  of  Maine,  with  others  went  to 
the  front  for  two  or  three  weeks  to  care  especially  for  Maine 
men,  and  on  arriving  in  AVashington  was  induced  to  take  a 
three  months'  contract,  being  assigned  to  Trinity  Hospital, 
remaining  there  six  months,  when  the  hospital  was  discontin- 
ued and  I  returned  home.  After  the  Chancellorsville  battle, 
by  request  of  Medical  Director  Abbott,  again  went  to  Wash- 
ington and  was  assigned  to  Campbell  Hospital,  where  I 
remained  three  months,  when  my  health  failing  I  returned 
home. ' ' 

This  was  a  period  when  women  as  well  as  men  were  largely 
exercised  by  our  prospects  of  war  or  peace.  In  a  letter  from 
Dr.  Foster  the  following  shows  the  devotion  of  his  wife,  as 
well  as  the  patriotism  of  the  man:  ''A  few  daj^s  after  the  sec- 


MISCELLANEOUS  ORGANIZATIONS.  395 

ond  battle  of  Bull  Run  the  provost  marshal  of  the  state  of 
Maine  told  me  that  C4overnor  Washburn  desired  to  send  a 
force  of  volunteer  surgeons  to  assist  in  earing  for  the  sick  and 
wounded  about  Washington  and  requested  that  I  would  go 
to  the  front.  After  a  moment's  thought  I  told  him  I  would 
go  and  agreed  to  meet  him  in  Portland  the  next  day.  I  went 
home  and  told  my  wife,  who,  patriotic  woman  as  she  was,  with 
tearful  eyes  bid  me  go  if  duty  called. ' ' 

Dr.  Foster  has  been  twice  married. 

One  son  living,  William  E.  Foster,  who  is  now  a  druggist  in 
Laconia. 


John  Ordway  French,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Hanover,  Mass. 

John  Ordway  French  was  born  in  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  Novem- 
ber, 1821,  and  was  the  son  of  Dr.  John  and  Lucy  (Prescott) 
French.  His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  com- 
mon schools  and  at  Gilmanton  Academy.  He  commenced  the 
study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  Nahum  Wight  of  Gilmanton  and 
continued  the  same  at  the  Medical  School  of  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1844;  commenced  the 
practice  of  medicine  in  Chesterfield,  N.  H.,  in  1845,  remaining 
there  until  1855,  when  he  removed  to  Hanover,  Mass.  He 
entered  the  service  of  the  United  States  in  1861,  being  commis- 
sioned assistant  surgeon  in  the  Twenty-third  United  States 
Infantry  and  assigned  to  Carver  Hospital  in  Washington, 
D.  C,  where  he  served  until  1865. 

He  married,  first,  Martha  B.,  daughter  of  William  and 
Hannah  (Folsom)  Peaslee  of  Gilmanton;  second,  Nancy  Perci- 
val  of  Hanover,  Mass. ;  third,  Mrs.  F.  V.  R.  Brown,  in  1884. 

Children,  two  sons,  one  of  whom,  Dr.  Charles  Peaslee 
French,  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  Dartmouth  Medical 
College  in  1875 ;  one  daughter,  deceased. 

Died,  September  26,  1887. 


396  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Charles  Pinckney  Gage,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Concord,  N.  H. 

Charles  Pinckney  Gage  was  born  in  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  April 
5,  1811,  and  was  the  son  of  John  and  Sally  (Bickford)  Gage. 
Dr.  Gage's  paternal  grandparents,  John  and  Elizabeth  (Fow- 
ler) Gage,  came  to  Hopkinton  from  Bradford,  Mass.,  some 
time  prior  to  the  year  1750,  and  about  the  same  time  that  his 
maternal  grandparents,  Thomas  and  Abigail  (Eastman)  Bick- 
ford, came  to  the  same  town  from  Newburyport,  Mass.  The 
paternal  grandparents  settled  upon  the  same  farm  in  Hopkin- 
ton upon  which  Dr.  Gage  and  his  father  were  born.  It  is 
recorded  that  his  maternal  grandfather,  Thomas  Bickford, 
was  a  Revolutionary  soldier.  Surgeon  Gage's  preliminary 
education  was  received  in  the  common  schools  of  Hopkinton 
and  as  a  private  student  of  John  Osgood  Ballard  and  also  at 
the  Academy  in  Hopkinton  village. 

"When  thirteen  years  of  age  his  father  died  of  pulmonary 
consumption,  and  he  was  obliged  while  attending  school  to  do 
errands,  take  care  of  the  stock,  get  wood  and  water,  and  do 
the  thousand  little  jobs  about  the  house  and  farm."  At  the 
age  of  eighteen  he  commenced  teaching,  and  five  years  later, 
in  1834,  he  commenced  his  professional  education  under  the 
direction  of  Dr.  Royal  Call  of  Hopkinton.  He  attended  two 
courses  of  lectures  at  Dartmouth  Medical  College,  a  course  at 
the  Vermont  Medical  College  at  Woodstock,  Vt.,  a  course  at 
the  Berkshire  Medical  College,  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  part  of  a 
course  at  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  and  three  courses  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
While  at  Woodstock,  Vt.,  he  became  a  private  pupil  of  the 
late  Dr.  Willard  Parker,  for  whom  he  conceived  and  ever 
maintained  a  most  ardent  admiration.  Professor  Parker  went 
from  one  medical  college  to  another  lecturing  on  surgery  and 
rapidly  rising  to  fame,  and  Gage  naturally  went  with  him. 
This  accounts  for  his  pursuing  his  professional  studies  at  so 
many  different  places.  Whatever  town  contained  Parker  was 
for  him — aye,  and  for  many  another  student,  not  only  in  those 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  397 

days,  but  for  a  long  period  subsequently — the  medical  capital 
of  the  country.  Parker  was  his  idol,  but  there  were  other 
eminent  men  among  his  teachers,  and  he  always  spoke  of  them 
with  the  profoundest  respect.  Among  them  were  Keuben  D. 
Mussey,  Robert  Watts,  Henry  Childs,  Elisha  Bartlett,  Samuel 
D.  Gross  and  Daniel  Drake.  Among  those  of  his  fellow  stu- 
dents who  subsequently  became  famous  were  Oliver  "Wendell 
Holmes  and  Henry  Kirke  Brown.  Brown,  who  afterwards 
achieved  eminence  as  a  sculptor,  was  studying  artistic 
anatomy. ' ' 

Politically,  Dr.  Gage  was  a  Democrat  and  in  common  with 
thousands  in  the  North  he  carried  the  doctrine  of  state  rights 
to  such  an  extent  as  to  justify  the  rebellion  of  1861  up  to  the 
very  beginning  of  hostilities.  When  the  news  came  of  the 
firing  on  Fort  Sumter,  he,  now  again  in  common  with  thou- 
sands in  the  North,  subordinated  doctrine  to  patriotism. 
When  the  volunteers  began  to  assemble  in  the  camp  on  the 
eastern  side  of  the  Merrimack  he  was  assiduous  in  his  attend- 
ance as  medical  officer,  and  when  measles  made  such  havoc  in 
the  First  New  Hampshire  Regiment  he  exerted  himself  to  the 
extremity  of  his  power  to  check  the  spread  of  the  disease, 
which  had  shown  itself  in  a  very  deadly  form,  and  to  carry 
relief  and  comfort  to  the  sick.  He  continued  in  charge  of  the 
sanitary  affairs  of  the  camp  as  long  as  it  was  used,  assisted  by 
several  of  the  physicians  of  Concord.  Afterwards,  in  1863, 
on  the  return  of  the  Fifteenth  and  Sixteenth  Regiments  from 
the  unhealthy  position  they  had  maintained  on  the  Mississippi 
river,  he  again  devoted  much  of  his  time  to  the  care  of  sol- 
diers. The  city  hall  and  grounds  were  converted  into  an 
immense  hospital  containing  many  beds,  and,  as  the  records 
of  those  regiments  will  show,  a  great  many  deaths  occurred 
while  the  hospital  was  maintained  on  these  grounds.  Dr. 
Gage  took  his  full  share  of  the  work,  and  ever  maintained  a 
careful  supervision  over  the  welfare  of  the  poor  fellows  who 
had  returned  from  their  military  campaign. 

It  was  in  June  of  the  same  year,  while  president  of  the  New 


398  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Hampshire  Medical  Society,  of  which  he  was  a  constant  mem- 
ber from  1839  until  his  death,  that  at  the  close  of  his  annual 
address  he  made  the  most  memorable  remarks,  from  which  are 
the  following  quotations : 

"Our  country  is  under  a  cloud,  dark  and  portentous.  A 
great  and  powerful  portion  of  this  nation  is  in  wicked  rebel- 
lion against  the  flag  raised  by  our  fathers  after  years  of  suf- 
fering and  the  spending  of  millions  of  treasure.  No  hour  so 
gloomy  has  it  ever  been  the  misfortune  of  this  people  to  en- 
dure. Is  the  sun  of  our  glory  about  to  go  down  forever  and 
leave  the  worshippers  of  Liberty  no  gleam  of  light?  Can  it 
be  that  the  future  historian  shall  write  our  rise,  progress  and 
downfall  as  not  occupying  the  space  of  ninety  years?  And 
have  we  as  medical  men  nothing  to  do  in  this  great  struggle 
for  national  existence,  but  to  stand  by  in  silence,  or  at  most 
to  look  after  the  sick  and  wounded  ?  Gentlemen,  the  founders 
of  this  society  were  patriots  as  well  as  physicians.  They 
helped  achieve  our  independence.  They  witnessed  the  dread- 
ful agonies  of  the  colonies  and  welcomed  the  birth  of  a  nation. 
The  first  president  of  our  society,  who  was  also  one  of  its 
founders,  was  the  first  person  who  voted  for  the  Declaration 
of  Independence  and  the  second  man  who  signed  it.  The 
blood  of  the  heroes  of  the  Revolution  has  never  ceased  to  cir- 
culate in  this  organization.  It  is  in  this  society  to-day.  There 
lias  never  been  a  more  patriotic  and  loyal  body  of  men  in  any 
state  nor  one  that  has  done  more  for  the  commonwealth. 
They  have  been  the  watchful  guardians  of  the  liberties  of  the 
people,  the  friends  of  true  religion,  zealous  in  the  cause  of 
education,  and  in  all  great  movements  for  securing  the  hap- 
piness and  prosperity  of  the  state.  That  our  profession  has 
done  its  duty,  every  battlefield  from  Bunker  Hill  to  Vicksburg 
attests.  Let  the  thousands  now  ministering  to  the  sick  and 
wounded  on  the  Potomac,  in  the  Dismal  Swamp,  on  the  rice 
plantations  of  the  Carolinas,  in  the  Everglades  of  Florida,  and 
the  stagnant  bayous  of  the  murky  Mississippi,  tell  of  the  un- 
tiring devotion  of  our  craft  to  their  country  and  their  calling. 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  399 

And  then  say  if  we  who  are  left  behind  have  not  a  high  and 
holy  duty  to  perform.  What  is  our  duty?  It  seems  to  me 
that  as  intelligent  and  educated  men  we  should  try  to  revive 
in  the  minds  of  the  people  the  love  of  liberty,  to  remind  them 
of  the  great  doctrines  laid  down  in  the  Constitution,  to  allay 
their  passions,  to  stimulate  their  love  of  country,  to  implore 
them  to  reverence  and  abide  by  the  law,  caution  them  against 
the  danger  of  deviating  from  the  letter  of  that  greatest  of  all 
human  written  instruments  as  expounded  by  the  greatest  and 
wisest  of  the  sons  of  New  Hampshire,  the  immortal  "Webster. 
The  people  of  Xew  Hampshire  were  among  the  foremost  in 
asserting  the  rights  of  free  men  and  defending  them,  and  they 
have  been  to  this  day  the  staunch  supporters  of  a  united 
national  government.     Nowhere  in  this  great  country  are  the 

principles  of  equality  and  liberty  cherished  more  sacredly. ' ' 

****** 

'  *  The  liberty  achieved  bj^  our  fathers  and  guaranteed  by  the 
Constitution  must  never  be  given  up  under  any  circumstances. 
It  is  only  by  the  strict  observance  of  the  written  law  of  the 
land  that  we  can  hope  to  be  preserved  in  this  great  national 
trial.  Then  let  us  resolve  to  stand  firm  by  the  government, 
the  Union  and  the  Constitution  of  these  United  States.  In 
view"  of  the  responsibilities  of  the  hour,  let  us  not  stop  to 
discuss  the  causes  of  the  war  or  party  matters,  but  let  us 
hasten  to  posts  of  duty  and  pledge  our  lives  and  fortunes  to 
overthrow  the  enemies  of  free  government  and  to  restore  the 
Union  flag  to  everj'  part  of  the  country.  Let  us  have  faith 
in  Almighty  God,  that  He  will  in  his  own  good  time  deliver 
his  people  from  this  great  national  peril,  that  He  will  con- 
found and  destroy  all  those  who  in  any  way  strive  to  break 
up  this  Union,  and  that  He  will  finally  restore  to  us  freedom, 
peace  and  prosperity." 

Surgeon  Gage  was  an  enthusiastic  lover  of  nature,  and  had 
an  excellent  taste  for  literature  and  the  fine  arts.  He  had  but 
little  time  to  spend  on  fraternal  as.sociations,  yet  he  was  a 
Mason  and  had  attained  to  the  degree  of  Knight  Templar.     In 


400  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

1846,  with  the  late  Dr.  Tenney  of  Pittsfield,  he  attended  the 
first  meeting  of  the  American  Medical  Association  and  helped 
organize  what  has  become  one  of  the  largest  medical  associa- 
tions in  the  world.  For  many  years  his  office  was  the  head- 
quarters of  a  great  number  of  medical  students,  the  names 
of  many  of  whom  are  to  be  found  in  the  records  of  the  New 
Hampshire  surgical  history  of  the  war. 

Dr.  Gage  died  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  November  26,  1894. 

He  married,  August  22,  1837,  Nancy  George  Sibley,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  Sibley  of  Hopkinton. 

Children,  two :  Charles  Sibley  and  Mary  Agnes  Gage. 


Jeremiah  C.  Garland,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Dr.  Garland  was  born  in  Strafford,  N.  H.,  September  23, 
1814,  and  was  the  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Lydia  C.  Garland, 
and  a  grandson  of  Joseph  Garland.  His  preliminary  educa- 
tion was  received  in  the  common  schools  of  New  Hampshire, 
at  Hampton  Falls  Academy,  at  Dr.  Hilliard's  Academy  at 
Northwood,  and  at  Strafford  Academy.  He  commenced  the 
study  of  medicine,  about  1840,  and  attended  Dartmouth  Medi- 
cal College ;  afterwards  he  supplemented  this  by  a  course  at  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  New  York,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1844.  He  commenced  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  Kochester,  N.  H.,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1850,  when  he  removed  to  Nashua.  In  1857  he 
left  Nashua  and  located  in  Plymouth,  where  he  was  in  prac- 
tice during  the  first  year  of  the  war.  He  accepted  service  in 
the  army  as  acting  assistant  surgeon  and  served  two  years  in 
field  and  hospital.  A  portion  of  this  time  and  during  the  year 
1864  he  was  connected  with  the  hospital  at  Camp  Barker  on  the 
Lee  estate,  somewhere  in  the  vicinity  of  the  soldiers'  cemetery. 
He  then  located  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  in  prac- 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  401 

tice  until  his  retirement  in  1889.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
first  common  council  of  the  city  in  1853,  and  served  on  the 
board  of  aldermen  in  1854.  He  was  city  physician  in  1857, 
1869  and  1870,  and  served  many  years  on  the  board  of  super- 
intending school  committee.  For  a  considerable  period  he  was 
an  examiner  for  life  insurance  companies  and  was  president 
of  the  Hillsborough  Medical  Association.  He  also  served  on 
the  board  of  medical  pension  examiners  for  several  years. 

"Dr.  Garland's  citizenship  has  been  of  a  character  calcu- 
lated to  advance  every  interest  of  this  community.  That  he  has 
accomplished  so  much  is  the  result  of  fixed  principles  and  a 
purpose  to  be  right,  do  right  and  to  encourage  all  with  whom 
he  has  come  in  contact  along  the  lines  of  cheerfulness,  charity 
and  faithfulness  in  small  affairs  as  well  as  in  matters  of 
greater  importance.  He  has  been  a  good  citizen,  a  kind 
friend,  a  husband  and  father  without  reproach,  a  pleasant 
acquaintance,  and  so  we  wish  him  sunny  days  and  happy 
hours  and  long  life." 

He  died  in  Nashua  May  15,  1900. 

Married,  December  5,  1849,  Harriet  C.  "Woodman. 

Children:  Celia  and  Willard  Parker,  deceased;  George 
Theodore  and  Claudius,  who  reside  in  Chicago. 


Aaron  Rising  Gleason,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Keene,  N.  H. 

(2  N.  H.  V.) 

Gleason,  Aapiox  R.  Co.  F;  b.  Warren,  Vt.;  age  27;  res.  Gilsum;  enl. 
Sept.  9,  '61;  must,  in  Sept.  17,  '61,  as  Priv.;  tr.  to  101  Co.  2,  Batt'L 
I.  C,  Jan.  5,  '64;  disch.  May  18,  '64,  to  accept  position  as  Acting 
Asst.  Surg.  U.  S.  A.;  served  by  contract  as  Acting  Asst.  Surg.  U. 
S.  A.  (civil  appointment),  from  May  18,  '64,  to  July  22,  '65.  P.  O. 
ad.,  Keene.  See  14  N.  H.  V.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  52.) 

(14  N.  H.  V.) 

Gleasox,  Aarox  R.     F.  and  S.;  b.  Warren,  Vt.;  age  29;  res.  Gilsum; 
app.  Asst.   Surg.  May   11.   '64;    not  must.;    declined   appointment. 
P.   0.   ad.,   Keene.     See  2   N.   H.   V.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  708.) 
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402  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Dr.  Gleason,  born  June  1,  1835,  at  Warren,  Vt.,  was  the 
son  of  Windsor  and  Sophia  (Clark)  Gleason,  a  grandson  of 
the  senior  Windsor  Gleason.  He  received  his  preliminary- 
education  at  the  public  schools  in  Warren,  Vt.,  in  Acworth 
and  Alstead,  N.  H.,  several  terms  at  the  high  school  at  Mil 
village,  Alstead,  N.  H.,  and  at  the  Westminster  Seminary, 
Westminster,  Vt.  This  w^as  at  the  time  that  Professor  Ward 
was  principal  of  Westminster  Seminary.  While  receiving  his 
education  Dr.  Gleason  several  times  taught  school.  He  com- 
menced his  professional  education  in  the  spring  of  1857  in 
Gilsum,  N.  H.,  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Kimball  D.  Webster 
of  Gilsum  and  Dr.  George  B.  Twitchell  of  Keene.  In  contin- 
uing his  course  he  attended  lectures  at  Georgetown  Medical 
College,  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York  City, 
and  post-graduate  courses  in  New  York  City,  graduating  from 
the  Georgetown  University  of  Maryland,  March,  1864. 

In  the  meantime,  as  a  private  in  the  Second  Regiment  New 
Hampshire  Volunteers,  he  served  in  the  hospital  department 
two  and  one-half  years.  After  graduation  he  became  acting 
assistant  surgeon  in  Campbell  Hospital,  Washington,  D.  C, 
for  one  and  one-half  years;  was  commissioned  assistant  sur- 
geon of  the  Fourteenth  New  Hampshire,  but  being  pleasantly 
situated  in  the  hospitals  about  Washington  declined  to  be 
mustered  into  the  Fourteenth. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  New  Hampshire, 
located  in  Fitzwilliam  for  two  years  and  afterwards  at  Keene, 
N.  H.  He  became  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society,  Cheshire  County  Medical  Society  and  Connecticut 
River  Valley  Medical  Society;  was  also  a  member  of  the 
G.  A.  R.  Post,  No.  4,  Department  of  New  Hampshire,  the  Odd 
Fellows,  Order  of  Red  Men,  ' '  Lodge  of  the  Temple, ' '  Masonic, 
No.  88,  all  of  Keene;  was  superintendent  of  schools  in  Fitz- 
william, councilman  in  Ward  two  and  representative  to  the 
General  Court  from  Keene.  While  at  the  Campbell  Hospital 
near  Washington,  Dr.  E,  A.  Kemp  of  Danvers,  Mass.,  formerly 
of  Sullivan,  this  state,  was  acting  assistant  surgeon  at  that 
time. 


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Married,  June  19,  1869,  Etta  D.  Webster,  only  child  of 
Dr.  Kimball  D.  Webster  of  Gilsum. 
Children,  one :  Maude  Webster  Gleason. 
Dr.  Gleason  died  March  5,  1904. 


William  Henry  Grant,  M.  D. 
Ossipee  Centre,  N.  H. 

Dr.  Grant  was  born  October  23,  1834,  in  Wakefield,  N.  H., 
and  was  the  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Sophronia  Charlotte 
(Hobbs)  Grant.  He  attended  the  common  schools  and  sup- 
plemented this  education  with  instruction  at  academies  at  Nor- 
way, Me.,  and  Exeter  and  Wolfeborough,  N.  H.  His  father 
being  a  physician,  he  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  under 
his  direction  at  Ossipee,  N.  H.,  in  1855,  and  attended  four 
courses  of  medical  lectures,  two  at  Dartmouth  and  two  at 
Bowdoin  College,  graduating  from  the  Medical  Department 
of  Dartmouth  College  in  1859.  He  commenced  the  practice 
of  medicine  at  Ossipee,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  one  year 
and  seven  months,  then  at  Tamworth  one  year,  and  since  the 
close  of  the  war  he  has  been  in  Ossipee,  with  the  exception 
of  about  two  years,  when  he  was  in  California  and  Oregon, 
this  being  from  1892  to  1894.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Institute  of  Homeopathy  and  of  various  social  Masonic 
societies,  as  well  as  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

His  service  in  the  army  was  at  two  different  periods,  both 
being  as  contract  surgeon  with  the  rank  of  acting  assistant 
surgeon.  The  first  service  was  in  Columbia  College  Hospital ; 
the  second  contract  was  dated  June  10,  1864,  and  was  annulled 
by  reason  of  sickness  September  9,  1864,  when  his  duty  was 
at  Lincoln  Hospital,  Baker's  Barracks,  and  lastly  in  Prisoners 
of  War  Camp,  Point  Lookout,  Md. 

Married,  first,  Louisa  A.  Ambrose,  November  24,  1859,  who 
died  January  29,  1865;  second,  Fanny  M.  Magoon,  April  23, 
1866. 

Children,  one:  Willie  Clinton,  born  April  26,  1867;  died 
December  2,  1869. 


404  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Jasper  Spurzheim  Grant,  M.  D. 

Dr.  J.  S.  Grant,  brother  of  William  N.  Grant,  was  a  son  of 
Dr.  Nathaniel  and  Charlotte  Saphronia  (Hobbs)  Grant,  and 
was  born  February  6,  1836,  at  Wakefield,  N.  H.  He  was 
named  after  Dr.  Johann  Gaspar  Spurzheim,  for  whose  literary 
works  Dr.  Grant's  father  had  a  great  admiration.  He  re- 
ceived his  preliminary  education  at  the  common  schools  and 
fitted  for  college  at  New  Hampton  Institute,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1857,  and  graduated  A.  B.  from  Dartmouth 
College  in  the  class  of  1861.  He  commenced  his  professional 
education  under  the  direction  of  his  father,  and  attended 
three  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth,  Bowdoin  and 
Harvard,  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  Harvard  in  the  class 
of  1863. 

He  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States  as  acting  assist- 
ant surgeon  in  the  autumn  of  1863  and  was  assigned  to  duty 
in  the  Lincoln,  then  in  the  Carver  and  lastly  at  Saratoga  Hos- 
pital near  Washington,  and  at  one  time  was  detailed  for  a 
few  months  at  the  Prisoners  of  War  Camp,  Point  Lookout, 
Md.  He  died  of  chronic  diarrhoea  at  Saratoga  Hospital, 
Washington,  D.  C,  August  14,  1865. 

His  biographer  says  of  him:  "He  was  a  man  loved  and 
respected  by  all  who  knew  him,  and  secured  many  fast  friends 
in  ci^^l  and  military  circles  in  and  about  Washington." 


I 


Joseph  Huntress. 
Late  of  Sandwich,  N.  H. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Parsonsfield,  Me., 
December  20,  1819,  and  was  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Huldah 
(Leavitt)  Huntress,  a  grandson  of  Joseph  Huntress  of  Par- 
sonsfield, Me.  His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the 
common  schools  of  Maine  and  New  Hampshire,  and  his  pro- 
fessional education    was    commenced    about    1840.     He  was 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  405 

graduated  M.  D.  from  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth 
College  in  the  class  of  1844.  He  commenced  the  practice  of 
medicine  in  Tamworth  immediately  after  his  graduation, 
where  he  remained  until  1861,  when  he  entered  the  United 
States  service.  After  passing  a  good  examination  in  New 
York,  he  was  made  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  the  United 
States  Volunteers,  and  was  in  the  service  until  1865,  being 
stationed  and  doing  good  work  in  the  hospitals  in  front  of 
Washington. 

After  his  service  in  the  army  he  was  located  in  the  practice 
of  medicine  in  Lawrence,  Mass.,  in  New  Brimswick,  and  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  from  1865  to  1873 ;  after  that  he  returned  to 
New  Hampshire  and  was  located  in  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion in  Sandwich,  N.  H.,  until  his  death,  February,  1884. 

Thrice  married,  first,  in  1847,  to  Miss  Oraam  Sargent  of 
Tamworth ;  his  third  wife  was  Miss  Pierce  of  Sandwich. 

Children,  five :  Elizabeth,  David,  Ida,  Edward  and  Charles. 


Edwin  Augustine  Kemp,  M.  D. 
Danvers,  Mass. 

Surgeon  Kemp  was  born  in  Sullivan,  N.  H.,  November  17, 
1833,  and  was  the  son  of  Benjamin  and  Lydia  (Woods) 
Kemp,  and  a  grandson  of  Benjamin  Kemp.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  common  schools  of  New  Hampshire,  and 
at  Kimball  Union  Academy  at  Meriden.  He  commenced  his 
professional  education  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  in  1858,  under 
the  direction  of  Dr.  A.  E.  Kemp  and  Prof.  David  Conant, 
M.  D. ;  attended  two  courses  of  lectures  at  the  Medical  De- 
partment of  the  University  of  Vermont  and  was  graduated 
M.  D.  from  the  same  in  June,  1862.  He  was  assigned  to  duty 
in  Demilt  Dispensary  in  New  York  City  and  was  appointed 
acting  assistant  surgeon,  United  States  Army,  November, 
1862,  and  was  assigned  to  duty  in  the  vicinity  of  Washington, 
D.  C.  His  service  was  for  two  months  in  1862  on  the  hospital 
ship  "Euturpe";  was  stationed  at  the  Campbell  Hospital  for 


406  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN  THE  REBELLION. 

eighteen  months  during  1863  and  1864,  at  Winchester,  Va., 
three  months  in  1864,  and  was  at  the  Finley  Hospital  after 
peace  was  declared,  for  nine  months  in  1865.  Located  for 
the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Enfield,  Mass.,  where  he  re- 
mained ten  years,  was  in  Lonsdale,  R.  I.,  five  years,  and  has 
remained  in  Danvers,  Mass.,  ever  since. 

Surgeon  Kemp  is  a  member  of  the  Essex  South  District 
Medical  Society,  of  which  he  has  been  vice-president,  also  a 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  of  which  he  has 
been  a  councilor ;  is  a  member  of  the  Masons  and  Royal  Arca- 
num Association;  a  director  in  the  Danvers  (Mass.)  Savings 
Bank,  and  has  taken  post-graduate  courses  in  Philadelphia, 
New  York  and  Boston. 

Married,  February  13,  1867,  Esther  M.  Woolley  of  West- 
moreland, N.  H. 

One  child,  Jessie  Isabel  Kemp. 


Joseph  Warren  Odell,  M.  D. 
Greenland,  N.  H. 

Dr.  Odell  was  a  so-called  ''contract  surgeon,"  having  a 
title  of  acting  assistant  surgeon,  United  States  Army. 

Surgeon  Odell  was  born  in  North  Hampton,  N.H.,  March  18, 
1831,  and  was  a  son  of  George  and  Sarah  Bartlett  (Towle) 
Odell,  and  grandson  of  James  Odell.  His  preparatory  educa- 
tion was  received  in  Greenland  and  Hampton  Academies,  and 
he  graduated  in  the  classical  course  from  Dartmouth  College  in 
1852.  He  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in  1852  in  Green- 
land, under  the  direction  of  Dr.  E.  B.  Moore  of  Boston,  taking 
four  courses  of  lectures  at  Harvard,  Jefferson  and  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania.  He  was  graduated  from  Harvard  Med- 
ical College  in  1855 ;  located  at  Rye  Beach  in  1856,  at  North 
Hampton  in  1858,  remaining  until  1871,  when  he  removed  to 
Greenland,  and  has  resided  there  ever  since. 

He  was  appointed  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  July,  1863, 
and  was  stationed  at  Fort  Preble,  Me.,  which  was  the  head- 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  407 

quarters  of  the  Seventeenth  Regiment  United  States  Infantry, 
until  he  was  mustered  out  in  July,  1865,  and  returned  to  North 
Hampton. 

Surgeon  Odell  is  a  member  of  the  American  ]\Iedical  Asso- 
ciation and  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  has  been 
town  treasurer  and  a  justice  of  the  peace  and  quorum  for 
five  and  twenty  years. 

Married  Mrs.  Martha  E.  Elliot  in  1867. 

Children,  one :  Lillian  Atherton  Odell. 


Edmund  Randolph  Peaslee,  M.  D.,  LL.  D. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  so  long  identified  with  New 
Hampshire  interests  that  it  seems  fitting  that  he  should  have 
a  record  with  the  surgeons  of  New  Hampshire  during  the  War 
of  the  Rebellion.  Many  of  New  Hampshire's  distinguished 
surgeons  were  private  pupils  of  Dr.  Peaslee  and  a  great  many 
were  graduated  from  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth 
College  between  1841  and  1861  who  received  direct  teaching 
under  his  supervision.  Surgeon  Peaslee 's  interest  in  his 
native  state  never  failed  and  her  sons  always  meet  with  a  cor- 
dial reception  wherever  they  are  found. 

"Edmund  Randolph  Peaslee  was  born  in  Newton,  Rocking- 
ham county,  N.  H.,  January  22,  1814,  and  was  the  son  of 
Jam.es  and  Abigail  (Chase)  Peaslee.  He  received  his  prelim- 
inary education  at  the  common  schools  of  New  Hampshire,  at 
the  New  Hampton  Literary  Institute  and  Atkinson  Academy 
(N.  H.),  and  entered  Dartmouth  College  in  September,  1832, 
and  was  graduated  A.  B.  in  the  class  of  1836  with  Samuel  Col- 
cord  Bartlett,  ex-president  of  Dartmouth  College,  and  Claud- 
ius Buchanan  Webster,  both  of  whom  were  residents  of  New 
Hampshire.  Dr.  Peaslee 's  father  died  when  he  was  but  a  mere 
lad  and  like  many  others  who  have  made  their  way  through 
Dartmouth  College  it  was  through  the  most  careful  and  judi- 
cious management  of  a  slender  patrimony  that  he  was  enabled 
to  continue  his  studies.     For  one  year  after  graduation  he 


408  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

taught  as  principal  of  the  academy  at  Lebanon,  and  was 
afterwards  a  tutor  in  Dartmouth  College,  at  the  same  time 
attending  medical  lectures  and  studying  medicine  under  the 
direction  of  Dr.  Noah  Worcester  of  Hanover.  Subsequently 
he  entered  the  Medical  Department  of  Yale  College  and  re- 
ceived his  degree  (M.  D.)  from  this  college  in  1840.  After 
his  graduation  from  the  Medical  Department  of  Yale  College 
he  visited  Europe  for  the  purpose  of  a  post-graduate  course, 
but  was  called  home  in  1841  to  give  a  course  of  lectures  on 
anatomy  and  physiology  in  the  Medical  Department  of  Dart- 
mouth College  as  successor  to  Dr.  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  of 
Boston.  From  this  time  until  his  death  in  1878  Surgeon 
Peaslee  was  connected  with  Dartmouth  College  as  lecturer,  his 
latest  chair  being  that  of  gyntecology.  In  1843  he  was  ap- 
pointed professor  of  anatomy  and  surgery  in  Bow^doin  College, 
Maine,  which  position  he  held  for  seventeen  years.  In  1851 
he  was  appointed  professor  of  anatomy  and  physiology  in  the 
New  York  Medical  College  and  in  1853  he  was  transferred  to 
the  chair  of  physiology  and  general  pathology,  at  which  time 
he  Avas  almost  a  pioneer  in  this  country  in  advocating  and 
teaching  the  use  of  the  microscope ;  later  he  was  appointed  to 
the  chair  of  obstetrics  and  diseases  of  women  in  the  same 
college.  In  1858  he  removed  to  New  York  City,  and  resigned 
his  positions  at  Bowdoin  College  and  New  York  Medical  Col- 
lege in  1860.  After  this  period  he  made  Hanover  his  common 
residence,  practicing  after  a  fashion  and  devoting  considerable 
time  to  his  work  in  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth 
College.  He  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  Dartmouth 
College  in  1839  and  the  degree  of  LL.  D.  from  the  same 
college  in  1859  and  became  one  of  its  trustees  on  the  anniver- 
sary of  its  centennial  in  1869.  During  the  War  of  the  Rebel- 
lion, New  Hampshire,  in  connection  with  other  New  England 
states,  established  post  hospitals  in  the  city  of  New  York,  one 
of  these  was  named  the  New  England  Hospital,  of  which  Dr. 
Peaslee  was  one  of  its  surgeons,  and  he  was  similarly  connected 
with  the  New  York  State  Hospital  of  Howard  street,  which 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  409 

was  established  for  the  same  purpose.  ]\Iany  a  New  Hamp- 
shire soldier  who  found  himself  in  the  New  England  Hospital 
in  New  York  will  remember  Dr.  Peaslee's  kind  attentions  and 
unflagging  interest  in  their  behalf. 

"His  personal  appearance  was  rather  remarkable;  tall,  thin 
and  very  pale,  with  very  white  hair,  he  gave  one  the  impres- 
sion of  feebleness,  but  his  powers  of  endurance  were  as  great 
as  many  a  robust  working  man.  His  appearance  was  always 
the  same.  Dr.  Holmes,  America's  most  humorous  physician, 
writing  to  Dr.  Barker  of  New  York,  soon  after  the  war,  said 
of  Dr.  Peaslee's  appearance  as  he  first  saw  him  in  1841,  'He 
looked  then  as  if  his  circulating  capital  might  be  a  hundred 
or  two  red  globules  with  twice  as  many  white  ones,  in  half  a 
pint  of  serum';  yet  he  outlived  scores  of  prize-fighters  and 
looked  better  when  I  saw  him  some  months  ago  than  as  I  re- 
membered him  then. ' ' 

Dr.  Peaslee  was  an  author  of  world-wide  reputation,  his 
works  on  histology  and  gynaecology  were  profound  text-books 
and  will  be  remembered  by  physicians  for  a  long  time.  Dr. 
Peaslee  died  in  New  York  City  from  pneumonia,  January  21, 
1878.  He  was  attended  constantly  by  Dr.  Janvrin,  his  part- 
ner, who  was  an  assistant  surgeon  in  the  Fifteenth  New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteers. 

Married,  July  18,  1841,  Martha,  only  daughter  of  Stephen 
Kendrick  of  Lebanon,  N.  H.  This  was  at  the  time  he  located 
in  Hanover  to  practice  his  profession. 

Two  children,  a  son  and  a  daughter;  the  son,  Edward  H, 
Peaslee,  was  pursuing  his  studies  in  Europe  at  the  time  of  his 
father's  death. 

Dr.  Peaslee  died  January  21,  1878. 


Abraham  H.  Robinson,  A.  M.,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Concord,  N.  H. 

Surgeon  Robinson,  a  son  of  Josiah  and  Lucy   (Sanborn) 
Robinson,  and  grandson  of  Hon.  John  Robinson,  was  born  in 


410  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Concord,  N.  H.,  January  8,  1813.  His  preliminary  education 
was  received  in  the  common  schools  of  Concord,  N.  H.,  and 
Gilnianton  Academy.  He  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Exeter 
Academy  and  entered  the  sophomore  class  of  Yale  College  in 
1832,  and  was  graduated  A.  B.  at  that  university  with  honors 
in  1835. 

He  began  his  professional  education  in  Concord  with  the  late 
Timothy  Haynes  and  took  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  Yale 
and  Dartmouth  Colleges.  He  was  licensed  by  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Medical  Society  to  practice  medicine,  and  in  1867  the 
honorary  degree  of  M.  D.  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Yale 
University,  at  which  time  he  took  his  degree  of  A.  M.  at  the 
same  institution.  In  1839  he  began  the  practice  of  medicine 
in  Hillsborough,  N.  H.,  but  after  the  expiration  of  a  year 
removed  to  Salisbury,  N.  H.,  where  he  continued  in  active 
practice  for  nineteen  years,  Avhen  he  returned  to  Concord, 
where  he  has  since  resided. 

Dr.  Robinson  was  a  member  of  the  Centre  District  and  New 
Hampshire  Medical  Societies,  of  both  of  which  he  was  an  ex- 
president.  He  was  a  member  of  Blazing  Star  Lodge  of 
Masons,  of  Concord,  of  St.  Luke 's  Guild  of  New  York,  and  of 
the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Yale,  to  which  he  was  elected 
for  honor  in  1834.  He  at  one  time  took  an  active  part  in 
politics,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention 
in  1849  and  1850.  He  twice  represented  the  town  of  Salisbury 
in  the  house  of  representatives  and  during  one  term  projected 
and  promoted  a  movement  to  restock  the  Merrimack  river 
with  salmon,  which  led  to  the  establishment  of  fishways  along 
the  stream  and  to  legislation  in  the  interest  of  the  purpose. 

During  a  great  portion  of  his  residence  in  Salisbury  he 
held  the  office  of  postmaster. 

He  was  always  a  close  student  and  had  a  very  retentive 
memory.  Of  what  he  read  he  could  give  the  substance  in  a 
most  entertaining  manner.  For  a  great  many  years  what  is 
now  known  as  diphtheria  was  classed  by  the  physicians  of 
New  England  as  putrid  or  malignant  sore  throat.     Dr.  Robin- 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  411 

son  is  believed  to  be  the  first  to  apply  the  name  diphtheria, 
after  the  form  of  French  authors. 

During  the  "War  of  the  Rebellion  Dr.  Eobinson  received  an 
appointment  as  acting-  assistant  surgeon,  this  being  the  title 
under  which  contract  surgeons  were  known,  and  for  three 
years  was  in  charge  of  a  post  hospital  in  Concord,  N.  H.  Dur- 
ing his  term  of  service  in  the  post  hospital  at  Concord  he 
treated  a  great  many  soldiers,  and  at  one  time  his  camp  and 
hospital  over  on  the  Plains  was  considered  almost  a  harbor  of 
refuge  for  those  who  had  been  exposed  to  hospital  gangrene. 

In  a  paper  before  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  pub- 
lished in  1866,  Dr.  Robinson  says:  "In  the  treatment  of  this 
disease  (gangrene)  complete  isolation  of  the  patient  is  essen- 
tial, with  good  air  and  most  perfect  cleanliness  as  indispen- 
sable aids.  The  topical  application  should  be  such  as  is 
alluded  to,  and  in  the  falling  of  the  slough  the  parts  should 
be  dressed  as  in  ordinary  cases  of  surgery.  The  constitutional 
treatment  should  be  on  general  principles,  each  case  to  be  man- 
aged according  to  the  circumstances  attending  it." 

The  topical  treatment  described  by  him  is  such  as  is  known 
to-day  as  the  antiseptic,  and  his  constitutional  treatment  was 
tonics  and  stimulant.  It  was  several  years  after  this  before 
Lysterism,  or  the  antiseptic  treatment  of  wounds,  became  pop- 
ular with  the  profession.  Dr.  Robinson,  therefore,  like  many 
other  surgeons  in  the  army,  was  far  in  advance  of  his  time, 
in  consequence  of  his  careful  study  and  ability  to  deduce  from 
the  opinions  of  others  many  ideas  that  were  useful  to  him 
in  an  emergency. 

Of  his  treatment  he  says:  "The  result  of  the  treatment 
was,  I  think,  on  the  whole,  satisfactory,  the  rate  of  mortality 
not  ranging  higher  than  in  many  other  diseases  in  private 
practice." 

Dr.  Robinson  has  ever  enjoyed  the  respect  of  the  profession 
and  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the  people. 

He  married,  in  1840,  Abby  G.  Gould  of  llopkinton,  N.  H., 
with  whom  he  lived  most  happily  for  forty-four  years. 


412  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Five  children,  two  of  whom  are  living:  Allan  H.  of  Con- 
cord and  John  W.  of  Biddeford,  Me.,  both  journalists. 

Dr.  Robinson  died  at  the  home  in  Concord,  October  31,  1898. 


Noah  Sanborn,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Bayonne,  N.  J. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Tamworth,  N.  H., 
May  14,  1837,  and  was  the  son  of  Solomon  and  Relief  (Brown) 
Sanborn.  His  preliminary  education  was  received  at  the  sem- 
inary in  Parsonsfield,  Me.,  and  Phillips  Exeter  Academy.  He 
commenced  the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  J.  F.  Hall  of  Wolfe- 
borough,  N.  H.,  Dr.  J.  L.  Swett  of  North  Parsonsfield,  Me., 
and  Moses  Swett.  He  attended  two  courses  of  lectures  at 
Dartmouth  Medical  College  and  was  graduated  from  the  same 
in  1862. 

September  17,  1861,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  E, 
Fourth  Vermont  Volunteers,  and  served  as  ward  master, 
apothecary  and  assistant  surgeon  until  discharged  for  disabil- 
ity, September  1,  1862.  He  was  afterwards  appointed  acting 
assistant  surgeon  in  the  United  States  Army,  serving  in  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac  and  in  hospitals  about  Washington  until 
he  resigned  May  27,  1863. 

He  settled  for  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Acton,  Me., 
where  he  remained  for  a  year  and  a  half,  when  he  moved  to 
Union,  N.  H.,  where  he  practiced  for  the  same  length  of  time, 
then  went  to  Springvale,  Me.  In  1871  he  removed  to  Bayonne, 
N.  J.,  where  he  remained  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  until 
his  decease,  September  6,  1894. 

Married,  December  25,  1862,  Rebecca  L.,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Stephen  and  Mary  Leavitt  (Hobbs)  Adams,  of  Newfield,  Me. 


Laban  Miles  Sanders,  M.  D. 

Surgeon  Sanders  was  born  in  the  Blue  Hills  district  of 
Strafford,  N.  H.,  in  1833,  and  was  the  son  of  William  F.  and 
Abagail    (Miles)    Sanders,  a  grandson  of  William  Sanders. 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  413 

He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools 
and  at  Elmwood  Literary  Institute,  New  London  Literary  and 
Scientific  Institute,  and  at  Appleton  Academy,  New  Ipswich. 
He  commenced  his  professional  education  in  1861  at  New  Ips- 
wich under  the  direction  of  Drs.  James  Emerson  of  New  Ips- 
wich and  John  Wheeler  of  Barnstead,  afterward  located  in 
Pittsfield,  N.  H.  He  attended  two  courses  of  lectures  at  the 
Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College,  and  was  gradu- 
ated M.  D.  from  the  same  in  1864.  He  was  immediately  ap- 
pointed acting  assistant  surgeon.  United  States  Army,  and 
assigned  to  duty  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  where  he  re- 
mained until  the  close  of  the  war  in  1865.  He  then  located 
at  Barnstead  Centre,  where  he  remained  in  the  practice  of 
medicine  until  his  death,  which  occurred  January  8,  1867. 

His  service  in  the  army  was  in  the  Twenty-fifth  Army  Corps 
and  other  organizations  where  his  services  were  needed.  It 
was  his  fortune  to  enter  Richmond  immediately  after  its  evac- 
uation and  for  a  time  his  headquarters  were  in  an  office  that 
had  been  evacuated  by  a  Confederate  surgeon.  General  Moore. 

He  was  a  member  of  Belknap  Lodge  of  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  one  of  the  school  commissioners  of  Bel- 
knap county. 

Married,  in  1864,  Sarah  Tasker. 

No  children. 


Joshua  Otis  Stanton,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

"Joshua  Otis  Stanton,  Washington,  D.  C,  was  born  at 
Strafford,  Strafford  county,  N.  H.,  October  22,  1837.  He 
was  educated  at  Strafford  Academy  and  Wolfeborough  Acad- 
emy, New  Hampshire,  and  studied  medicine  at  the  Harvard 
Medical  College,  Boston,  and  the  Bowdoin  Medical  College, 
Brunswick,  Me.,  graduated  at  the  latter  in  May,  1862.  He 
settled  in  Washington  in  1865,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  dis- 
eases peculiar  to  women.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Medical  As- 


414  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

sociation  and  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia; of  the  Gj^n^cological  Society  of  Boston  (corresponding 
member),  and  member  of  the  advisory  and  consulting  board 
of  physicians  and  surgeons  of  Columbia  Hospital  for  women 
and  lying-in-asylum. 

"He  entered  the  military  service  in  June,  1862,  as  acting 
assistant  surgeon  and  served  in  and  about  Washington  till 
February,  1865.  In  1864  he  was  appointed  surgeon  of  the 
First  New  Hampshire  Cavalry,  but  declined  on  account  of 
ill  health.  In  February,  1865,  he  was  appointed  surgeon  of 
the  United  States  Veteran  Volunteers  and  attached  to  the 
provost-marshal  general's  bureau  and  served  till  October  of 
that  year. 

"In  May,  1870,  he  married  Ida  M.,  daughter  of  Dr.  William 
Brooke  Jones  of  Washington,  D.  C." — ("Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons of  the  United  States,"  William  B.  Atkinson,  M.  D.) 

He  died  several  years  ago  in  Washington. 


Bela  Nettleton  Stevens,  M.  D. 

Bela  N.  Stevens  was  born  in  Newport,  N.  H.,  December  29, 
1833,  and  was  the  son  of  Hon.  Josiah  and  Fanny  (Nettleton) 
Stevens,  and  the  grandson  of  Josiah  Stevens.  His  preliminary 
education  was  received  in  the  schools  of  Newport,  N.  H.,  Gil- 
manton  Academj^  and  Dartmouth  College,  from  which  he  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  1854.  His  professional  educa- 
tion was  commenced  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Dixi  Crosby, 
professor  of  surgery  in  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth 
College,  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  same  in  1859. 
While  studying  medicine  he  was  at  the  Marine  Hospital,  Chel- 
sea, Mass.,  for  a  time,  where  he  gave  considerable  attention  to 
plastic  surgery.  He  also  attended  one  course  of  medical  lec- 
tures at  the  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia. 

After  graduation  he  was  first  assistant  physician  in  the 
Government  Insane  Hospital,  Washing-ton,  D.  C,  for  five 
years;  acting  assistant  surgeon  in  the  United  States  Army, 
having  charge  of  St.  Elizabeth  Army  Hospital  for  sick  and 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  415 

wounded  soldiers.  In  1863  he  was  offered  an  appointment  to 
the  chair  of  anatomy  in  the  National  Medical  College  at  Wash- 
ington, but  did  not  accept.  He  was  of  an  inventive  turn  of 
mind,  giving  considerable  attention  to  surgery,  and  developed 
several  instruments  to  probe  for  and  remove  bullets.  These 
were  used  extensively  during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church  and  in  a  dis- 
course conunemorative  of  his  life  by  Rev.  W.  Pinkey,  D.  D., 
one  finds  many  complimentary  allusions  to  the  man  and  his 
work.     We  have  room  for  only  the  following  quotation : 

"His  moral  constitution  was  not  less  remarkable.  Gentle- 
ness and  firmness  were  its  most  striking  features — the  firmest 
gentleness  and  the  most  gentle  firmness.  The  hills  of  his  na- 
tive New  Hampshire,  as  they  sit  in  the  grandeur  of  the  morn- 
ing sun,  and  defy  the  wind  and  storm,  were  not  more  firm 
than  he ;  and  of  the  many  gentle  streams  that  water  its  noble 
soil,  not  one  is  more  gentle  in  its  flow.  Refinement  of  man- 
ners, that  beautiful  refinement  which  expresses  itself  in  word 
and  look  and  deed,  and  never  loses  sight  of  what  is  due  to 
another,  due  to  his  feelings,  position  and  character,  and  is 
ever  as  keenly  alive  to  what  is  due  to  itself,  was  his  most 
prominent  characteristic. 

"A  gentleman  he  was;  and  in  this  age  of  blustering  pre- 
tensions and  uncouth  roughness,  when  a  ploughshare  is  driven 
ruthlessly  over  the  sensitive  hearts  of  others,  this  said  of  him, 
and  all  is  said  which  could  dignify  and  ennoble  him  as  a 
man. ' ' 

Dr.  W.  W.  Godding,  of  the  class  of  1854,  who  knew  Stevens 
and  his  work  as  no  other  classmate  had  opportunity  to  do, 
having  been  associated  with  him  for  several  years,  gives  his 
biography  in  the  class  history  published  in  1898  as  follows : 

"He  was  one  of  our  youngest  members.  After  graduating 
he  studied  medicine,  and  in  1859  became  first  assistant  physi- 
cian at  the  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  At  the  ])rcaking  out  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
still  retaining  his  position  as  assistant  in  the  Government  Hos- 
pital, under  his  chief,  Dr.  C.  II.  Nichols,  he,  as  acting  assistant 


416  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

surgeon,  United  States  Army,  took  charge  of  the  St.  Eliza- 
beth Army  Hospital  for  sick  and  wounded  soldiers,  established 
on  the  grounds  of  the  former  hospital. 

' '  He  had  remarkable  professional  and  executive  ability,  was 
thoroughly  equipped  both  by  education  and  temperament,  and 
carried  his  double  work  with  apparent  ease  and  entire  satis- 
faction to  all.  His  efforts  were  untiring  and  the  work  was 
of  a  magnitude  out  of  all  proportion  to  his  strength,  but  he 
never  faltered  and  carried  it  on  triumphantly  to  the  end.  He 
had  a  very  extensive  acquaintance  among  the  men  whom  the 
great  struggle  had  brought  together  at  Washington,  and  was 
universally  popular  and  beloved.  Had  he  lived  he  would  have 
taken  high  rank  in  his  profession;  he  was  already  doing  so, 
when  a  malignant  type  of  fever  contracted  in  the  line  of  his 
hospital  duty  ended  his  life,  1865,  July  5.  His  iUness  was 
brief,  but  he  was  worn  out  with  the  exhausting  work  that  went 
with  that  four  years  of  heroic  struggle,  and  a  fatal  termina- 
tion w^as  anticipated  from  the  first.  Stevens  had  an  indom- 
itable energy  with  a  perfect  enthusiasm  for  surgery. 

"His  mental  activity  with  its  lightning-like  execution  was 
something  wonderful.  In  that  frail  body  was  a  will  and 
nerve  like  iron,  but  it  was  the  old  story  of  a  sword  too  sharp 
for  its  scabbard.  Had  he  lived, — but  it  was  ordered  other- 
wise; the  fever  passed  quickly  to  low  delirium,  and  the  life 
going  out  dashed  down  those  bright  hopes  with  all  that  rare 
promise  unfulfilled.  In  his  delirium  he  repeated  again  and 
again,  '  This  will  be  all  right, '  when  it  seemed  to  us  all  wrong. 
But  might  it  not  be  that  that  ardent  soul,  escaping  from  the 
lingering  ills  of  threescore  years  and  ten  w^as  even  then  pass- 
ing beyond  time  and,  from  the  chilling  damps  and  earth 
shadows  of  its  brief  life  here,  was  already  entering  upon  the 
endless  fruition  and  opportunity  of  that  existence  where 

' '  *  They  shall  no  more  say  I  am  sick ; ' 
and  that  the  'all  right'  of  the  delirium  was  only  an  echo  from 
the  other  shore  ? ' ' 

Surgeon  Stevens  was  never  married. 


miscellaneous  organizations.  417 

John  Wheeler,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

Dr.  Wheeler  was  a  native  of  Barnstead,  born  September  15, 
1828,  the  son  of  Hazen  and  Jane  (Jewett)  Wheeler,  a  grand- 
son of  Abner  Wheeler,  Avho  was  in  Capt.  Elisha  Wood- 
bury's Company  of  Stark's  Regiment  at  Bunker  Hill.  His 
maternal  grandfather,  Dr.  Jeremiah  Jewett,  was  a  native  of 
Massachusetts  and  was  in  the  Revolutionary  War  connected 
with  a  jMassachusetts  military  organization.  The  biographer 
of  Dr.  Wheeler  says : 

"His  early  educational  training  was  obtained  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  followed  by  a  two  years'  course  of 
study  at  Gilmanton  Academy.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  en- 
tered Dartmouth  College  in  the  Classical  Department,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  at  the  age  of  twenty-one.  He  then  be- 
gan a  course  of  study  in  the  Medical  Department  of  the  same 
institution,  but  shortly  after  changed  his  plans  and  went  to 
Pittsfield,  ]\Iass.,  and  took  a  three  years'  course  at  the  Berk- 
shire Medical  College,  graduating  with  high  rank  in  1852. 

"He  began  practicing  medicine  in  his  native  town,  where 
he  remained  until  the  civil  war,  when  he  joined  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  as  surgeon.  At  the  end  of  that  service  he  re- 
turned to  Barnstead  and  practiced  for  several  years  and  then 
removed  to  this  town,  where  he  has  since  been  located.  His 
skill  and  ability  in  his  profession  made  him  one  of  the  best 
known  and  most  successful  physicians  and  surgeons  in  this 
section  of  the  state,  with  the  result  that  as  long  as  he  continued 
in  active  business  he  always  had  a  large  and  lucrative  prac- 
tice. He  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society  and  had  been  honored  by  it  with  the  office  of  president. 

"He  was  a  man  of  fine  literary  attainments  and  a  writer 
of  marked  ability,  and  contributed  many  interesting  and  val- 
uable historical  and  biographical  sketches  to  various  publica- 
tions. In  religious  sentiments  he  was  a  Congregationalist,  and 
was  while  a  resident  of  Barnstead  one  of  the  chief  supports 

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418  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

of  the  church  in  that  town  and  has  been  a  liberal  contributor 

to  the  support  of  the  Congregational  Church  here." 
****** 

"In  August,  1864,  he  went  to  Washington  as  contract  sur- 
geon and  was  assigned  for  duty  to  Carver  General  Hospital, 
of  which  O.  A.  Judson,  United  States  Volunteers,  was  sur- 
geon in  charge.  This  hospital  was  situated  near  the  then  ter- 
minus of  Fourteenth  street  and  the  land  on  which  the  twenty- 
seven  wards  and  military  barracks  were  built  adjoined  the 
grounds  of  Columbian  College.  It  was  quite  a  little  town  in 
itself  with  its  water-works,  plank  walks,  printing  office  and 
chapel,  and  in  the  rear  was  a  large  camp  of  contraband  slaves. 
It  did  not,  as  did  some  other  hospitals  in  its  vicinity,  support 
a  theatre,  but  there  was  a  fine  band  and  the  convalescents 
made  a  fair  military  display  at  guard  mounting  every  morn- 
ing. Dr.  Wheeler  became  greatly  interested  in  his  work  there 
and  Surgeon  Judson  remarked  the  few  deaths  that  occurred 
in  the  wards  in  his  charge.  In  October  he  was  ordered  to 
join  a  detachment  of  the  Massachusetts  Forty-second  Regi- 
ment, encamped  on  the  Maryland  side  of  the  Great  Falls  of 
the  Potomac,  a  station  about  twenty  miles  north  of  Washing- 
ton on  the  Chesapeake  and  Cumberland  canal,  at  the  head  of 
the  aqueduct  that  supplies  Washington  with  water.  It  was 
considered  an  uncomfortable  position,  for  Mosely  and  his 
guerrillas  were  roaming  the  Virginia  shore  and  making  fre- 
quent raids  across  the  river  and  doing  much  mischief.  It  was 
difficult  to  get  transportation  to  the  place,  for  even  the  offi- 
cials were  unwilling  to  trust  the  teams  owned  by  the  govern- 
ment in  that  quarter,  where  horses  were  in  such  demand  for 
Early's  army,  that  boats  coming  down  the  canal  were  robbed 
of  their  animals  and  left  adrift.  Several  other  surgeons  had 
been  ordered  to  the  place  before  that,  but  found  a  way  to 
evade  the  order.  At  this  post  he  found  many  sick  with 
typhoid  fever  and  malaria,  and  beside  the  soldiers  in  his  ex- 
temporized hospital  he  numbered  among  his  patients  many  of 
the  inhabitants  of  that  region,  black  as  well  as  white,  who 
along  our  lines  were  accustomed  to  receive  medical  treatment 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  419 

gratis.  Life  there  was  very  exciting,  for  there  were  alarms 
from  those  on  picket  duty  almost  nightly.  The  military  force 
was  not  sufificient  to  oppose  the  squads  of  men  frequently  cross- 
ing the  river  at  the  ford,  two  miles  north.  The  little  town  of 
Poolsville  was  destroyed  in  one  of  these  raids.  The  Potomac 
was  very  low  at  that  time,  and  Dr.  Wheeler,  in  talking  with  the 
officers,  once  suggested  the  possibility  of  the  enemy  crossing  on 
the  rocks  above  the  falls  to  the  wooded  land  above  the  camp. 
The  colonel  laughed  at  the  idea,  but  he  learned  later  that  our 
boys  were  in  the  habit  of  crossing  the  river  in  that  way  fre- 
quently to  gather  chestnuts  on  the  Virginia  side.  After  a 
month  at  this  post  the  command  was  relieved  and  Dr.  Wheeler 
again  reported  for  duty  at  Carver  Hospital,  where  he  would 
have  remained  to  the  end  of  the  war  but  for  complications  in 
affairs  at  home.  While  in  service  at  Carver  Hospital  he  re- 
ceived a  communication  from  Adjutant-General  Head  that  a 
commission  as  assistant  surgeon  in  the  Fifth  Regiment  New 
Hampshire  Volunteers  awaited  his  order  at  Concord.  He 
regretted  exceedingly  his  inability  to  accept  that  position. ' ' 

His  good  wife  accompanied  him  and  was  ever  present  to 
assist  in  his  work  at  Carver  Hospital  and  at  other  places 
where  he  was  detailed  for  duty.  The  compiler  of  these 
sketches  has  asked  Mrs.  Wheeler  to  give  something  of  her 
experience  during  these  months  of  duty  with  her  husband. 
The  following  is  her  reply : 

"Yes,  our  experience  in  the  field  was  somewhat  unusual, 
but  as  I  remember  now,  after  thirty-seven  years,  it  all  seems 
like  a  picnic  with  just  enough  danger  and  hardship  to  give 
zest,  and  not  to  be  mentioned  with  the  record  of  the  many 
New  Hampshire  surgeons  whose  heroic  deeds  will  be  given  to 
the  world  through  the  volume  you  are  preparing. 

' '  You  ask  me  to  write  a  .sketch  of  my  husband 's  work  in  the 
hospital  and  with  the  Massachusetts  regiment ;  I  do  not  think 
he  would  wish  me  to  do  so,  neither  do  I  feel  equal  to  the  task. 
The  suffering  and  grief  of  the  past  year  have  made  me  dull 
and  disinclined  to  mental  effort." 

Dr.  Wheeler  became  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medi- 


420  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

cal  Society  in  1853,  was  constant  in  his  attendance  upon  the 
annual  meetings,  was  its  president  in  1885,  and  was  an  hon- 
ored member  of  the  association. 

Married  Mary  H.  Garland,  November  13,  1856. 

Dr.  Wheeler  died  at  his  home  in  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  December 
21,  1900. 


Phineas  How  Wheeler,  M.  D. 

Alton  Corner,  N.  H. 

Surgeon  Wheeler  was  born  May  7,  1840,  at  Barnstead 
Parade,  N.  H.,  and  was  the  son  of  Hazen  and  Jane  (Jewett) 
Wheeler,  a  grandson  of  Abner  Wheeler,  who  was  in  Capt. 
Elisha  Woodbury's  Company  of  Stark's  Eegiment  at  Bunker 
Hill.  His  maternal  grandfather.  Dr.  Jeremiah  Jewett,  was  a 
native  of  Massachusetts  and  was  in  the  Revolutionary  War 
connected  with  a  Massachusetts  military  organization.  Dr. 
Wheeler's  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  common 
schools  in  Barnstead  and  at  Pittsfield  and  Barnstead  Acad- 
emies, New  Hampshire.  He  commenced  the  study  of  medi- 
cine in  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  in  1862,  under  the  direction  of  his 
brother,  John  Wheeler,  M.  D.  He  attended  medical  lectures 
at  Dartmouth  and  Harvard,  taking  two  courses  at  Dartmouth 
and  two  recitation  courses  at  Harvard,  receiving  his  degree 
of  M.  D.  from  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College 
in  1865.  Previous  to  graduation,  he  commenced  the  practice 
of  medicine  in  the  United  States  General  Hospital  at  Mt. 
Pleasant,  near  Washington,  D.  C,  in  1864,  on  a  certificate 
approved  by  Profs.  Dixi  Crosby  and  E.  R.  Peaslee,  and  also 
Medical  Director  E.  N.  McLaren,  surgeon.  United  States 
Navy.  Afterwards  he  was  in  the  Seventh  Regiment  Veteran 
Reserve  Corps  at  the  Lincoln  General  Hospital  in  Washington. 
After  graduating,  he  was  located  in  Henniker  and  Manchester 
(one  year  in  each  place),  when  he  removed  to  Alton,  N.  H.,  in 
1868,  and  has  remained  there  ever  since. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
of  the  Masonic  Fraternity  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  was  on 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  421 

the  school  board  of  Alton  for  four  years,  and  has  taken  an 
active  part  in  whatever  was  for  the  interest  of  the  citizens  of 
Alton. 

Married,  first,  Sarah  Colby,  in  1866,  who  died  in  1875 ;  sec- 
ond, Augusta  E.  P.  Coffin,  in  1878. 

Children  by  first  marriage :  John  and  Alice  Wheeler ;  by  his 
second  marriage,  Annie  Wheeler. 

The  son  has  taken  up  his  father's  profession  and  is  a  grad- 
uate A.  B.  and  M.  D.  of  Dartmouth  College  and  is  located  in 
the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Plymouth,  N.  H. 


Dixi  Crosby,  M.  D. 

The  compiler  of  these  sketches  has  had  occasion  many  times 
to  refer  to  Dr.  Dixi  Crosby  as  the  medical  preceptor  of  the 
student  before  he  entered  the  army.  Dr.  Crosby  was  so  well 
known  throughout  the  state  and  has  had  obituaries  written  by 
abler  men,  that  it  is  unnecessary  to  more  than  refer  to  the 
fact  that  he  was  born  in  1800  in  the  town  of  Gilmanton,  and 
was  the  son  of  Dr.  Asa  Crosby  of  Gilmanton.  He  received 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  1824. 
*'In  1827  he  married  Mary  Jane  Moody  of  Gilmanton,  who 
(at  the  time  of  writing  this  obituary)  with  two  sons  survived 
him."  Both  sons  were  in  the  army  and  Dr.  A.  B.  Crosby, 
who  succeeded  Dixi  in  the  Dartmouth  Medical  College,  was 
the  surgeon  of  the  First  New  Hampshire  Regiment. 

He  was  a  member  of  many  medical  societies,  always  kept  in 
touch  with  his  students,  and  his  memory  will  be  long  cherished 
by  many  in  this  state,  as  well  as  by  many  scattered  through 
the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land,  as  that  of  a  skilful  surgeon, 
an  intelligent  and  reliable  counselor,  a  faithful  teacher  and  a 
genial  friend. 

During  the  war  he  did  not  join  the  army,  but  was  for  two 
years  employed  in  the  arduous  and  unpleasant  duties  of  ex- 
amining surgeon  in  the  provost  marshal's  office. 

He  died  September  26,  1873. 

(From  obituary  by  Dr.  C.  P.  Frost.) 


422  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN    THE   REBELLION. 

SURGEONS  WHOSE  SERVICE  WAS  IN  REGIMENTS 
OUTSIDE  THE  STATE. 


Otis  Ayer,  M.  D, 
Late  of  Lesueur,  Minn. 

Otis  Ayer  was  born  in  New  Hampton,  N.  H.,  June  19,  1817, 
and  was  the  son  of  John  and  Judith  (McCutcheon)  Ayer.  He 
was  educated  at  the  New  Hampton  Academical  Institution, 
and  pursued  his  medical  studies  in  the  Medical  Department  of 
Dartmouth  College,  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  and  at  the  Jefferson 
Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  was  graduated  at  the 
former  in  November,  1841,  and  at  the  latter  in  March,  1842. 
He  settled  first  at  New  Hampton  in  the  last  named  year,  where 
he  remained  until  1852.  In  the  following  year  he  removed  to 
New  London,  N.  H.,  where  he  practiced  until  1856.  He  then 
permanently  established  himself  in  Leseur,  Minn.  He  was 
in  general  practice,  but  giving  special  attention  to  surgery,  in 
the  practice  of  which  he  was  successful  in  performing  various 
major  operations.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Minnesota  State 
Medical  Society,  and  was  its  president  in  1877.  During  the 
War  of  the  Rebellion,  from  April,  1863,  to  December  of  the 
same  year,  he  was  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Second  Minnesota 
Regiment  of  Infantry ;  from  1865  to  1875  he  was  an  examining 
surgeon  for  pensions. 

Thus  for  fourteen  years  he  was  intimately  connected  with 
the  affairs  of  the  state  of  New  Hampshire,  and  received  the 
universal  respect  of  the  profession.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  and  of  such  local  societies 
as  the  state  afforded  at  that  time.  A  few  years  before  his 
death  he  returned  to  New  Hampshire,  making  a  long  \'1sit, 
attended  the  meetings  of  the  various  medical  societies,  and 
with  much  interest  sought  out  his  old-time  friends,  of  whom 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  423 

there  were  living  Drs.  Gage  and  Robinson  of  Concord,  East- 
man of  Hampstead,  and  some  others.  For  this  reason  it 
seems  just  and  fitting  to  give  him  a  place  with  New  Hamp- 
shire surgeons. 

Married,  January  27,  1845,  Narcissa  V.,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Esther  (Burnham)  Smith  of  Shoreham,  Vt.,  who  died 
June  1,  1873. 

No  children. 

Dr.  Ayer  died  of  pneumonia,  January  27,  1889,  at  Leseur, 
Minn. 


John  Waterman  Harris  Baker,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Davenport,  Iowa. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Chesterfield,  N.  H., 
August  21,  1821,  and  was  the  son  of  Dr.  Oliver  Baker,  Jr.,  and 
Sallie  (Ticknor)  Baker,  grandson  of  Dr.  Oliver  Baker,  Sr. 

He  received  his  academic  education  at  Kimball  Union 
Academy,  Meriden,  N.  H.,  and  his  medical  education  at  the 
Medical  School  of  Dartmouth  College,  Hanover,  N.  H.,  and 
was  graduated  from  the  latter  in  October,  1842.  In  1843 
he  located  for  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Newport,  N.  H. ; 
was  in  Meriden,  N.  H.,  in  1844;  at  Kokelumne  Hill,  Cal.,  in 
1853,  and  settled  in  Davenport,  Iowa,  in  1855. 

He  served  as  assistant  surgeon  to  the  United  States  Hospi- 
tal at  Camp  McClellan,  near  Davenport,  Iowa. 

Dr.  Baker  was  a  member  of  the  Iowa  State  Medical  Society ; 
was  its  president  in  1866;  has  held  all  the  offices  of  the 
Scott  County  Medical  Society,  and  was  vice-president  of  the 
Illinois  and  Iowa  Central  District  Medical  Society  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Medical  Association.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  in  1852. 

Married,  January,  1845,  Julia  Ann  Richardson. 

Dr.  Baker  died  April  7,  1905. 


424  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Ira  Norton  Barnes,  M.  D. 

438  West  North  Street,  Decatur,  111. 

Surgeon  Barnes  was  born  in  Claremont,  N.  H.,  December 
19,  1829,  and  was  the  son  of  Ira  Norton  and  Harriet  (East- 
man) Barnes,  and  a  grandson  of  William  Barnes,  who  moved 
to  Claremont,  N.  H.,  in  1772.  The  mother  of  Ira  Barnes,  Har- 
riet (Eastman)  Barnes,  was  a  member  of  the  Eastman  family, 
from  which  sprung  Daniel  Webster  and  other  distinguished 
citizens. 

Ira  Barnes  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  Claremont ;  fitted  for  college  at  the  Kimball  Union 
Academy  of  Meriden;  graduated  A.  B.  from  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege in  1855,  and  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  the  same 
college  in  1858.  He  commenced  his  professional  education 
in  1858,  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  under  the  direction  of  Profs. 
E.  R.  Peaslee  and  Dixi  Crosby;  attended  lectures  in  the  Medi- 
cal Department  of  Dartmouth  College,  and  at  Jefferson  Medi- 
cal College,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
M.  D.  in  1862. 

Locating  in  Decatur,  111.,  he  became  surgeon  of  the  One 
Hundred  and  Sixteenth  Regiment  Illinois  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, and  soon  after  surgeon-in-chief  of  the  Fifteenth  Army 
Corps,  and  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Vicksburg,  Champion 
Hills,  Jackson,  Lliss.,  Chattanooga,  Missionary  Ridge,  Knox- 
ville,  Tenn.,  Resaca,  Dallas,  Kenesaw  Mountain,  Stone  Moun- 
tain, Atlanta,  Jonesboro,  Fort  MeCallister,  Ga.,  and  with 
Sherman's  march  to  the  sea;  was  at  the  burning  of  Columbia, 
S.  C,  and  thence  through  the  Carolinas  and  Virginia  to  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

During  his  thirty-eight  years'  residence  in  Decatur  he  has 
been  president  of  the  board  of  health  of  the  city  of  Decatur, 
president  of  the  Decatur  Medical  Society ;  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Medical  Association,  the  Illinois  Army  and  Navy 
Medical  Association,  Illinois  State  Medical  Society,  Decatur 
Medical  Society,  and  Central  District  Medical  Society  of 
Illinois. 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  425 

Like  many  of  the  sons  of  New  Hampshire,  he  still  remem- 
bers his  native  state ;  has  educated  his  son  at  Exeter  and  Har- 
vard, and  says :  "I  shall  esteem  it  an  honor  to  have  my  name 
enrolled  with  the  physicians  of  the  old  Granite  State." 

]\[arried,  first,  September  25,  1861,  Diantha  G.  Sargent  of 
Claremont,  X.  IT. ;  second,  July  8,  1886,  Mary  Wilder  of  De- 
catur. 111. 

Children,  one :  Lynn  Moore  Barnes,  graduated  at  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy  in  1892  and  at  Harvard  University  in  1896 ; 
is  also  a  graduate  of  the  Harvard  iMedical  School. 


Nathaniel  Ghout  Brooks,  M.  D. 
Charlestown,  N.  H. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Acworth,  N.  H.,  Octo- 
ber 14,  1838,  and  was  the  son  of  Lyman  and  Mary  (Graham) 
Brooks,  grandson  of  Jonah  Brooks.  Surgeon  Brooks  re- 
ceived his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools  of 
Sullivan  county,  and  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in 
1858  with  Dr.  Lyman  Brooks  of  Acworth,  N.  H.  He  at- 
tended three  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth  and 
Albany  ^ledical  Colleges,  and  was  graduated  from  the  latter 
in  1861.  He  commenced  practice  in  1862,  in  Acworth,  N.  H., 
that  being  his  residence  until  1874,  when  he  removed  to 
Charlestown.  Early  in  1862  he  was  appointed  assistant  sur- 
geon of  the  Sixteenth  Vermont  Volunteers,  remaining  with 
that  regiment  until  mustered  out  of  the  service,  September, 
1863,  by  reason  of  expiration  of  service.  He  v.as  then  ap- 
pointed first  assistant  surgeon  in  the  United  States  General 
Hospital  at  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  and  remained  there  until  March, 
1865.  Returning  to  Acworth,  he  resumed  the  practice  of 
medicine;  became  a  member  of  the  Vermont  State  Medical 
Society,  and  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society.     He  has  represented  the  town  of  Charlestown  in  both 


426  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

branches  of  the  legislature,  been  a  member  of  the  school  board, 
etc.  He  is  a  Knight  Templar  Mason,  and  enjoys  the  confi- 
dence and  esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen. 

Married,  December  5,  1876,  Emma  Preston  of  Baltimore,  Vt. 

Children,  three :  Lyman,  Nathaniel  P.  and  Philip  P. 


Gates  B.  Bullard,  M.  D. 

Late  of  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  and 
received  considerable  of  his  education  in  the  same  state,  like 
many  others  located  outside,  and  was  in  the  service  of  a  Ver- 
mont regiment  during  the  war. 

Gates  B.  Bullard,  M.  D.,  was  born  in  Plainfield,  N.  H.,  Feb- 
ruary 1,  1829,  and  was  the  son  of  Jonathan  and  Rebecca 
(Gates)  Bullard,  a  grandson  of  Ebenezer  Bullard.  Pie  re- 
ceived his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools  of 
Plainfield,  and  afterwards  attended  academies  at  Craftsbury, 
Brownington  and  Newbury,  Vt.  He  commenced  his  profes- 
sional education  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  in  1851,  under  the  direction 
of  Dr.  E.  V.  Watkins;  this  was  continued  under  the  direction 
of  Professors  Peaslee  and  Dixi  Crosby,  at  Hanover;  he  at- 
tended medical  lectures  at  Woodstock  Medical  College  and  the 
Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College,  taking  three  full 
courses  of  lectures,  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  Dartmouth 
in  the  class  of  1855.  He  located  first  in  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine at  Canaan,  Vt.,  late  in  the  fall  after  his  graduation  in 
November.  He  remained  there  three  and  one-half  years,  when 
he  removed  to  East  St.  Johnsbury,  where  he  was  located  when 
the  War  of  the  Rebellion  broke  out  in  1861. 

He  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Fifteenth  Ver- 
mont Volunteers,  of  which  the  late  Prof.  Carlton  P.  Frost  of 
Hanover  was  surgeon.  On  the  resignation  of  Surgeon  Frost  in 
May,  1863,  Dr.  Bullard  was  appointed  surgeon,  and  remained 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  427 

with  the  regiment  until  it  was  mustered  out  in  August,  1863. 
His  service  in  the  army  was  with  the  Second  Vermont  Brigade, 
under  Generals  Stoughton  and  Stanard.  On  being  mustered 
out  of  the  service  he  returned  to  St.  Johnsbury,  where  he 
died  September  4,  1901. 

He  has  been  president  of  the  White  Mountain  Medical  So- 
ciety of  New  Hampshire,  of  the  State  ]\Iedical  Society  of  Ver- 
mont, and  was  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association. 
He  read  several  papers  before  these  societies  which  have  been 
published.  He  was  representative  of  the  town  of  St.  Johns- 
bury  in  1863  and  1864 ;  senator  from  Caledonia  county,  1867- 
'68 ;  health  officer  of  the  town  of  St.  Johnsbury  from  1894  to 
1897. 

Dr.  Bullard  was  a  member  of  the  fraternal  associations  of 
Odd  Fellows,  Masons  and  Grand  Army.  He  was  a  general 
practitioner  and  frequently  took  winter  vacations,  attending 
post-graduate  courses  in  New  York. 

Married,  Lefie  P.  Wheeler,  in  1860. 

Children,  three :     Harry,  Rebecca  and  Agnes  Bullard. 


John  Freeman  Butler,  M.  D. 

Spofford,  N.  H. 

Butler,  John  F.  F.  and  S.;  39  Mass.  Inf.;  b.  Marlow;  age  32; 
res.  Chesterfield;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Mar.  27,  'C4;  must,  in  June  14, 
'C4,  for  3  yrs.;  disch.  June  2,  '05;  P.  0.  ad.,  Chesterfield.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  103C.) 

Surgeon  Butler  was  born  in  the  town  of  I\Iarlow,  N.  H., 
June  14,  1881,  and  was  the  son  of  Jonathan  and  Martha  (Rus- 
sel)  Butler,  and  a  grandson  of  Jonathan  Butler,  a  soldier  in 
the  Revolutionary  War.  The  grandfather  was  at  Bunker 
Hill  and  served  during  the  Revolutionary  War  three  years. 
Martha  Russel,  his  mother,  was  the  daughter  of  a  Revolution- 
ary soldier,  his  maternal  grandfather  being  a  Minute  Man, 


428  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

and  left  home  in  season  to  be  at  the  battle  of  Lexington,  and 
did  not  return  to  his  home  until  discharged  at  the  close  of  the 
war,  being  in  the  service  eight  years. 

Surgeon  Butler's  education  was  received  in  the  common 
schools  of  New  Hampshire,  supplemented  by  an  academic 
course  at  the  Marlow  and  Tubbs  Union  Academy  at  Washing- 
ton, N.  H.  His  professional  education  commenced  in  1850 
at  Marlow  under  the  direction  of  Marshall  Perkins,  M.  D., 
late  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Fourteenth  New  Hampshire  Vol- 
unteers. He  took  special  courses  of  medical  instruction  at 
the  Tremont  Medical  School  in  Boston,  and  Harvard  Medical 
College,  and  at  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, graduating  from  Harvard  Medical  College  in  March, 
1854.  He  located  for  the  practice  of  medicine  in  what  is  now 
Spofford,  then  called  Chesterfield  Factory  Village,  Cheshire 
county,  N.  H.,  and  has  never  changed  his  residence. 

He  was  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Thirty-ninth  Massachusetts 
Infantry  of  Volunteers  from  May  27,  1864,  to  June  2,  1865, 
and  during  the  winter  of  1864- '65  was  surgeon  in  charge  of 
the  Sixteenth  Maine  Volunteers,  in  addition  to  his  duties  with 
the  Thirty-ninth  Massachusetts.  Later  he  was  placed  on  de- 
tached duty  in  charge  of  the  Eighty-eighth  Pennsylvania,  and 
was  present  at  the  surrender  of  Lee's  army  at  Appomattox. 

Surgeon  Butler  was  representative  in  the  New  Hampshire 
legislature  for  two  terms,  in  1874  and  1875;  town  moderator 
for  many  years,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  for 
the  past  thirteen  years ;  also  a  trustee  of  the  Chesterfield  Pub- 
lic Library. 

Dr.  Butler  performed  the  operation  of  ovariotomy  as  early 
as  1857,  and  has  had  signal  success  in  the  treatment  of  diph- 
theria and  other  diseases. 

Married,  first,  December  17,  1857,  Julia  Quimby  of  Leba- 
non, N.  H. ;  second,  Celia  A.  Brewster  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  Jan- 
uary 17,  1863. 

No  living  children. 


miscellaneous  organizations.  429 

Edgar  L.  Carr,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

(15  N.  H.  V.) 

Carr,  Edgar  L.  Co.  G;  b.  Gilmanton;  age  21;  res.  Pittsfield,  cred- 
Chichester;  enl.  Nov.  6,  'G2;  must,  in  Nov.  6,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must, 
out  Aug.  13,  '63.  P.  O.  ad.,  Pittsfield.  See  Miscel.  Organizations. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  741.) 

(Miscel.  Organizations.) 

Carr,  Edgar  L.  F.  and  S.;  21  Mass.  Inf.;  b.  Gilmanton;  age  23; 
res.  Pittsfield;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  June  21,  '64;  must,  in  June  22, 
'64,  for  3  yrs.;  disch.  Aug.  30,  '64;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  35  Mass.  Inf. 
Sept.  26,  '64;  must,  in  Oct.  7,  '64;  tr.  to  29  Mass.  Inf.  June  7,  '65; 
must,  out  July  29,  '65.  P.  0.  ad.,  Pittsfield.  See  15  N.  H.  V. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1036.) 

Edgar  LeRoi  Carr  was  born  in  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  May  12, 
1841,  a  son  of  Isaac  Smith  and  Lueinda  Jane  (Osgood)  Carr, 
and  a  grandson  of  John  Carr  of  Gilmanton.  He  received  his 
preliminary  education  in  the  Pittsfield  public  schools  and 
Pittsfield  Academy,  and  his  professional  education  com- 
menced in  1861,  under  the  direction  of  John  Wheeler,  M.  D., 
of  Pittsfield.  He  attended  the  medical  departments  of  Dart- 
mouth and  Bowdoin  Colleges,  and  \vas  graduated  from  the 
latter  in  June,  1864. 

In  the  mean  time  he  was  acting  hospital  steward  of  the 
Fifteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  from  November,  1862, 
to  August,  1863,  and  from  June,  1864,  to  August,  1865,  assist- 
ant surgeon  in  the  Twenty-first,  Thirty-fifth  and  Twenty- 
ninth  Massachusetts  Volunteers. 

Returning  to  New  Hampshire,  he  commenced  the  practice 
of  medicine  in  Candia,  N.  H.,  March,  1866,  where  he  re- 
mained for  four  years,  when  he  removed  to  Pittsfield,  and  was 
an  honored  physician  for  thirty-three  years.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  for  which  he  has 
read  medical  papers  which  have  been  published  in  the  trans- 
actions of  the  same. 

Married,  July  3,  1867,  Addie  J.  B.  Osborne. 

Children,  two :  Burt  Wilbur  and  Belle  0.  Carr. 

Dr.  Carr  died  December  22,  1903. 


430  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Albert  A.  Chase,  M.  D. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Meredith,  N.  H.,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1839,  and  was  the  son  of  Luther  Martin  and  Rox- 
ana  (Gordon)  Chase,  and  a  grandson  of  John  Chase  of  New 
Hampshire.  He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the 
common  schools  and  academies  of  New  Hampshire.  His  profes- 
sional education  was  commenced  at  Meredith,  N.  H.,  with  Dr. 
John  H.  Sanborn,  who  was  afterwards  assistant  surgeon  of 
the  Twelfth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  and  continued  under 
the  direction  of  Prof.  Dixi  Crosby  of  Hanover.  He  was  grad- 
uated in  medicine  from  Dartmouth  Medical  School  in  the 
class  of  1865,  probably  receiving  his  degree  in  November  of 
the  preceding  year,  as  was  the  regulation  in  those  days.  He 
commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  on  the  border  line  of  Ver- 
mont and  Canada,  remaining  about  one  year.  During  the 
period  of  his  medical  education  he  was  for  a  short  time  with 
the  Twenty-eighth  Massachusetts  Volunteers;  afterwards  be- 
came connected  with  the  Freedman's  Bureau,  October  11, 
1865,  at  Raleigh,  N.  C. 


Albert  Warren  Clark,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Albert  W.  Clark  practiced  his  profession  at  Littleton 
for  a  period  of  about  ten  months  in  1856,  and  left  this  field, 
locating  at  Woburn,  Mass.  From  that  place  he  was  appointed 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  Thirty-fifth  Massachusetts  Infantry, 
August  14,  1862.  He  resigned,  and  was  honorably  discharged. 
May  1,  1863.  The  next  year  he  returned  to  Littleton  and  re- 
sumed practice.  He  continued  there  until  his  death,  March 
27,  1867.  He  was  born  in  Lisbon,  July  25,  1828.  He  took 
his  degree  in  medicine  at  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  1851. 

His  widow  and  three  children  survive  him,  all  residing  in 
Massachusetts. — {Granite  Monthly,  A.  S.  Batchellor.) 


miscellaneous  organizations.  431 

David  Small  Clarke,  M.  D. 
Derry,  N.  H. 

Clarke,  David  S.  F.  and  S.;  59  Mass.  Inf.;  b.  Limington,  Me.; 
age  40;  res.  Derry;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Mar.  26.  '65;  must,  in 
Mar.  26,  '65,  for  3  yrs.;  tr.  to  57  Mass.  Inf.  June  1,  '65;  must,  out 
July  30,  '65.  P.  O.  ad..  Derry.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895, 
p.  1038.) 

Surgeon  Clarke  was  born  in  Limington,  Me.,  August  16, 
1824,  and  was  the  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Small)  Clarke, 
a  grandson  of  Ebenezer  Clarke.  He  received  his  preliminary- 
education  in  the  common  schools  of  Maine,  and  from  Liming- 
ton Falls  Academy.  He  commenced  his  professional  educa- 
tion in  1851,  under  the  direction  of  Charles  Millett,  ]\L  D.,  of 
the  same  town;  attended  three  courses  of  medical  lectures  at 
the  Castleton,  Vt.,  Medical  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1854.  He  then  took  a  post-graduate 
course  in  New  York  City  during  the  winter  of  1854- '55. 

He  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  New  Gloucester, 
i\Ie.,  where  he  was  located  two  years.  He  then  removed  to 
LaCrosse,  Wis.,  where  he  practiced  medicine  for  four  years. 
Returning  to  New  Hampshire,  he  located  in  Hampstead  for 
three  years,  and  has  been  in  Derry,  N.  H.,  for  over  forty 
years.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society. 

His  military  service  was  in  the  Massachusetts  regiments  as 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  Fifty-ninth  and  Fifty-seventh  Massa- 
chusetts Infantry,  with  the  following  record : 

"David  S.  Clarke,  M.  D.,  Field  and  Staff,  Fifty-ninth  Mas- 
sachusetts Infantry ;  born  in  Limington,  Me. ;  age  forty ;  resi- 
dent Derry,  N.  H. ;  appointed  assistant  surgeon  March  26, 
1865 ;  mu.stered  in  March  26,  1865,  for  three  years ;  transferred 
to  Fifty-seventh  Massachusetts  Infantry,  June  1,  1865 ;  mus- 
tered out,  July  30,  1865." 

Married,  in  1856,  Mary  S.  Latham. 

Children,  six,  four  living:  Carrie,  Howard  L.,  Herbert  G., 
and  Sylvia  Clarke. 


432  suegical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Granville  Priest  Conn,  M.  D. 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Surgeon  Conn  was  born  in  Hillsborough,  N.  H.,  January  25, 
1832.  and  is  the  youngest  of  eight  children  of  William  and 
Sarah  (Priest)  Conn,  of  Scotch-Irish  and  English  descent,  re- 
spectively; grandson  of  George  Conn,  and  fifth  in  descent 
from  John  Conn,  who  immigrated  to  New  England  about  1710. 
Until  sixteen  years  of  age  he  lived  upon  his  father's  farm, 
attending  the  country  schools  and  doing  farm  work.  After 
this  he  was  a  student  for  a  few  months  at  the  Francestown 
and  the  Pembroke  Academies,  and  spent  two  years  at  Capt. 
Alden  Partridge's  Military  Institute,  at  Norwich,  Vt.  He 
also  taught  occasionally  in  the  common  and  select  schools  in 
New  Hampshire  and  Vermont.  Beginning  in  1852,  and  until 
1856,  he  read  medicine  in  the  office  of  Dr.  H.  B.  Bro^vn,  Hart- 
ford, Vt.,  in  the  mean  time  being  instructor  in  mathem.atics 
at  the  academy  in  that  town ;  attended  two  courses  of  lectures 
at  the  Vermont  Medical  College,  Woodstock,  and  one  course 
at  Dartmouth  Medical  College,  Hanover,  N.  H.,  receiving  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  latter  institution,  November  12, 
1855.  In  1880  the  honorary  degree  of  A.  M.  was  conferred 
upon  him  by  Norwich  University. 

Dr.  Conn  practiced  medicine  at  East  Randolph,  Vt.,  1856  to 
1861,  when  he  removed  to  Richmond,  in  the  same  state.  Au- 
gust 19,  1862,  he  was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon  of  the 
Twelfth  Regiment  Vermont  Volunteers,  with  orders  to  ren- 
dezvous at  Brattleboro,  and,  in  connection  with  the  late  Sur- 
geon Phelps  of  Windsor,  Vt.,  organized  a  United  States  Hos- 
pital of  one  thousand  beds.  A  month  later  his  regiment  en- 
tered the  field,  and  with  it  he  served  in  Virginia  during  nine 
months,  first  in  the  Twenty-second  Army  Corps,  and  later 
with  the  Second  Vermont  Brigade;  was  transferred  to  the 
First  Army  Corps,  and  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  with 
the  regiment  at  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  July  14,  1863. 

In  the  autumn  of  1863,  Dr.  Conn  located  in  Concord,  N.  H., 
where  he  has  since  remained.     In  1864  he  formed  a  partner- 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  433 

ship  with  the  late  Dr.  Charles  Pinckney  Gage,  which  continued 
until  1881.  He  was  city  physician  from  1872  to  1876,  and  in 
1866  secured  the  passage  of  a  city  ordinance  requiring  a  house- 
to-house  sanitary  inspection,  the  first  in  the  state,  and,  so  far 
as  can  be  learned,  the  first  in  this  country.  He  was  largely 
instrumental  in  securing  the  passage  of  the  act  by  the  state 
legislature,  in  1881,  creating  a  state  board  of  health,  and  has 
been  a  member  of  the  board  and  its  president  continuously 
since  its  organization.  About  1880  it  was  largely  through  his 
influence  that  an  ordinance  was  passed  in  Concord  requiring 
burial  permits,  which  was  soon  afterwards  adopted  by  the 
state. 

While  a  resident  of  Vermont,  Dr.  Conn  became  a  member 
of  the  Vermont  State  Medical  Society,  and  has  since  been  made 
an  honorary  member  of  that  society ;  became  a  member  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  of  which  he  has  been  secre- 
tary since  1869,  except  during  the  years  1880  and  1881,  when 
he  was  vice-president  and  president,  respectively ;  is  a  member 
of  the  Centre  District  Medical  Society ;  American  Medical  As- 
sociation ;  American  Public  Health  Association,  vice-president 
in  1895,  chairman  of  the  section  on  car  sanitation ;  New  York 
Medico-Legal  Society;  honorary  member  of  the  Strafford 
County  (N.  H.)  Medical  Society;  is  a  member  of  the  various 
Masonic  associations,  and  of  E.  E.  Sturtevant  Post,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  and  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion.  He  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  railroad  commis- 
sioners of  New  Hampshire,  1877,  1881,  being  twice  elected  by 
the  popular  vote  of  the  state,  and  has  been  surgeon  to  the  Bos- 
ton &  Maine  Railway  since  1880.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
United  States  board  of  pension  examiners  at  Concord,  1872  to 
1885 ;  is  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society, 
and  was  elected  to  fill  the  chair  of  hygiene  at  Dartmouth  Med- 
ical College,  in  1894. 

Married,  May  25,  1858,  at  East  Randolph,  Vt.,  Miss  Helen 
M.,  daughter  of  Edward  Sprague. 

Children,  two:  Frank  W.  and  Charles  F.  Conn. 

28 


434  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Charles  Augustine  Davis,  M.  D. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1823,  and  was  the  son  of  Robert  and  Almira  (Dear- 
born) Davis.  He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the 
common  schools.  Commenced  the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr. 
Chadbourne,  at  Concord,  in  1845 ;  continued  the  same  with  Dr. 
George  Bailey,  at  Chelsea,  Mass.,  and  at  the  Medical  School  of 
Harvard  University,  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  same 
in  1848.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
Lowell,  Mass.  In  1853  he  was  appointed  surgeon  of  the  Ma- 
rine Hospital  at  Chelsea,  Mass. ;  was  also  its  superintendent. 
In  February,  1862,  Dr.  Davis  was  commissioned  surgeon  of  the 
Thirty-second  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteers;  served  in 
most  of  the  Peninsular  campaign  in  General  Hooker's  Divi- 
sion, but,  prostrated  by  fever,  went  to  Derry  in  the  fall  of 
1862,  and  eventually  died,  deeply  regretted  as  a  distinguished 
ornament  of  his  profession. 

Married,  October  29,  1850,  Mary,  daughter  of  James  B. 
Thornton  of  Nashville. 


George  R.  Dinsmoor,  M.  D. 

Keene,  N.  H. 

(1  N.  H.  Cav.) 

Dinsmoor,  Geobge  R.  F.  and  S.;  b.  Keene:  age  24;  res.  Keene;  app. 
Asst.  Surg.  March  13,  '65;  not  must.  P.  O.  ad.,  Keene.  See  Mis- 
eel.  Organizations.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  862.) 

(Miscel.  Organizations.) 

Dinsmoor,  George  R.  F.  and  S.;  20  Mass.  Inf.;  b.  Keene;  age  24; 
res.  Keene;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  March  31,  '65;  must,  in  April  14,  '65, 
for  3  years;  disch.  July  15.  '65.  P.  0.  ad.,  Keene.  See  I  N.  H. 
Cav.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1043.) 

Surgeon  Dinsmoor  was  born  in  Keene,  May  28,  1841,  and 
was  the  son  of  William  and  Julia  Ann  (Fiske)  Dinsmoor  of 
Keene.  His  preliminary  education  was  received  at  the  public 
and  private  schools  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  where  he  fitted  for 
college  and  entered  Harvard  in  1859.     In  his  junior  year 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  435 

(January,  1862)  at  Harvard  College,  while  at  home  for  the 
Christmas  vacation,  an  accident  befell  his  father,  which  re- 
quired his  care  and  attention,  and  while  performing  this  duty- 
he  became  interested  in  the  study  of  medicine  and  under  the 
direction  of  Dr.  George  B.  Twitchell  of  Keene  began  the  study, 
of  anatomy  while  caring  for  his  father  in  1862.  He  continued 
the  study  of  medicine,  taking  lectures  in  Boston  and  New  York, 
and  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  Bellevue  Hospital 
Medical  College  in  the  spring  of  1865.  In  the  mean  time,  he 
had  served  as  medical  cadet  in  the  United  States  Military  Hos- 
pital at  Keadville,  Mass.,  and  was  appointed  a  recruiting  officer 
for  New  Hampshire  at  Keene,  and  enlisted  in  Captain  Barker's 
company  in  the  Fourteenth  New  Hampshire  Infantry.  Before 
the  regiment  left  the  state,  he  received  an  accident  in  which 
his  leg  was  fractured,  which  incapacitated  him  for  active  ser- 
vice. It  was  during  this  time  that  he  made  great  advancement 
in  the  study  of  medicine.  In  1865  he  received  a  commission 
from  Governor  Gilmore  as  assistant  surgeon  in  the  First  New 
Hampshire  Cavalry,  but  at  that  time  there  were  not  men 
enough  enlisted  in  the  regiment  to  allow  his  being  mustered 
into  the  United  States  service.  Soon  after  he  received  a  com- 
mission from  Governor  Andrew  as  assistant  surgeon  in  the 
Twentieth  Massachusetts  Infantry,  and  joined  his  regiment  at 
Burkesville,  Va.,  just  in  time  to  hear  of  the  news  of  Lee's  sur- 
render. He  remained  in  camp  a  short  time  at  this  place,  when 
the  regiment  moved  by  easy  marches  to  the  neighborhood  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  participated  in  the  grand  review  of 
May,  1865.  About  July  1,  of  the  same  year,  the  regiment  was 
transported  to  Readville,  Mass.,  where  it  was  soon  mustered 
out  of  the  service.  In  the  autumn  of  1865  he  entered  the 
Brooklyn  General  Hospital  as  resident  surgeon,  remaining 
there  about  a  year,  when  he  went  West  with  the  intention  of 
locating  in  the  practice  of  medicine,  or  of  establishing  him- 
self at  an  army  post  on  the  frontier,  but  he  never  became  per- 
manently settled  and  in  the  autumn  of  1869  he  went  South. 
The  years  1871  and  1872  were  spent  in  Europe,  mostly  in  Eng- 
land, Germany  and  Italy. 


436  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN  THE  REBELLION. 

He  returned  from  the  army  suffering  from  malaria  and 
medical  experts  attribute  to  that  cause  his  present  ill  health. 
He  has  lived  temporarily  in  Germantown,  Pa.,  and  at  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  and  now  with  greatly  impaired  health  is  re- 
siding in  Keene,  N.  H. 

Married,  in  1874,  to  Miss  Helen  Jones  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Children,  two :  A  daughter,  who  is  dead,  and  a  son,  who  was 
a  graduate  of  the  class  of  1899  of  Harvard  College, 

Dr.  Dinsmoor  died  in  Keene,  April  28,  1901. 


Samuel  Lane  Button,  M.  D. 
Newton  Centre,  Mass. 

(Fortieth  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Infantry.) 

Surgeon  Button  was  born  in  Acton,  Mass.,  July  15,  1835, 
and  was  the  son  of  Solomon  Lane  and  Olive  Charlotte  (Hutch- 
inson) Button,  a  grandson  of  Samuel  Button.  He  received 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools,  supple- 
mented by  academic  courses  at  the  Appleton  in  New  Ipswich, 
the  Appleton  Academy  in  Mont  Vernon,  and  the  Francestown 
Academy,  all  in  New  Hampshire.  He  commenced  his  pro- 
fessional studies  in  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  in  1856,  under  the  di- 
rection of  Levi  Howard,  M.  B.  He  attended  three  courses 
of  lectures  at  the  Albany  Medical  College,  at  the  Harvard 
University  Medical  School,  and  was  graduated  from  the  lat- 
ter institution  in  1860. 

' '  He  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  May  of  the 
same  year  at  Berrj^,  N.  H.,  and  after  two  years  and  a  half 
there,  entered  the  service,  and  upon  return,  located  in  Boston, 
which  has  been  his  place  of  residence  since  that  time.  Br. 
Button  was  assistant  surgeon,  First  Massachusetts  Heavy 
Artillery ;  promoted  to  surgeon  of  the  Fortieth  Massachusetts 
Infantry  and  surgeon-in-chief,  Third  Brigade  of  the  First 
Bivision,  Eighteenth  Army  Corps,  Army  of  the  Potomac. 


MISCELLANEOUS  ORGANIZATIONS.  437 

"On  his  return  from  the  service  in  the  army,  he  located  in 
Boston  for  the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  became  a  member 
of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  Norfolk  District  Medical 
Society,  and  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Boston  Society  for 
Medical  Observation,  and  of  the  Gynaecological  Society  of  Bos- 
ton, being  one  of  the  founders  of  the  latter  society.  Early  in 
his  professional  career  Dr.  Dutton  gave  particular  attention, 
through  special  training,  to  gynaecological  work.  He  was  pen- 
sion surgeon  (Boston  board  of  examining  surgeons),  under 
President  Harrison;  visiting  physician  to  St.  Elizabeth's  Hos- 
pital, 1868  to  1883,  and  consulting  physician  to  the  same  insti- 
tution, 1883  to  1890.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic,  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  etc. 

"Married,  in  1860,  Miss  Surviah  Parkhurst  Stevens  of 
Chelm^ord,  Mass. 

"Children:  Edgar  F.,  Bertha  H.  and  Mary  E.,  living,  and 
Grace  S.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twelve  and  a  half  years." 


Nathaniel  W.  French,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Penacook,  N.  H. 

Fbench,  Nathaniel  W.  F.  and  S.;  50  Inf.  Mass.  Vol.  Militia;  b. 
Deerfield;  age  29;  res.  Concord  (Fisherville,  novr  Penacook);  app. 
Asst.  Surg.  Oct.  31,  '62;  must,  in  Nov.  11,  '62,  for  9  mos.;  died, 
dis.  April  21,  '63,  Baton  Rouge,  La.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  1048.) 

Surgeon  French  was  the  son  of  Richard  J.  and  Mehitable 
(Wells)  French,  and  was  born  in  Deerfield,  N.  H.,  February 
20,  1833.  His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Deerfield  and  Penacook,  and  he  received  an  aca- 
demic education  at  Colby  Academy,  New  London.  His  pro- 
fes.sional  education  was  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Mirror  of 
Fall  River,  Mass.,  and  Dr.  Thomas  Wells  of  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  and  he  was  graduated  from  the  Medical  Department  of 
Yale  College  in  the  class  of  18162. 

Surgeon  French  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Fif- 
tieth Massachusetts  Infantry  October  31,  1862.     This  was  the 


438  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN    THE   REBELLION. 

Massachusetts  regiment  that  went  South  with  Butler  late  in 
the  fall  of  1862,  and  he  suffered  so  severely  from  the  effects 
of  the  climate  in  the  swamps  and  bayous  of  Louisiana,  that  he 
died  of  disease  in  Baton  Rouge,  La.,  April  21,  1863,  having 
been  less  than  six  months  in  the  service. 
He  never  married. 


Carlton  P.  Frost,  M.  D. 
Hanover,  N.  H. 

Carlton  Pennington  Frost  was  the  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Mary  Catherine  (Brant)  Frost,  and  was  born  in  Sullivan, 
N.  H.,  May  29,  1830.  "When  he  was  six  years  of  age  his  father 
removed  with  his  family  to  Thetford,  Vt.,  for  the  purpose  of 
educating  his  children  at  Thetford  Academy.  After  graduat- 
ing from  the  academy,  young  Frost  entered  Dartmouth  College 
in  the  summer  of  1848,  and  took  his  degree  of  A.  B.  at  that  in- 
stitution in  1852.  He  registered  his  name  soon  after  as  a  stu- 
dent of  medicine  with  Dr.  E.  C.  Worcester  of  Thetford.  Like 
most  of  the  young  sons  of  Vermont  and  New  Hampshire  who 
have  made  their  way  by  their  own  efforts  from  the  farm  to  a 
college  degree,  he  began  early  to  teach  school.  He  taught  at 
Dublin,  N.  H.,  before  entering  college.  In  those  days  Dart- 
mouth had  in  the  winter  what  was  in  effect  a  vacation  of  three 
months  for  the  benefit  of  pedagogues. 

Teaching  for  bread-winning,  he  pursued  diligently  his  medi- 
cal studies  at  the  same  time.  Between  1853  and  1857  he  at- 
tended five  courses  of  lectures  in  four  institutions;  the  Ver- 
mont Medical  College  at  Woodstock,  Bowdoin  Medical  Col- 
lege, Dartmouth,  and  New  York  Medical  College.  He  took 
his  M.  D.  at  Dartmouth  in  1857.  After  some  months  spent 
in  the  hospitals  on  Blackwell's  island,  he  went  to  St.  Johns- 
bury,  Vt.,  and  began  his  medical  practice  in  June,  1857. 

In  1862  he  heard  the  call  of  his  country,  and  went  to  the 
seat  of  war  as  surgeon  of  the  Fifteenth  Vermont  Volunteers. 
After  some  months  in  the  field  he  was  assigned  to  duty  as 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  439 

inspector  in  the  provost  office,  located  at  first  at  Woodstock, 
Vt.,  and  later  at  Windsor.  In  this  service  he  continued  until 
the  close  of  the  war,  in  1865. 

In  1868  he  was  called  to  lecture  at  Dartmouth  Medical  Col- 
lege on  the  Theory  and  Practice  of  Medicine  and  Pathological 
Anatomy.  In  1870  he  was  appointed  associate  professor  of 
the  same  branch,  and  in  1871  full  professor  of  the  Theory  and 
Practice  of  Medicine.  In  1871  he  removed  to  Hanover.  On 
settling  in  Hanover  he  became  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Medical  Faculty,  and  later  received  the  title  of  Dean,  combin- 
ing in  himself  all  the  official  functions  of  the  college. 

In  1887  he  was  chosen  a  trustee  of  Dartmouth  College,  to 
serve  for  five  years,  being  one  of  the  first  elected  to  that  office 
by  the  alumni.  He  was  for  many  years,  and  until  his  death, 
a  trustee  of  the  New  Hampshire  Asylum  for  the  Insane. 

In  1892  he  received  from  Dartmouth  College  the  degree  of 
LL.  D. 

Dr.  Frost  became  a  member  of  the  Vermont  Medical  So- 
ciety October  26,  1859.  He  was  elected  its  president  in  1867. 
He  always  retained  his  connection  with  it,  and  occasionally 
attended  its  meetings.  He  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Medical  Society,  and  one  of  its  presidents;  also  of  the 
American  Medical  Association,  of  the  White  Mountains  Med- 
ical Society,  of  the  White  River  Medical  Society,  and  of  the 
American  Academy  of  Medicine. 

Dr.  Frost's  greatest  and  most  enduring  work  was  done 
during  his  residence  of  nearly  twenty-five  years  in  Hanover. 
When  he  assumed  the  management  of  Dartmouth  Medical  Col- 
lege, .succeeding  the  Crosbys,  the  teaching  work  of  the  college 
was  confined  to  the  lecture  term  of  eighteen  weeks  in  length. 
The  medical  faculty  consisted  of  nine  members,  and  the  num- 
ber of  medical  students  was  forty-eight.  In  the  last  cata- 
logue published  during  his  life,  the  active  members  of  the 
faculty  numbered  twelve,  the  medical  students  numbered  one 
hundred  and  sixty-one,  and  the  working  year  consisted  of 
forty-two  weeks.     He  organized  a  winter  class  of  about  half  a 


440  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

dozen,  and  was  their  sole  instructor  in  all  departments,  as  Na- 
than Smith  was  at  the  founding  of  the  college. 

Dr.  Albert  Smith  says  of  him:  "Hs  was  a  public  spirited 
and  enterprising  man.  The  village  of  Hanover  owes  its  con- 
crete walks  and  electric  lights  largely  to  his  persistent  efforts. 
As  trustee  of  the  college,  and  at  the  same  time  an  influential 
citizen,  he  rendered  great  service  in  the  promotion  of  the  sys- 
tem of  water-works  which  are  such  a  boon  to  town  and  college. 

Many  years  ago,  with  far  foresight,  he  organized  in  the 
medical  faculty  a  Hospital  Association.  He  quietly  bought,  at 
a  moderate  cost,  a  suitable  tract  of  land  in  the  village,  and 
when  Mr.  Hiram  Hitchcock  resolved  to  erect  a  hospital,  the 
site  was  ready,  and  it  was  to  his  confidence  in  Dr.  Frost,  and  to 
Dr.  Frost's  counsel,  we  are  largely  indebted  for  that  beauti- 
ful and  beneficent  structure. 

Married,  October  5,  1857,  Eliza  A.,  daughter  of  Earl  C. 
and  Anna  (Lamson)  DuBois  of  Randolph,  Vt. 

They  have  two  sons. 

Professor  Frost  died  at  his  home  in  Hanover,  May  24,  1896. 


James  Lang  Harriman,  M.  D. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Peacham,  Vt.,  May 
11,  1833.  He  was  educated  at  the  academies  in  Meriden  and 
Exeter,  and  in  1855  entered  the  office  of  Dr  Albert  Winch,  at 
Whitefield,  where  he  pursued  the  usual  course  of  study.  He 
attended  three  full  courses  of  lectures  at  the  medical  col- 
leges at  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  Brunswick,  Me., 
and  was  graduated  from  the  latter  in  1857.  The  same  year 
he  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Littleton,  where 
he  remained  for  four  and  one-half  years.  On  July  31,  1862, 
he  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States  as  assistant  surgeon 
of  the  Thirteenth  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Volunteers,  and 
was  dischargd  for  disability,  January  30,  1863.  He  then  set- 
tled in  Hudson,  Mass.,  where  he  now  resides.     He  is  a  member 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  441 

of  the  White  Mountain,  Middlesex  Southern  and  Massachu- 
setts Medical  Societies.  While  residing  in  Littleton  he  was 
chairman  of  the  school  committee. 


William  Henry  Weed  Hinds,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Milford,  N.  H. 

Surgeon  Hinds  was  born  in  Chichester,  N.  H.,  August  1, 
1833.  He  was  the  son  of  Barzillai  and  Selura  (Aldrich) 
Hinds,  and  a  grandson  of  Rev.  Orlando  Hinds,  a  somewhat 
noted  divine  of  the  Methodist  persuasion  and  member  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Conference;  a  pioneer  of  that  body  in  the 
eastern  states.  He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  New  Hampshire  and  afterwards  at  the 
Otis  grammar  school  in  Boston,  where  he  received  the  Frank- 
lin medal  of  honor  in  1847,  and  afterwards  at  the  English 
high  school  in  Boston,  which  he  entered  in  1847  and  grad- 
uated in  1850,  afterwards  he  attended  the  seminary  at  Til- 
ton,  N.  H.,  three  terms.  He  commenced  the  study  of  medicine 
under  the  direction  of  Dr.  0.  S.  Sanders  of  Boston,  attended 
two  courses  of  lectures  at  Hanover  and  was  four  years  assist- 
ant physician  at  the  Tewksbury  State  of  Massachusetts  alms- 
house, where  he  studied  under  Drs.  Brown  and  Holt,  attending 
medical  lectures  at  Cambridge  Medical  University  and  was 
graduated  in  1861. 

He  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Seventeenth 
Massachusetts  Volunteers  until  1864,  when  he  was  transferred 
and  made  surgeon  of  the  Twelfth  Massachusetts  Volunteers, 
where  he  remained  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

Surgeon  Hinds  located  in  Milford,  N.  H.,  in  January,  1865, 
where  he  remained  until  his  death,  which  occurred  July  27, 
1897.  After  leaving  the  army  he  took  a  course  of  medical 
education  with  Dr.  Sanders  of  Boston,  and  became  a  disciple 
of  homeopathy  and  practiced  the  same  during  his  residence 
in  Milford,  N.  H. 

He  was  a  fraternal  member  of  the  Masonic  associations, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Odd  Fellows,  Loyal  Legion, 


442  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

with  the  rank  of  major,  Golden  Cross  and  Knights  of  Honor. 
He  enjoyed  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens, 
was  representative  from  the  town  of  Milford  in  1874  and  1876, 
was  senator  from  that  district  in  1884  and  1885 ;  was  president 
of  the  Milford  Savings  Bank,  1893  to  1897,  and  was  elected 
trustee  of  the  same  in  1884.  He  was  honored  by  the  Masonic 
Fraternity  by  being  made  grand  high  priest  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, 1893  and  1894.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  school  com- 
mittee and  board  of  health  of  the  town  of  Milford.  While  in 
the  practice  of  medicine,  he  gave  special  attention  to  the 
branch  of  obstetrics. 

Married,  first,  August  23,  1861,  Harriet  M.  Twiss  of  Antrim, 
N.  H. ;  second,  in  1880,  Margaret  A.  Twiss  of  Amherst,  N.  H. 

Children :  Edwin  H.  Hinds,  Winchester,  Mass.,  and  William 
H.  W.  Hinds,  M.  D.,  of  Milford,  N.  H. 


WiLLARD  O.  HURD,  M.  D. 
Late  of  the  Soldiers'  Home,  Tilton. 

"Dr.  Hurd  was  born  in  Lempster,  N.  H.,  66  years  ago,  and 
was  educated  at  Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meriden,  N.  H.,  and 
the  New  York  Medical  University.  He  was  assistant  surgeon 
in  the  Fifty-third  New  York  Infantry,  serving  three  years, 
after  which  he  practiced  medicine  at  Hyde  Park,  Mass.,  and 
Ottawa,  Ont." 

In  1896  he  entered  the  Soldiers'  Home,  at  Tilton,  N.  H.,  as 
hospital  steward,  and  held  that  position  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  January  11,  1900. 

He  is  survived  by  a  widow,  son  and  daughter. 


YoRiCK  Gordon  Hurd,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Ipswich,  Mass. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Lempster,  N.  H., 
February  17,  1827,  and  was  a  son  of  Smith  and  Mehitable 
(Emerson)  Hurd.  His  preliminary  education  was  received 
in    the    common    schools    and    at    Hancock    Academy ;    com- 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  443 

menced  the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  Albert  Smith  of  Peter- 
borough, N.  H. ;  attended  lectures  at  the  Vermont  Medical 
College  and  Dartmouth  Medical  College  and  was  graduated 
M.  D.  from  the  latter  in  1854.  In  1876  he  received  the  degree 
of  A.  ;M.  from  Bowdoin  College.  He  commenced  the  practice 
of  medicine  in  Amesbury,  Mass.,  in  1853. 

September,  1862,  he  was  appointed  post  surgeon  at  Camp 
Lander,  Wenham,  Mass.,  and  in  December,  1862,  was  ap- 
pointed surgeon.  Eighth  Massachusetts  Volunteers. 

In  the  latter  part  of  the  sixties  he  removed  to  Ipswich, 
Mass.,  where  he  continued  in  the  practice  of  his  profession 
until  his  death.  He  was  superintendent  of  the  Massachusetts 
house  of  correction  and  insane  asylum  from  January,  1869,  to 
January,  1887.  In  1866  he  received  the  election  of  senator  to 
the  state  legislature ;  was  medical  director  of  the  Massachusetts 
Volunteer  Militia  from  1867  to  1876. 

Married,  first,  May  17,  1853,  Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Eli 
and  Lyma  (Silsby)  Twitchell  of  Dempster,  N.  H.,  who  died 
October,  1858;  second,  November  5,  1861,  Ruth  A.  Brown 
of  Salisbury,  Mass.,  who  died  July  26,  1888. 

Dr.  Hurd  died  at  his  home  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  September  24, 
1888. 


George  H.  Larabee,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Suncook,  N.  H. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  of  English  and  Huguenot  de- 
scent, and  was  born  in  Bradford,  Vt.,  September  15,  1840,  and 
was  the  son  of  Stephen  C.  and  Cynthia  (Sawyer)  Larabee. 
When  between  four  and  five  years  of  age,  both  of  his  parents 
died,  when  he  was  cared  for  and  practically  adopted  by  a 
sister  of  his  mother,  who  was  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools 
of  Edgartown,  Mass.,  and  Surgeon  Larabee 's  preliminary 
education  was  received  under  her  tuition  and  in  the  Edgar- 
town  and  Dukes  County  Academies.  His  professional  educa- 
tion was  commenced  with  Drs.  I.  H.  Lucas  and  Edwin  May- 


444  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

bury  of  Edgartown.  The  first  course  of  medical  lectures  he 
attended  at  Bowdoin  College,  Maine,  and  the  following  year 
he  attended  Harvard  Medical  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  March,  1864.  The  same  week  in  which  he  was 
graduated.  Dr.  Larabee  volunteered,  and  upon  examination 
received  a  commission  as  assistant  surgeon,  and  was  assigned 
to  the  First  Massachusetts  Heavy  Artillery,  and  immediately 
joined  his  regiment  and  was  in  active  service  until  the  close 
of  the  war,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged  for  disability. 
He  was  with  his  regiment  in  the  engagements  at  Spottsylvania, 
North  Anna,  Cold  Harbor,  Deep  Bottom  and  Petersburg,  and 
was  on  detail  duty  at  City  Point  General  Hospital. 

About  1866  Surgeon  Larabee  located  in  the  village  of  Sun- 
cook  where  he  remained  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  until 
his  death,  October  31,  1896.  He  was  a  member  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Medical  Society,  Centre  District  Medical  Society, 
Odd  Fellows,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  had  taken  the  thirty- 
third  degree  in  Masonry.  He  was  also  a  prominent  Grand 
Army  man  and  Granger,  and  was  universally  beloved  by  his 
fellow  townsmen  and  enjoyed  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the 
profession. 

Married,  February  25,  1889,  Susie  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Josiah  Kittredge  and  Malinda  Chaplain  Clifford. 


Charles  Frederick  Little,  M.  D. 
Manhattan,  Kan. 

Surgeon  Little  was  born  in  Milford,  N.  H.,  January  27, 
1836,  and  was  the  son  of  Caleb  Jewett  Tenney  and  Eliza  Ann 
(Brooks)  Little,  and  a  grandson  of  Abner  B.  Little.  At  a  very 
early  age  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Illinois,  and  received 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools  of  Weathers- 
field,  111.  He  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in  1858,  with 
T.  D.  Fitch,  M.  D.,  of  Kewanee,  111.,  attending  two  courses  of 
lectures  at  Rush  Medical  College  of  Chicago,  and  was  gradu- 
ated from  the  same  in  the  class  of  1863.     Prior  to  graduation, 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  446 

he  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Green  Vallej'-,  111., 
April,  1861,  remaining  there  about  one  year.  He  then  entered 
the  army  as  first  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Nineteenth  Illinois 
Volunteers  February,  1862,  and  remained  in  the  service  until 
n^uly,  1864,  in  the  mean  time  passing  the  examination  for  sur- 
geon, but  was  not  commissioned.  After  leaving  the  array  he 
practiced  for  a  time  in  Princeton,  111.,  removing  to  Manhattan, 
Kan.,  in  1866,  where  he  still  remains  in  active  practice.  He 
has  been  city  health  officer  of  Manhattan  for  many  years ;  be- 
longs to  the  Masonic  Fraternity  and  Grand  Army  Post  of  that 
city.  He  has  taken  some  part  in  politics,  and  was  elected  to 
the  lower  house  in  the  Kansas  legislature,  January  1,  1876 ;  is 
pension  examining  surgeon  and  vice-president  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Manhattan,  Kan. 

Married,  February  22,  1866,  Charlotte  Swift. 

Children,  six :  of  which  Eliza  Ada,  Nellie  Perkins,  Bessie 
Belle,  are  now  living;  Blanche  Alfina,  Fred  Swift,  and  an  in- 
fant, are  dead. 


John  Quincy  Adams  McCollester,  M.  D. 
Waltham,  Mass. 

Dr.  ]\IcCollester,  son  of  Silas  and  Achsah  (Holman)  McCol- 
lester, grandson  of  Samuel  McCollester,  was  born  May  3,  1831, 
in  Marlborough,  N.  H.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  and 
select  schools  of  the  town,  at  the  academies  of  Fitzwilliam, 
N.  H.,  Westminster  and  South  Woodstock,  Vt.,  and  Walpole, 
N.  H.,  and  at  Norwich  University,  A.  B.,  1853,  and  A.  M., 
1856.  The  doctor  often  refers  with  pride  and  satisfaction  to 
his  experience  as  a  "country  pedagogue"  in  the  Fay  district, 
Wa'lpole,  N.  H.,  where  he  taught  three  sucessive  winters,  the 
first  of  which  he  "boarded  'round."  He  commenced  the 
study  of  medicine  in  1853,  at  Marlborough,  his  preceptors  be- 
ing Dr.  James  Baehellor  of  that  place,  Dr.  Washburn  of  Ver- 
Don,  Vt.,  and  Dr.  Moriarty  of  Deer  Island  Hospital,  at  which 
institution  Dr.  McCollester  was  ranking  student  from  May  to 


446  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

October,  1855.  He  attended  two  courses  of  medical  lectures, 
one  each  at  Dartmouth  Medical  College  and  Jefferson  Medical 
College,  being  graduated  from  the  latter  March  8,  1856. 
From  May  7  to  November  1,  of  the  same  year,  he  practiced 
medicine  in  South  Deerfield,  Mass. ;  from  December  1,  1856, 
to  March,  1887,  at  Groton  Junction,  now  Ayer,  Mass.,  and 
since  the  latter  date,  at  Waltham. 

Dr.  McCollester  is  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical 
Society;  Middlesex  East  District  Medical  Society;  Middlesex 
South  District  Medical  Society,  and  of  Waltham  Medical  Club. 
He  was  examining  surgeon  for  recruits,  by  appointment  of 
Surgeon-General  Dale;  Massachusetts  Volunteer  surgeon  un- 
der Medical  Director  McClellan,  1862;  surgeon  of  the  Fifty- 
third  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteers,  with  the  rank  of 
major;  United  States  pension  examining  surgeon;  superin- 
tending school  board,  Groton,  Mass.,  before  and  after  the 
war,  in  all,  seven  years,  and  filled  the  same  office  in  Harvard, 
Mass.,  1872  to  1875. 

Married,  first.  May  6,  1856,  Miss  Sarah  E.  Hazen  of  Shir- 
ley, Mass.,  who  died  May  5,  1858,  leaving  one  child,  Anna; 
second,  September  9,  1859,  Miss  Georgianna  Hunt  of  Groton, 
Mass. 

Children :  Lucretia  I.,  Edward  Q.,  May  Emma,  Harvey 
Gray,  John  F.  and  H.  Hortense. 


George  Henry  No  yes,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Surgeon  Noyes  was  born  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  March  19,  1831, 
and  was  the  son  of  Leonard  White  and  Anne  Sewall  (Gard- 
ner) Noyes,  and  grandson  of  Moody  Noyes.  He  received  his 
preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools  and  academies 
of  New  Hampshire;  was  in  the  University  of  Vermont  and 
Union  College  at  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  and  received  the  degree 
of  A.  B.  from  the  latter  in  1854,  and  a  degree  of  A.  M.  in 
course  in   1857.     He  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  447 

1853,  at  Burlington  and  Castleton,  Vt. ;  attended  medical  lec- 
tures in  both  places;  also  at  Harvard  Medical  College  and  at 
Berkshire  Medical  College  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  receiving  his 
degree  of  M.  D.  from  Berkshire  Medical  College,  in  the  fall  of 
1856.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Clinton, 
Clinton  county,  Iowa,  in  the  fall  of  1856,  remaining  there  for 
five  years. 

Dr.  Noyes  entered  the  army  as  assistant  surgeon  September 
10,  1861,  in  the  Eighth  Iowa  Infantry,  and  was  transferred  to 
the  Second  Iowa  Cavalry  September  19,  1861,  as  assistant 
surgeon ;  was  promoted  to  surgeon  of  the  same  regiment  June 
9,  1862.  He  was  surgeon-in-chief  of  the  Cavalry  Division  of 
the  Sixteenth  Army  Corps;  also  the  Cavalry  Corps  of  the 
District  of  West  Tennessee;  also  of  the  Military  Division  of 
the  Department  of  Blississippi,  and  superintendent  of  General 
Hospitals  of  IMurfreesboro,  Tenn.,  all  these  services  being  in 
the  Army  of  Tennessee.  He  was  mustered  out  of  the  service 
October  23,  1865. 

Married,  July  18,  1868,  Miss  Anne  Learned,  daughter  of 
Dr.  E.  J.  Learned  of  Fall  River,  Mass. 

Child :  One  daughter,  Anna  Lenora,  born  June  8,  1869. 

Dr.  Noyes  was  a  brother  of  Col.  Frank  G.  Noyes  of  Nashua, 
N.  H.  He  left  the  service  considerably  broken  down  in 
health,  returned  to  Nashua  and  died  of  disease  contracted  in 
the  service  of  the  United  States,  December  12,  1881,  and  was 
buried  in  the  family  lot  in  Nashua,  N.  H. 


John  William  Parsons,  M.  D. 
Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Surgeon  Parsons  was  born  in  Rye,  N.  H.,  August  1,  1841, 
and  w^as  the  son  of  Thomas  Jefferson  and  Eliza  (Brown)  Par- 
sons. His  paternal  grandfather  was  John  Wilkes  Parsons  of 
New  Hampshire.  His  preliminary  education  was  received 
in  the  public  schools  of  Rye,  Hampton  Falls  Academy,  Pem- 
broke Academy,  Franklin  Academy,   Phillips  Exeter  Acad- 


448  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

emy  and  Norwich  University.  He  commenced  the  study  of 
medicine  in  1861,  with  Dr.  Levi  Gerrish  Hill  of  Dover,  N.  H., 
attending  three  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth  and 
Harvard  Medical  College,  and  was  graduated  from  the  latter 
in  March,  1865.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  by 
being  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Twenty-fourth  Mas- 
sachusetts Volunteers  in  April,  1865,  remaining  with  the  regi- 
ment until  January,  1866,  being  mustered  out  of  the  United 
States  service  by  reason  of  the  close  of  the  war.  He  located 
in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  in  1866,  and  has  remained  there  ever 
since. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  Strafford  District  Medical 
Society,  Portsmouth  Medical  Association,  and  Harvard  Medi- 
cal Alumni  Association.  He  has  held  the  position  of  vice- 
president  of  the  American  Medical  Association;  president, 
counsellor  and  censor  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Soci- 
ety; president  of  the  Strafford  District  Medical  Society  and 
the  Portsmouth  Medical  Association ;  vice-president  of  the 
Harvard  Medical  Alumni  Association ;  is  now  president  of  the 
Rockingham  County  Medical  Society.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Portsmouth  Cottage  Hospital  Staff;  has  been  pension  exam- 
ining surgeon ;  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Repub- 
lic, of  the  Ancient,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Military  Or- 
der of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States,  and  Sons  of  the 
Revolution.  He  now  holds  the  position  of  trustee  of  the 
Portsmouth  Cottage  Hospital,  trustee  Chase  Home  for  Chil- 
dren, has  for  many  years  been  trustee  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society,  and  justice  of  the  peace. 

Married,  in  1873,  Mary  Augusta  Adams.  They  have  no 
children. 


George  Edwin  Pinkham,  M.  D. 

LfOwell,  Mass. 

PiJWCHAM.  George  E.  F.  and  S.;  3  Mass.  H.  Art.;  age  24;  res. 
Farmington;  app.  Asst.  Surg.  Mar.  6,  '65;  must,  in  Mar.  10,  '65, 
for  3  yrp.;  resigned  Aug.  16,  '65.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
p.  1071.) 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  449 

Surgeon  Pinkham  was  born  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  April  17, 
1840,  and  was  the  son  of  Nicholas  and  Olive  (Murphy)  Pink- 
ham,  a  grandson  of  Nicholas  Pinkham.  It  seems  that  his  fam- 
ily moved  to  New  Hampshire  while  he  was  a  youth,  as  his 
preliminary  education  was  received  by  passing  through  all 
the  grades  of  the  public  schools  of  Dover,  N.  H.,  graduating 
from  the  high  school,  and  also  at  the  Franklin  Academy, 
Dover,  N.  H.  He  commenced  his  professional  education  in 
1859,  at  Dover,  N.  H.,  under  the  direction  of  the  late  Dr.  Levi 
G.  Hill  and  A.  J.  H.  Buzzell,  M.  D.,  afterwards  surgeon  of 
the  Third  New  Hampshire  Volunteers.  He  continued  his  pro- 
fessional education  at  Harvard  and  Dartmouth  Colleges,  tak- 
ing two  courses  at  Harvard  and  one  at  Dartmouth,  and  was 
graduated  M.  D.  from  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  the  class 
of  1863.  He  located  in  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Dover, 
N.  H.,  where  he  remained  a  few  months,  then  moved  to  Farm- 
ington,  N.  H.,  for  one  year,  and  has  been  located  in  Lowell, 
Mass.,  for  thirty-three  years. 

While  located  in  Dover,  N.  H.,  he  entered  the  service  of  the 
United  States  as  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Sixth  Massachusetts 
Volunteers  December  23,  1862,  and  was  mustered  out  with 
the  regiment.  He  returned  to  New  Hampshire  and  located 
in  Farmington  for  one  year,  and  was  then  appointed  assistant 
surgeon  of  the  Third  Massachusetts  Heavy  Artillery  March  6, 
1865,  and  resigned  August  16,  1865. 

During  his  long  residence  in  Lowell  he  has  been  an  active 
worker  in  the  profession,  having  been  president,  counsellor  and 
censor  of  the  North  Middlesex  Medical  Society  of  Massachu- 
setts; advisory  physician  on  the  staff  of  the  Lowell  General 
Hospital,  also  upon  the  staff  of  the  Lowell  City  Hospital.  He 
was  city  physician  of  Lowell  for  three  years,  and  medical  di- 
rector of  the  First  Brigade,  Massachusetts  Militia,  for  seven 
years.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  a  member  of  the 
Loyal  Legion  of  Massachusetts,  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public Post  of  Lowell,  and  of  various  other  fraternal  associa- 

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450  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

tions.  He  has  also  served  upon  the  school  committee  for  five 
years ;  was  a  member  of  the  common  council  for  one  year,  and 
an  alderman  for  the  same  length  of  time. 

Dr.  Pinkham  gives  special  attention  to  gynaecology. 

Married,  August,  1863,  Ella  M.  Rice. 

Child :  Harriet  G.  Pinkham. 


George  Loring  Porter,  M.  D. 
Bridgeport,  Conn. 

George  Loring  Porter,  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  born  in  Concord, 
N.  H.,  April  29,  1838,  is  the  son  of  George  and  Clarissa  (Ayer) 
Porter,  grandson  of  Isaac  Porter,  who  was  of  the  seventh  gen- 
eration from  John  Porter,  who  left  England  April  25,  1645, 
upon  the  "Ann  and  Elizabeth,"  and  settled  in  Hingham, 
Mass. ;  also  grandson  of  Peter  Ayer,  descended  from  Simond 
Ayer,  who  left  England  early  in  1635,  upon  the  "Increase," 
and  settled  in  Haverhill,  Mass. 

George  Loring  Porter  was  a  student  at  the  Little  Blue  Acad- 
emy, Farmington,  Me.,  was  graduated  from  the  Pembroke 
(N.  H.)  Academy  in  1853;  from  the  New  London  (N.  H.) 
Academy  in  June,  1855;  and  from  Brown  University,  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  A.  M.,  in  1859.  He  read  medicine  with  Dr.  J.  P. 
Dake,  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  1859- '60,  and  was  under  the  pre- 
ceptorship  of  Doctors  Brinton  and  DaCosta,  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
1860  to  1862 ;  attended  two  general  and  three  special  courses 
of  lectures  at  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  which 
institution  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  in  March, 
1862.  On  April  29,  following,  Dr.  Porter  passed  the  army 
medical  examining  board  at  Philadelphia,  and  was  assigned  to 
duty  as  a  "  proof  candidate ' '  at  the  General  Hospital  at  Stras- 
burgh,  Va.,  where  he  reported  for  duty  to  Major-General 
Banks  May  10,  1862.  On  the  25th  of  the  same  month,  when 
the  Union  forces  retreated  down  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  Dr. 


MISCELLANEOUS  ORGANIZATIONS.  451 

Porter  volunteered  to  remain  with  the  sick  and  wounded,  and 
was  captured  by  Colonel  Ashby,  of  the  Virginia  Cavalry ;  but 
General  "Stonewall"  Jackson  at  Once  placed  him  in  charge 
of  the  hospital  and  requested  him  to  care  for  the  Confederate 
wounded  also.  This  was  probably  the  first  recognition  of  the 
right  of  medical  officers  to  claim  the  protection  of  the  rules  of 
war  governing  non-belligerents  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 
When  the  Confederates  were  driven  up  the  valley,  he  was 
placed  in  charge  of  the  wounded  from  both  armies;  after  the 
battle  of  Cross  Keyes,  Va.,  established  a  general  hospital  for  the 
Germans  of  Blenke's  Division;  on  the  twelfth  of  June  was 
transferred  to  the  General  Hospital  at  Winchester,  Va. ;  on  the 
first  of  July  was  assigned  to  Best's  Battery,  and  served  with 
it  during  the  summer  of  1862 ;  was  present  at  the  battle  of 
Cedar  ilountain,  the  combats  along  the  Rappahannock,  the  sec- 
ond battle  of  Bull  Run  and  the  battle  of  South  Mountain. 
July  17,  1862,  he  was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon,  United 
States  Army,  with  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant;  served  in  the 
General  Hospital  at  Braddock  Barracks,  Frederick,  Md.,  from 
September  17  to  November  18,  1862 ;  was  then  ordered  to  join 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac  at  Falmouth,  Va.,  assigned  to  the 
Fifth  Cavalry,  and  served  with  the  regiment  until  IMay  10, 
1864.  He  was  present  at  the  battles  of  Fredericksburg,  Bev- 
erly Ford,  Gettysburg,  Brandy  Station,  Todd's  Tavern,  Flem- 
ing's Cross-Roads,  Manassas  Gap,  Kelley's  Ford,  Middleton, 
Upperville,  Williamsport,  Boonsboro  (wounded  in  the  left 
arm),  Funkstown,  Falling  Waters,  Beaver  Dam,  Warrentown, 
Ashby 's  Gap,  Front  Royal,  Culpepper  Court  House  and  Mor- 
ton's Ford.  By  order  of  the  War  Department,  Dr.  Porter 
was  relieved  from  duty  April  29,  1864,  and  ordered  to  report 
at  Washington ;  but  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  severed  its  con- 
nection with  the  railway  before  the  order  was  received,  and 
for  a  time  had  no  communication  with  the  capital,  and  he 
therefore  served  with  the  regiment  in  the  Wilderness  cam- 
paign.    After  the  Battle  of  the  Wilderness  he  remained  with 


462  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

the  wounded  at  Fredericksburg  for  a  few  days,  and  was  then 
sent,  in  charge  of  the  first  train  of  wounded,  to  Belle  Plain, 
whence  he  proceeded  with  dispatches  to  Washington.  He 
often  performed  important  operations  on  the  field  and  under 
a  heavy  fire. 

In  referring  to  his  services  with  the  Fifth  United  States 
Cavalry,  Capt.  Julius  Mason,  United  States  Army,  addressed 
the  board  of  officers  on  staff  brevets  as  follows : 

"During  this  time  the  regiment  was  engaged  in  many  bat- 
tles, losing  heavily  in  killed  and  wounded ;  Assistant  Surgeon 
Porter's  faithfulness  to  the  sick  and  wounded  is  gratefully 
remembered  by  the  officers  and  men,  and  his  conspicuous  gal- 
lantry during  the  battles  of  Upperville,  Aldie,  Gettysburg, 
Williamsburg,  Funkstown  and  Brandy  Station,  where  he  took 
the  dead  and  wounded  almost  from  the  hands  of  the  enemy, 
entitles  him  to  the  greatest  praise  and  consideration.  He  was 
under  my  command  during  all  the  above  mentioned  battles, 
and  for  his  gallant  conduct,  and  faithful  and  intelligent  ser- 
vices, he  is  justly  entitled  to  a  brevet  captaincy  and  a  brevet 
majority." 

Dr.  Porter  was  post  surgeon  at  Washington  Arsenal  from 
May,  1864,  to  May,  1867 ;  was  the  only  commissioned  officer 
present  at  the  burial  of  John  Wilkes  Booth;  had  medical 
charge  of  the  conspirators  against  President  Lincoln,  impris- 
oned in  the  old  penitentiary  building ;  was  present  at  the  hang- 
ing of  five  of  them,  and  accompanied  the  others  to  Tortugas. 

Dr.  Porter  was  brevetted  captain  and  major  March  13, 
1865,  for  faithful,  gallant  and  meritorious  service  in  the  field 
during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  In  May,  1867,  he  was  or- 
dered to  report  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  and  was  assigned  to  duty 
at  Camp  Cook,  Montana,  where  he  reported  August  27,  fol- 
lowing; served  during  the  spring  of  1868  with  an  expedition 
to  the  mouth  of  the  Mussleshell  river,  and  during  April  and 
May,  in  addition  to  his  medical  duties,  did  volunteer  service 
as  "officer  of  the  day,"  to  relieve  the  line  officers,  who  were 
greatly  overworked  by  the  constant  presence  of  hostile  Indians 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  453 

under  the  command  of  "Sitting  Bull."  Dr  Porter  tendered 
his  resignation,  to  take  effect  July  18,  1868,  but  as  no  medical 
officer  had  then  reported,  he  continued  on  duty  until  the  ar- 
rival of  his  successor;  then  crossed  the  continent,  on  horse- 
back and  alone,  over  the  Lewis  and  Clark  trail,  returned  to  the 
Eastern  states  by  the  Isthmus  route,  and  has  been  in  the  pri- 
vate practice  of  medicine  at  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  since  October, 
1868. 

Since  living  in  Connecticut  he  has  served  in  the  State  Na- 
tional Guard  for  seven  years,  four  years  as  surgeon  of  the 
Fourth  Kegiment,  and  three  as  medical  director  upon  the 
staff  of  Gen.  T.  L.  "Watson,  the  commanding  general. 

Dr.  Porter  is  a  member  of  the  Bridgeport  Medical  Associa- 
tion, president  in  1876-77;  of  the  Fairfield  Medical  Associa- 
tion, president  in  1883;  of  the  Connecticut  Medical  Society, 
president  in  1888- '89;  of  the  American  Medical  Association, 
member  of  the  judicial  council,  1891  to  1894 ;  of  the  American 
Academy  of  Medicine;  of  the  Ninth  International  Medical 
Congress,  vice-president  of  the  section  on  military  surgery, 
1887;  president  of  the  board  of  health  of  Bridgeport,  1882- 
'83 ;  member  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion ;  of  the 
thirty-second  degree  of  the  Masonic  Fraternity;  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic;  of  the  Oquosoc  Angling  Association; 
of  the  Metabetchonan  and  Island  Brook  fishing  and  game 
clubs;  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association;  of  the  Sea 
Side  Club ;  of  the  Eclectic  Club ;  and  of  the  Bridgeport  Scien- 
tific Society.  He  has  been  visiting  physician  to  the  Hartford 
Retreat  since  1880 ;  was  president  of  the  Bridgewater  Library 
Association  in  1879 ;  and  is  medical  examiner  for  many  life 
in.surance  companies  and  benefit  organizations. 

Married,  in  1862,  Miss  Catherine  Maria,  daughter  of  M, 
Chaffee,  the  inventor  of  the  Chaffee  cylinder  for  vulcanizing 
rubber,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Children :  Clara  Elizabeth,  George,  James  Benton,  Ethel, 
Lindsay,  May,  Alice,  Aaron,  Hugh,  Grace,  Anna  and  Clarissa 
Porter. 


464  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE  REBELLION. 

(Taken  from  "Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  America,"  by 
I.  A.  Watson,  A.  M.,  M.  D.,  1896.) 


John  Lombard  Robinson,  M.  D. 

Manchester,  N.  H. 

Surgeon  Robinson,  late  of  Manchester,  was  born  in  Pem- 
broke, N.  H.,  in  1835,  and  was  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Betsey 
(Webster)  Robinson,  being  the  grandson  of  Ezekiel  Robin- 
son. His  early  education  at  the  common  schools  was  supple- 
mented at  the  Pembroke,  N.  H.,  and  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  Acad- 
emies. He  commenced  his  professional  education  in  1854, 
with  Dr.  Hook  of  Lowell,  Mass. ;  attended  medical  lectures  at 
Dartmouth  Medical  College  one  year,  and  two  years  at  Har- 
vard Medical  School,  and  was  graduated  ]\L  D.  from  the  latter 
in  1859.  He  located  in  Wenham,  Mass.,  in  1859,  and  made 
that  town  his  home  until  1879,  when  he  left  Massachusetts  and 
located  in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  until  his 
death,  June  13,  1896. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society ;  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  and  the  Harvard  Alumni 
Association.  He  was  physician  to  Elliot  Hospital,  Manches- 
ter, N.  H. ;  member  of  the  Franklin  Street  Church ;  member  of 
the  Manchester  Art  Association;  member  of  Washington 
Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  member  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  companion  of  the  INIilitary 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States. 

Surgeon  Robinson  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant  and 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  Eighth  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Vol- 
unteer Militia  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  November 
7,  1862,  and  was  mustered  out  August  7,  1863;  was  commis- 
sioned major  and  surgeon  July  26,  1864,  and  was  mustered 
out  of  the  United  States  service  November  10,  1864,  but  con- 
tinued as  surgeon  of  the  regiment  until  January  23,  1875. 

Married,  November  27,  1861,  Phebe  A.  Hadley. 

Children :  Annie  M.  and  J.  Franklin  Robinson. 


miscellaneous  organizations.  455 

Ira  Russell,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Rindge,  N.  H. 

Dr.  Ira  Russell,  son  of  Eliakim  and  Sarah  (Converse)  Rus- 
sell, was  born  in  Rindge,  N.  H.,  November  9,  1814,  and  gradu- 
ated at  Dartmouth  College  in  1841,  His  education  was  em- 
phatically the  result  of  his  own  industry  and  perseverence. 
He  studied  medicine  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Dixi  Crosby 
of  Hanover,  N.  H.,  with  Dr.  Abell  of  Rindge,  and  Dr.  Alvah 
Godding  of  Winchendon.  While  attending  lectures  at  the 
University  of  New  York,  he  received  an  appointment  as  dis- 
trict physician,  and  was  connected  for  several  months  with 
one  of  the  city  hospitals.  Receiving  his  degree  in  1844,  he 
imm.ediately  formed  a  partnership  with  Dr.  Godding,  his  for- 
mer instructor.  He  continued  in  active  practice  in  Winchen- 
don  about  nine  years,  when  he  removed  to  Natick,  Mass.  In 
1861  Dr.  Russell  relinquished  a  lucrative  practice  and  ac- 
cepted an  appointment  as  surgeon  of  the  Eleventh  Massachu- 
setts Regiment.  A  few  months  later  he  was  appointed  to 
brigade  surgeon,  and  assigned  to  General  Grover's  Brigade,  in 
Hooker's  Division.  He  remained  with  this  brigade  until  the 
summer  of  1862,  when  he  repaired  to  Baltimore  and  organized 
the  Stuart  Mansion  Hospital,  subsequently  known  as  the  Jarvis 
Hospital,  of  which  he  continued  the  surgeon  in  charge  until 
the  following  November.  After  a  brief  charge  of  the  Law- 
son  Hospital,  in  St.  Louis,  he  was  appointed  medical  director 
of  the  Army  of  the  Frontier,  then  under  the  command  of 
General  Curtis.  The  following  spring  finds  him  again  at  St. 
Louis,  in  charge  of  the  post  hospital  at  Benton  Barracks,  one 
of  the  largest  hospitals  in  the  West.  Later,  Dr.  Russell  was 
upon  the  staff  of  General  Thomas,  and  while  in  Tennessee  he 
organized  the  Wilson  Hospital,  at  Nashville,  of  which  he  re- 
mained in  charge  until  the  close  of  the  war,  receiving,  mean- 
while, the  brevet  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel,  for  long  and  meri- 
torious service.     Subsequently  for  a  year  or  more  he  was  en- 


456  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE  REBELLION. 

gaged  in  the  preparation  of  many  valuable  contributions  to  the 
"Medical  and  Surgical  History  of  the  War,"  for  which  his 
prolonged  and  varied  experience  in  the  army  furnished  ample 
material.  At  the  close  of  these  labors  he  returned  to  Winchen- 
don,  and  in  partnership  with  his  son,  Dr.  Fred  W.  Russell, 
is  engaged  in  an  extensive  regular  and  consulting  practice. 
Constantly  familiar  with  the  innovations  of  his  profession  and 
the  progress  of  the  schools,  he  belongs  to  the  foremost  rank  of 
progressive  practitioners. 

"He  married  Rosannah,  daughter  of  Henry  Greenwood  of 
Winehendon,  Mass.,  April  29,  1844." 

(History  of  Rindge,  N.  H.) 

("Alumni  Dartmouth  College,"  by  Campbell.) 


John  E.  Sanborn,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Melrose,  Mass. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  in 
1824,  and  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Jacob  Sanborn,  a  prominent 
Methodist  clergyman.  His  early  education  was  received  at 
Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  and  in  1845  he  was  graduated  from 
Wesley  an  University;  in  1850,  and  for  two  years  following, 
he  practiced  at  Maiden.  In  1852  he  accepted  the  position  of 
professor  of  chemistry  and  materia  medica  in  the  University 
of  Iowa. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war  he  was  appointed  sur- 
geon of  the  Twenty-seventh  Iowa  Volunteer  Infantry  and 
served  for  three  years,  being  mustered  out  in  1865  as  surgeon- 
in-ehief  of  the  Sixteenth  Army  Corps,  Army  of  the  Cumber- 
land. At  the  close  of  the  war  he  continued  to  practice  his 
profession,  locating  at  Rockport,  later  going  to  Salem,  and  in 
1890  settling  in  Melrose.  He  was  for  several  years  chairman 
of  the  Melrose  board  of  health. 

Dr.  Sanborn  died  at  his  home  in  Melrose,  April  1,  1903. 


miscellaneous  organizations.  457 

Betton  Webster  Sargent,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Rochester,  N.  H. 

Sargent,  Betton  W.  F.  and  S.;  30th  Mo.  Inf.;  res.  Rochester;  app. 
Asst.  Surg.  July  31,  '62;  must,  in  July  31,  '62;  app.  Surg.  Aug.  18, 
'62;  tr.  to  6  U.  S.  Colored  Heavy  Art.  Nov.  1,  '63;  disch.  May  13, 
'62.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1075.) 

Surgeon  Sargent  was  born  in  Thornton,  N.  H.,  January 
3,  1827,  and  was  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Martha  (Webster)  Sar- 
gent. His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  common 
schools,  at  Meredith  Village  Academy  and  Franklin,  N.  H.  He 
commenced  the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  Luther  M.  Knight 
of  Franklin,  N.  H.,  continued  the  same  at  Vermont  Medical 
College  at  Woodstock,  Vt.,  and  Jefferson  Medical  College, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  latter. 
In  1848  he  located  in  North  Barnstead,  N.  H.,  for  the  practice 
of  his  profession,  afterwards  was  at  Rockford,  111.,  for  a  few 
months,  when  he  settled  in  Rochester,  N.  H. 

His  biographer  says  of  him : 

"Like  many  other  men  who  have  gained  a  marked  position 
in  the  community,  his  education  was  obtained  by  hard  work, 
self-denial  and  persistent  industry,  unaided  by  anyone.  He 
was  emphatically  his  own  architect,  working  nights  and  morn- 
ings to  get  books  and  pay  tuition. ' ' 

Dr.  Sargent's  military  service  commenced  with  the  Thir- 
tieth Missouri  Infantry;  July  31,  1862,  he  was  appointed 
assistant  surgeon,  and  Augiist  18,  1862,  was  promoted  to  sur- 
geon.    His  biographer  says  of  his  military  service : 

"In  the  early  part  of  the  war  he  was  in  St.  Louis,  where  he 
joined  the  Union  Army,  and  was  on  the  staff  of  Adjutant-Gen- 
eral Thomas  as  medical  director.  He  served  throughout  the 
war  with  distinction,  and  was  a  special  favorite  with  General 
Thomas,  who  more  than  once,  after  the  war  was  over,  came 
North  to  visit  him." 

He  was  transferred  to  the  Sixth  United  States  Colored 
Heayv'  Artillery  November  6,  1863,  and  was  discharged  May 
13,  1866,  when  he  returned  to  Rochester,  remaining  there  in 


468  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

the  active  practice  of  his  profession  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred July  21,  1880. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
and  of  the  Stratford  District  Medical  Societj^  of  which  he  was 
an  honored  ex-president. 

Married,  September  16,  1852,  Mary  S.  Farrington  of  Roch- 
ester, N.  H. 

Children,  two:  Frank  Farrington  Sargent  and  Alice  Sar- 
gent, Mrs.  Edwin  R.  Bartlett,  Somersworth,  N.  H. 


Arthur  Train,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Washington,  N.  H. 

Dr.  Train  was  born  in  Washington,  N.  H.,  August  16,  1823, 
and  was  a  son  of  Harry  and  Sarah  (Andrews)  Train,  formerly 
of  Hillsborough,  N.  H.  Dr.  Train  was  educated  in  New 
Hampshire,  and  rem.oved  to  Ohio.  While  there  he  entered  the 
service  of  the  United  States  during  the  civil  war  in  an  Ohio 
Regiment.  He  afterwards  came  back  to  New  Hampshire,  and 
died  at  Washington,  N.  H.,  June  4,  1889. 


Samuel  Crook  Whittier,  M.  D. 
Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Surgeon  Whittier  was  the  third  son  of  John  and  Hannah 
(Hanson)  Whittier,  a  grandson  of  Obadiah,  and  a  cousin  to 
the  poet,  John  Greenleaf  Whittier,  and  was  born  in  Dover, 
N.  H.,  January  3,  1837. 

"He  attended  school  at  West  Lebanon,  Me.,  and  was  fitted 
for  college  at  Franklin  Academy,  Dover.  He  graduated  from 
Harvard  Medical  College  in  the  Summer  of  1862,  and  on 
August  29  of  the  same  year,  was  commissioned  assistant  sur- 
geon of  the  Eleventh  ]\Iassachusetts  Volunteer  Infantry,  which 
regiment  he  joined  at  Fairfax  Seminary,  Va.,  on  the  fourth  of 
September  following.  He  remained  with  this  regiment,  render- 
ing his  country  distinguished  service,  until  May  26, 1864,  when 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  459 

he  was  commissioned  surgeon  of  the  Twenty-third  Massachu- 
setts Volunteer  Infantry,  with  which  organization  he  remained 
until  his  muster  out  in  June,  1865.  Both  commissions  bear  the 
autograph  of  Massachusetts '  celebrated  war  governor,  John  A. 
Andrew.  At  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  Surgeon  Whittier  was 
placed  in  charge  of  a  large  number  of  wounded  Confederate 
officers,  captured  in  Pickett's  memorable  charge,  and  it  was 
to  him  the  dying  Mississipian,  General  Barksdale,  said:  'Why 
was  Hooker  succeeded  by  Meade?  We  will  whip  you  tomor- 
row.' Returning  from  the  war,  he  practiced  medicine  and 
surgery  for  a  time  in  Lynn  and  Boston,  j\Iass.,  and  in  Great 
Falls,  this  state.  At  the  latter  place.  May  28,  1868,  he  lost  his 
wife  (born  A.  Augustus  Huckins),  whom  he  married  August 
29,  1862,  the  day  on  which  he  was  commissioned  an  assistant 
surgeon  in  the  Eleventh  Massachusetts  Infantry." 

Surgeon  Whittier  died  in  Portsmouth,  February  1,  1893. 


George  Edwin  Woodbury,  M.  D. 
Methuen,  Mass. 

Woodbury,  George  E.  Second  D.  C.  Inf.;  age  24;  res.  Bedford;  app. 
Asst.  Surg.  Nov.  14,  '62;  must,  in  Nov.  14,  '62,  for  3  yrs.;  must, 
out  Sept.  12,  '65,  Alexandria,  Va.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  1086.) 

Surgeon  Woodbury  was  born  in  Bedford,  N.  H.,  February 
9,  1838,  and  was  the  son  of  Peter  Perkins  and  Eliza  Bailey 
(Gordon)  Woodbury,  and  was  a  gi-andson  of  Hon.  Peter 
Woodbury  of  Bedford.  His  preliminary  education  was  re- 
ceived in  the  common  schools  and  academies,  and  his  profes- 
sional education  was  commenced  in  1856,  under  the  direction 
of  his  father,  Dr.  Peter  Perkins  Woodbury  of  Bedford,  N.  H., 
and  later  under  the  direction  of  Prof.  Albert  Smith  of  Peter- 
borough, N.  H.  He  attended  four  courses  of  lectures  at  the 
Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College,  and  was  graduated 
M.  D.  from  the  same,  in  the  class  of  1860.  He  commenced  the 
practice  of  medicine  in  Bedford,  remaining  there  from  1859 
to  1862.     From  September  to  November,  1862,  he  was  acting 


460  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

assistant  surgeon,  United  States  Army,  and  from  November, 
1862,  until  November,  1865,  he  was  assistant  surgeon  of  the 
Second  Regiment,  District  of  Columbia  Volunteers. 

During  his  term  of  service  he  was  for  a  considerable  period 
surgeon  of  the  board  of  enrollment  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

On  his  return  from  the  army  he  located,  in  1866,  in  Me- 
thuen,  Mass.,  and  has  remained  there  to  this  date.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  North  Essex  and  Massachusetts  Medical  Soci- 
eties; the  Masonic  Fraternity,  and  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Eepublic.  He  also  holds  the  office  of  trustee  of  Nevins'  Me- 
morial Library. 

Married,  Hariette  Emily  Reed. 

Children,  seven:  Peter  Perkins,  Charlotte  Eliza,  David 
Dana,  Carrie,  Isabel,  George  and  Addie  Woodbury. 


PRIVATES  WHO  AFTERWARDS  BECAME 
PRACTITIONERS  OF  MEDICINE. 


Bradley  Horatio  Bartlett,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Amherst,  N.  H. 

(1  N.  H.  Vol.  Heavy  Art.) 

Bartlett,  Bradbury  H.  Co.  E;  b.  Grantham;  age  34;  cred.  Pitts- 
field;  enl.  Sept.  3,  '64,  for  1  yr.;  must,  in  Sept.  10,  '64,  as  Priv.; 
must,  out  June  15,  '65.  Died  Dec.  29,  '78,  Amherst.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  923.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Grantham,  N.  H., 
March  18,  1829,  and  was  the  son  of  Richard  and  Caroline 
Olive  (Williams)  Bartlett,  and  a  grandson  of  Samuel  Bartlett 
of  Grantham.  From  the  best  information  I  can  obtain,  Dr. 
Bartlett 's  name  was  Bradley,  instead  of  Bradbury.  He  re- 
ceived his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  and  at 
Pittsfield  Academy.  He  commenced  his  professional  educa- 
tion in  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  in  1854,  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
Charles  T.  Berry  and  continued  the  same  under  the  direction 


MISCELLANEOUS   OEGANIZATIONS.  461 

of  different  physicians  in  Illinois,  where  he  taught  school  for 
a  considerable  time.  He  attended  medical  lectures  at  the 
University  of  I^fedicine  and  Surgery  in  Philadelphia,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  M.  D.  February  21,  1866. 

In  the  meantime,  he  served  in  1864  and  1865  in  the  First 
Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteer  Heavy  Artillery,  which 
was  doing  duty  in  detachments  along  the  defenses  of  Wash- 
ington. He  was  a  private  and  was  stationed  for  some  time 
at  Fort  Sumner,  situated  on  a  high  bluff  south  of  the  Potomac, 
near  the  Chain  Bridge.  Being  a  student  of  medicine,  he  be- 
came connected  with  the  hospital  department  of  this  regiment, 
doing  good  service,  and  was  beloved  by  his  associates. 

After  graduating  from  the  University  at  Philadelphia,  he 
located  in  1868  in  Chichester,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  for 
two  years,  when  he  removed  to  Amherst,  N.  H.,  where  he 
practiced  his  profession  until  incapacitated  by  illness.  He 
died  in  Amherst,  December  29,  1878. 

While  in  Amherst  he  served  upon  the  school  committee  for 
several  years,  and  was  a  highly  respected  citizen  and  enjoyed 
the  confidence  of  the  people  of  the  town. 

Married  Ruth,  widow  of  John  French  of  Pittsfield,  N.  H. 


Robert  Allen  Blood,  M.  D. 
Surgeon  General,  Massachusetts,  39  High  Street,  Charlestown,  Mass. 

(11  N.  H.  V.) 

Blood.  Robert  A.  Co.  F.;  b.  New  London;  age  24;  res.  Springfield, 
cred.  Springfield;  enl.  Aug.  13,  '62;  must,  in  Aug.  29,  '62,  as  Corp.; 
wd.  sev.  Dec.  13,  '62,  Fredericksburg,  Va. ;  disch.  disab.  May  11, 
'63,  Concord.  P.  0.  ad.,  New  London.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  561.) 

Surgeon  Blood  was  born  in  New  London,  N.  H.,  April  30, 
1838,  and  was  the  son  of  Luke  W.  and  Mary  A.  (Bickford) 
Blood,  and  a  grandson  of  Eben  Blood,  great-grandson  of 
Simeon  Blood,  who  served  nearly  eight  years  in  the  War  of 
the  Revolution.     He  enlisted  from  the  town  of  Hollis,  N.  H. 


462  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN    THE   REBELLION. 

His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  common 
schools  and  at  Colby  Academy,  New  London.  While  a  student 
in  New  London  he  enlisted  in  Company  F  of  the  Eleventh 
New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  in  company  with  the  late  Charles 
C.  Pike,  M.  D.,  of  the  same  town.  They  were  students 
together  at  Colby  Academy,  were  mustered  into  the  service  at 
the  same  time,  and  received  wounds  in  the  battle  of  Fredericks- 
burg, December  13,  1862.  Both  of  these  young  men,  after 
being  discharged  from  the  service  because  of  disability  in- 
curred by  reason  of  wounds  received  in  the  battle  of  Fred- 
ericksburg, Va.,  returned  to  New  London,  completed  their 
academic  education  and  afterwards  read  medicine.  Dr.  Blood 
commenced  his  professional  education  in  1864  under  the  direc- 
tion of  H.  C.  Bickford,  M.  D.  He  attended  four  courses 
of  medical  lectures  at  Harvard  Medical  College  and  was  grad- 
uated from  the  same  in  the  class  of  1870.  He  immediately 
located  for  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  New  London, 
N.  H.,  where  he  remained  for  about  three  years,  since  which 
time  he  has  resided  at  Charlestown,  Mass. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  of 
the  Society  for  Medical  Observation  and  Harvard  Alumni 
Association  in  Boston ;  was  medical  director  of  the  First  Bri- 
gade Massachusetts  Volunteer  Militia  and  surgeon-general  of 
the  state  after  the  decease  of  Surgeon  E.  J.  Forster  in  May, 
1896.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution, Society  of  Military  Surgeons  of  the  United  States, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  a  fraternal  member  of  the 
Masons  and  Odd  Fellows. 


Austin  S.  Bronson,  M.  D. 
New  Hampton,  N.  H. 

Dr.  Bronson  was  born  December  11,  1843,  at  Wethersfield, 
Vt.,  and  was  the  son  of  Simon  and  Betsey  E.  (Scott)  Bronson. 
His  early  education  was  in  the  common  schools  and  at  the 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  463 

Methodist  Conference  Seminary  at  Springfield,  Vt.  His  pro- 
fessional education  was  commenced  in  1866,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Langdon  Sawyer,  M.  D.,  at  Springfield,  Vt.,  and  con- 
tinued under  the  direction  of  Prof.  N.  W.  Webber  of  Detroit, 
Mich.  He  attended  three  courses  of  medical  lectures :  first,  at 
Dartmouth;  second.  University  of  Michigan;  third,  at  the 
Detroit  Medical  College,  Mich.,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
latter  in  June,  1869.  His  medical  education  was  supple- 
mented by  a  course  at  Harvard  Medical  College  in  1870-71, 
and  Detroit  Medical  College  in  1885- '86.  He  practiced  medi- 
cine in  New  Hampton,  Sutton  and  Canterbury,  returning  to 
New  Hampton  a  few  years  since,  where  he  now  resides. 

He  enlisted  in  Company  E,  Sixteenth  Regiment  Vermont 
Volunteers,  August,  1862,  was  made  corporal,  and  was  mus- 
tered out  the  last  of  August,  1863,  the  regiment  being  for  nine 
months.  This  regiment  was  attached  to  the  Second  Vermont 
Brigade,  composed  of  the  Twelfth,  Thirteenth,  Fourteenth  and 
Sixteenth  Regiments,  under  General  Standard,  and  was  called 
into  the  service  as  nine  months'  men.  The  Sixteenth  Regi- 
ment was  under  the  command  of  Col.  Wheelock  G.  Veasey, 
Brattleboro,  Vt.,  and  was  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg, 
where  it  suffered  severely,  being  a  part  of  that  brigade  which 
faced  Pickett's  terrible  charge  on  the  third  day  of  the  battle. 
Dr.  Bronson  was  wounded  in  the  head  that  day  by  a  fragment 
of  shell,  from  which  he  has  never  fully  recovered,  and  at  one 
time  there  were  nine  years  that  he  was  unable  to  do  any 
physical  labor. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Array  and  of  the  Patrons  of 
Husbandry,  town  superintendent  of  schools  and  a  member  of 
the  local  board  of  health. 

He  married,  April  22,  1872,  Emma  F.  Lovering  of  Canter- 
bury, N.  H. 

Children,  two:  Herbert  Asa,  born  December  15,  1876,  and 
died  September  13,  1895;  Lena  C.  Bronson,  born  June  30, 
1883. 


464  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Mahlon  C.  Dix,  M.  D. 
Troy,  Vt. 

Mahlon  C.  Dix  was  born  January  12,  1844,  and  was  the  son 
of  Samuel  and  Maria  B.  (Church)  Dix,  and  a  grandson  of 
John  Dix. 

His  preliminary  education  was  received  at  the  Albany  (Vt.) 
Academy.  He  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in  1873  with 
Dr.  George  W.  Woodward,  at  Albany,  Vt.,  and  attended  three 
courses  of  lectures  at  the  Medical  Department  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Vermont,  receiving  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  same 
in  1875. 

He  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Hinsdale,  N.  H., 
August  1,  1875.  He  served  for  nine  months  in  Company  T, 
Fifteenth  Regiment  Vermont  Volunteers,  was  discharged,  but 
was  re-enlisted  in  1864  and  served  till  the  close  of  the  war  as  a 
private. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  of  Hinsdale 
for  twenty  years;  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society  and  read  several  papers  before  that  association,  which 
were  published  in  the  transactions  of  the  society;  was  a  fra- 
ternal member  of  the  Masons,  Sheridan  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  the 
Red  Men,  the  Pilgrim  Fathers,  Golden  Cross  and  Order  of 
United  Workmen. 

Married,  August  14,  1877,  Addie  E.  Marble,  daughter 
of  Deacon  Alfred  Marble  of  Hinsdale,  N.  H. 

Died  June  27,  1900. 


Levi  Parker  Dodge,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Farmington,  Minn. 

(6  N.  H.  V.) 

Dodge,  Levi  P.  Co.  G;  b.  Sunapee;  age  22;  res.  New  London;  enL 
Nov.  19,  '61;  must,  in  Nov.  28,  '61,  as  Priv.;  app.  Hosp.  Steward 
July  1,  '62;  disch.  disab.  Dec.  31,  '62,  near  Falmouth,  Va.  P.  0. 
ad.,  Farmington,  Minn.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  301.) 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  465 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Sunapee,  N.  H.,  May 
25,  1839,  and  was  the  son  of  Mark  and  Elizabeth  (Wilson) 
Dodge.  His  early  education  was  received  in  the  common 
schools  of  Sunapee,  N.  H.,  and  Beverly,  Mass.,  and  he  also 
attended  Colby  Academy  at  New  London,  N.  H.  His  profes- 
sional education  commenced  in  1858,  under  the  direction  of 
the  late  Solomon  M.  Whipple,  M.  D.,  of  New  London,  and 
was  continued  under  the  faculty  of  the  Medical  Department  of 
Dartmouth  College.  He  attended  two  courses  of  medical  lec- 
tures, one  being  at  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University 
of  Vermont,  the  second  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  and  he  was  grad- 
uated ]\L  D.  from  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege in  the  class  of  1864.  He  commenced  the  study  of  medi- 
cine while  teaching  in  the  common  schools  of  Wilmot,  N.  H., 
and  before  graduation  enlisted  in  Company  G,  Sixth  Regiment 
New  Hampshire  Volunteers;  was  appointed  hospital  steward 
and  for  a  period  did  the  work  of  acting  assistant  surgeon. 
He  was  in  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run  and  while  taking  a 
wounded  comrade,  who  had  had  one  leg  amputated,  to  the 
rear,  the  same  comrade  was  hit  again  and  the  other  leg  shat- 
tered. At  the  battle  of  Antietam  he  received  an  injury  from 
a  fractious  horse,  from  which  he  never  fully  recovered.  He 
was  mustered  out  of  the  service  for  the  disability  received  at 
Antietam,  January  1,  1863,  at  Falmouth,  Va. 

As  .soon  as  his  health  would  permit,  he  completed  his  medical 
studies  and  began  the  practice  of  medicine  in  New  London, 
N.  H.,  with  his  late  preceptor,  Dr.  Whipple.  He  afterwards 
was  at  Sutton,  N.  H.,  when  he  removed  to  Farmington,  Minn., 
and  remained  there  until  his  death,  September  29,  1893. 

He  was  a  member  of  St.  Peter  Masonic  Lodge  at  Bradford, 
N.  H.,  a  charter  member  of  a  Masonic  lodge  in  Farmington, 
Minn.,  and  also  a  charter  member  of  Canby  Post,  No.  47,  G. 
A.  R.,  and  a  past  commander  of  the  same  post.  For  twenty- 
six  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  school  board  of  Farmington, 
and  for  four  years  a  member  of  the  board  of  control  of  the 
State  Public  School   for  Dependent   Children.     He  was  an 

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466  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

active  politician  and  during  the  campaign  of  1890  was  chair- 
man of  the  third  district  Republican  committee  in  Minnesota. 
From  the  records  of  the  fourteenth  annual  encampment  of 
the  G.  A.  R.,  Department  of  Minnesota,  in  1894,  at  Minneap- 
olis, we  extract  the  following: 

"As  a  man  and  citizen  his  character  was  unblemished  and 
without  reproach.  As  a  physician  he  stood  among  the  best 
in  the  state. 

' '  He  was  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  had  been  almost  con- 
tinuously for  twenty-six  years,  a  member  of  the  school  board 
of  the  village  of  Farmington.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the 
board  of  control  of  the  State  School  for  Indigent  Children  at 
<Owatonna.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  Canby  Post,  No.  47, 
G.  A.  R.,  of  which  post  he  was  a  past  commander. 

"Comrade  Dodge  was  the  confidential  friend  of  all  his 
patrons.  The  country  in  which  he  lived  loses  a  patriotic  and 
valued  citizen.  Canby  Post  mourns  a  loved  comrade  and 
friend.  The  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  numbers  one  less 
here,  and  one  more  will  respond  to  the  roll-call  on  the  other 
side." 

From  an  editorial  taken  from  the  Dakota  County  Tribune, 
published  in  Farmington,  Minn.,  it  is  evident  that  Dr.  Dodge 
was  held  in  high  esteem  by  the  inhabitants  of  that  village. 
The  following  is  of  interest  to  New  Hampshire  people  as  show- 
ing that  her  sons  are  respected  wherever  they  may  locate : 

"Dr.  L.  P.  Dodge,  whose  death  we  chronicle  in  this  issue, 
was  one  of  the  old  settlers  of  the  village  of  Farmington,  and 
his  familiar  form  will  be  missed  on  the  streets  and  at  public 
gatherings.  He  was  active  in  politics,  interested  in  good, 
orderly  government,  a  stanch  friend  of  education,  a  ruling 
spirit  in  the  management  of  our  high  school  and  a  much  inter- 
ested and  warm  adherent  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 
Not  fluent  in  speech  but  always  speaking  to  the  point,  he 
always  commanded  attention  on  all  public  questions  which 
interested  him.     A  man  of  upright  and  honorable  principles, 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  467 

he  had  many  friends  of  a  quarter  of  a  century's  growth.  In 
his  practice  of  medicine  in  this  community  for  over  twenty- 
five  years  he  has  done  a  vast  amount  of  hard,  laborious  work, 
incidental  to  the  large  practice  he  had." 

The  following  is  an  extract  from  a  speech  of  Dr.  Dodge,  the 
occasion  being  ]\Iemorial  Day  exercises  in  Farmington: 

"America  is  for  true  Americans,  be  they  native  or  foreign 
born  "We  welcome  the  foreigner,  as  we  see  in  him  the  antici- 
pated typical  American.  If  he  is  to  become  American  he 
must  drink  of  the  pure  waters  of  American  intelligence  as 
they  flow  from  our  institutions,  without  dilution  or  pollution 
by  foreign  creeds,  customs  or  laws. 

"He  who  breathes  our  free  air  and  partakes  of  our  prof- 
fered freedom,  from  whatever  clime  he  may  hail,  must  cast  off 
the  life  customs  and  tongue  of  his  nativity  and  put  on  the 
true  American  colors,  the  stars  and  stripes.  He  must  accept 
and  maintain  the  fundamental  principles  that  underlie  our 
free  institutions;  nothing  less  will  constitute  him  a  typical 
American  citizen." 

In  1864  Dr.  Dodge  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society. 

He  married,  at  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  October  1,  1865,  Hen- 
rietta C,  daughter  of  Warner  D.  and  Ethelin  M.  (Proctor) 
Shackelford. 

Two  children :  Warren  M.  Dodge,  M.  D.,  who  takes  his 
father's  place  in  Farmington,  Minn.,  and  Albert  A.  Dodge, 
M.  D.,  physician  and  surgeon  to  the  Shattuck  School  for  boys 
at  Faribault,  Minn. 


Orlando  Benajah  Douglas,  M.  D. 

Concord,  N.  H. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch,  Orlando  B.  Douglas,  M.  D.,  now 
a  resident  of  Concord,  N.  H.,  was  born  in  Cornwall,  Vt.,  Sep- 


468  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

tember  12,  1836,  and  was  the  son  of  Amos  and  Almira  (Bal- 
eom  Douglas,  and  a  grandson  of  Benajah  Douglas.  He  came 
from  the  old  Scotch,  being  the  eighth  generation  from  Deacon 
William  Douglas,  who  came  to  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1640  and 
later  moved  to  New  London,  Conn. 

He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  Vermont  and  at  Brandon  (Vt.)  Seminary;  after- 
wards removed  to  Missouri.  He  commenced  his  professional 
education  in  1858,  in  Brunswick,  Mo.,  with  the  medical  pre- 
ceptor. Dr.  John  H.  Blue ;  continued  the  same  at  the  Medical 
Department  of  the  University  of  Vermont  and  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  New  York,  graduating  from  the  latter  in  1877. 

While  a  student  of  medicine  he  enlisted  as  a  private,  Sep- 
tember, 1861,  in  the  Eighteenth  Missouri  Volunteers;  was 
promoted  lieutenant  of  Company  K,  same  regiment,  March, 
1862 ;  adjutant  of  the  same  regiment  January,  1863 ;  and  act- 
ing assistant  adjutant-general  the  same  year.  He  had  been 
reading  medicine  for  nearly  three  years  before  he  entered  the 
service.  He  was  wounded  twice  during  his  service,  the  last 
time  at  Shiloh. 

Dr.  Douglas  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
1877  at  the  Demilt  Dispensary  and  the  Manhattan  Eye  and 
Ear  Hospital  in  New  York,  remaining  there  permanently 
until  1892,  when  he  took  a  summer  residence  in  Suncook, 
N.  H.  He  took  a  post-graduate  course  in  the  Post-Graduate 
Medical  School  in  1888,  where  he  afterwards  served  as  pro- 
fessor. He  has  visited  many  of  the  hospitals  in  Europe,  Lon- 
don to  Moscow^  and  Stockholm  to  Vienna.  Soon  after  1900 
he  suspended  practice  in  New  York  and  removed  to  New 
Hampshire,  now  residing  in  Concord,  limiting  his  practice  to 
diseases  of  the  ear,  nose  and  throat. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  County  Medical  Society, 
permanent  member  of  the  New  York  State  Medical  Society, 
fellow  of  the  New  York  Academy  of  jMedicine,  member  of 
the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  honorary  member  of 
the  Vermont  Medical  Society,  member  of  the  American  Laryn- 


MISCELLANEOUS  ORGANIZATIONS.  469 

gological,  Rhinological  and  Otological  Society,  American  Elec- 
tro-Therapeutical Association,  Physicians'  Mutual  Aid  Asso- 
ciation of  New  York,  Therapeutical  Society  of  New  York,  etc., 
with  all  of  which  he  has  been  prominently  connected. 

Dr.  Douglas  is  also  a  member  of  Linnasan  Society  and  Sci- 
entific Alliance  of  New  York,  American  Geographical  Society, 
New  York  Botanical  Garden  Association,  American  Park  and 
Outdoor  Art  Association,  a  fraternal  member  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  Reno  Post,  Department  of  New  York, 
Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States,  Department  of  Vermont, 
IMa.sonic  Order,  thirty-second  degree. 

Dr.  Douglas  has  written  many  articles,  among  them  "The 
Upper  Air-Passages  and  Their  Diseases"  (Medical  Record, 
December  12,  1891)  ;  "Modern  Methods  of  Treating  Diseases 
of  the  Nose  and  Throat"  (New  York  Medical  Journal,  October 
26,  1895)  ;  "Is  the  Cure  of  Chronic  Nasal  Catarrh  as  Difficult 
as  Has  Been  Supposed?"  {New  York  Medical  Journal,  March 
22,  1890);  "Edema  of  the  Larynx"  {The  Post  Graduate, 
June,  1896);  "Examination  of  Patients,"  " Hypertrophied 
Turbinated  Bodies"  {International  Clinics,  Vol.  I,  1893)  ; 
"Relative  Importance  of  Physical  Signs  in  the  Diagnosis  of 
Disease"  {Internatioyial  Clinics,  Vol.  II,  1893)  ;  "Electricity 
for  Medical  Purposes  as  Supplied  by  the  Edison  Dynamo" 
{New  York  Medical  Journal,  September  21,  1889).  He  has 
been  interested  in  original  research  and  has  devised  numerous 
instruments  for  use  in  treating  diseases  of  the  nose  and 
throat.  Has  been  interested  in  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciations in  Vermont  and  elsewhere  since  1867,  and  in  Sunday- 
school  work  during  early  manhood. 

Married,  first.  Miss  Mary  A.  Rust  of  Orwell,  Vt.,  Decem- 
ber, 1864,  who  died  August  31,  1873;  second,  Mrs.  Maria  L. 
Manson  Tiddy,  September,  1875. 

One  son,  Edwin  Rust  Douglas,  ;M.  E.,  born  at  Brandon,  Vt., 
September  26,  1872;  married,  in  Claremont,  N.  H.,  July  12, 
1899. 


470  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Egbert  L.  Ela,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Short  Falls,  N.  H. 

(6  N.  H.  V.) 

Ela,  Robert  L.  Co.  I;  b.  Concord;  age  23;  res.  Concord;  enl.  Nov, 
28,  '61,  as  Priv.;  app.  Capt.  Nov.  30,  '61;  must,  in  Nov.  30,  '61,  as 
Capt.;  wd.  sev.  Aug.  29,  '62,  Bull  Run,  Va.;  July  20,  '64,  Mine  Ex- 
plosion, Petersburg,  Va.;  re-must.  Nov.  30,  'Qi,  as  Capt,  for  3  yrs.; 
app.  Maj.  June  1,  '65;  must,  out  July  17,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Newman, 
Cal.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  304.) 

Dr.  Robert  Lane  Ela,  the  elde.st  son  of  George  W.  and  Ade- 
laide L.  Ela,  was  born  at  Concord,  N.  H.,  April  17,  1838. 
When  he  was  five  years  old  his  mother  died.  His  childhood  was 
spent  in  part  with  his  grandfather.  Dr.  Robert  Lane  of  Sutton, 
and  in  part  with  his  father  at  Concord.  He  was  educated  at 
New  London,  Pembroke  and  Meriden  academies.  On  com- 
pleting his  studies  at  these  schools  he  was  employed  on  his 
father's  farm  at  Allenstown,  and  subsequently  went  to  Stone- 
ham,  Mass.,  where  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  boots 
and  shoes,  which  he  continued  until  the  spring  of  1861. 

When  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  broke  out  he  responded  to 
the  president's  call  for  volunteers  and,  returning  to  Concord, 
recruited  a  company  for  the  Sixth  New  Hampshire  Regiment. 
He  was  commissioned  a  captain,  and  joining  the  regiment  at 
Keene,  was  mustered  into  the  United  States  service  Novem- 
ber 30,  1861.  He  went  with  his  regiment  to  Washington, 
D.  C,  where  they  remained  in  camp  a  few  weeks,  and  early 
in  January,  1862,  the  regiment  joined  Burnside's  expedition 
to  Hatteras,  Roanoke  island  and  Newbern,  N.  C.  In  July 
they  were  transferred  by  water  to  General  Pope's  command 
in  Virginia.  They  participated  in  the  battle  of  Cedar  Moun- 
tain and  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run,  August  29,  1862,  where 
Captain  Ela  was  severely  wounded  in  the  right  arm.  He 
went  home  on  a  furlough  and  remained  until  he  had  partly 
recovered  the  use  of  his  arm,  rejoining  his  regiment  in  March, 
1863,  while  it  was  on  the  way  to  Kentucky.  He  was  with  the 
regiment  through  the  Kentucky  campaign  and  went  with  it 


MISCELLANEOUS  ORGANIZATIONS.  471 

to  Vicksburg,  where  he  was  present  during  the  siege  and  at 
the  surrender  of  that  stronghold,  and  also  in  the  operations 
against  Jackson,  which  resulted  in  the  capture  of  that  place. 
The  regiment  then  returned  to  Kentuckj'  and  was  stationed 
at  Frankfort,  where  Captain  Ela  acted  as  provost  marshal. 
On  the  reorganization  of  the  army  under  General  Grant,  in 
1864,  he  went  with  his  regiment  to  Virginia  and  participated 
in  the  Wilderness  battles  of  May  5  and  6 ;  the  battles  of  Spott- 
sylvania,  May  12  and  18;  North  Anna  River,  May  29;  Cold 
Harbor,  June  3  and  4 ;  then  moving  across  the  James  river  to 
the  front  of  Petersburg,  engaging  in  the  battle  of  June  17  and 
18,  and  being  under  fire  every  day  until  the  explosion  of  the 
mine,  July  30.  Captain  Ela  was  in  command  of  the  regiment 
at  this  time,  and  the  Sixth  New  Hampshire  being  one  of  those 
selected  to  charge  the  enemy  after  the  blowing  up  of  the  mine, 
he  led  it  into  the  crater  and  in  the  fight  which  followed  was 
wounded  by  the  explosion  of  a  spherical  case  shot  in  front  of 
him.  Both  legs  were  partially  paralyzed,  causing  injuries 
from  which  he  never  fully  recovered.  He  was  afterwards 
detailed  for  duty  as  acting  adjutant-quartermaster  at  Camp 
Gilmore,  Concord,  N.  H.  He  returned  to  his  regiment  and 
was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  major  before  the  close  of  the 
war.  He  w^as  mu.stered  out  of  the  service  with  his  regiment 
July  17,  1865. 

^lajor  Ela  was  popular  with  the  men  under  his  command, 
for  he  was  thoughtful  of  their  comfort  and  watchful  of  their 
interests.  He  was  intimate  with  but  few  of  his  brother  offi- 
cers, but  with  those  he  was  especially  friendly  and  always 
ready  to  give  them  a  cordial  greeting.  As  an  officer  he  was 
prompt  and  faithful  in  the  discharge  of  duty  and  performed 
well  his  part  in  the  war  for  the  Union. 

After  his  return  from  the  army  he  studied  medicine  and 
surgery  with  Dr.  A.  H.  Crosby  of  Concord  and  at  the  Dart- 
mouth Medical  School  and  Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York  City, 
taking  degrees  from  both  schools;  in  1870  he  received  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  from  Dartmouth  Medical  College.     He  com- 


472  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

menced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  1871  in  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
After  a  short  time  he  gave  up  the  practice  of  medicine  and 
went  to  Nevada  and  California,  where  he  was  engaged  in  gen- 
eral building  of  roads,  canals  and  carpentry.  While  in  these 
remote  and  sparsely  settled  sections  he  used  his  professional 
knowledge  and  skill  in  emergency  cases.  On  the  death  of  his 
father  he  returned  to  New  Hampshire  and  resided  at  Short 
Falls,  N.  H. 

Died  May  4,  1905. 


George  Henry  Elliott,  M.  D. 
Late  of  New  York  City. 

(7  N.  H.  V.) 

Elliott,  Geoege  H.  Non.-Com.  Staff;  b.  Manchester;  age  19;  res. 
Manchester;  enL  Sept.  30,  '61;  must,  in  Dec.  14,  '61,  as  Sergt.- 
Maj.;  disch.  disab.  Nov.  25,  '62,  St.  Augustine,  Fla.  P.  0.  ad., 
Manchester.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  368.) 

George  Henry  Elliott,  son  of  William  H.  and  Serena  Fran- 
ces (Celley)  Elliott,  and  grandson  of  John  W.  Elliott,  was 
born  in  Manchester,  June  3,  1844,  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Manchester  and  in  the  Highland  Military 
Academy  of  Worcester,  Mass. 

' '  At  the  age  of  seventeen  his  attention  was  diverted  from  his 
studies  by  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war  and  he  left  the 
military  academy  and  returned  to  JNIanchester,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  drilling  the  raw  recruits.  Soon  after,  he  enlisted 
under  Colonel  Putnam  in  the  Seventh  New  Hampshire  Volun- 
teers in  the  capacity  of  sergeant-major."  He  was  discharged 
for  disability,  having  been  in  the  service  about  one  year. 

He  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  about  1878,  at  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  about  one  year  afterwards  completed  his  course  of 
medicine  at  the  Denver  Medical  College,  taking  the  rank  of 
valedictorian  of  his  class.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  his 
profession  at  Breckenridge,  Col.,  before  the  date  of  his  gradu- 
ation, removing  to  Denver  to  complete  his  professional  studies. 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  473 

He  removed  to  New  York  in  1884  and  was  actively  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  until  his  health  failed  early 
in  1900.  He  then  came  to  New  Hampshire,  hoping  to  regain 
his  health,  and  was  in  the  northern  part  of  the  state  for  sev- 
eral months  and  early  in  November  came  to  Manchester,  where 
he  died  at  his  father's  home,  December  17,  1900. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  fraternal  associations  of  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  an  hon- 
orary member  of  the  Lambs'  Club  of  New  York  City. 

"Dr.  Elliott  stood  high  in  the  medical  profession,  was  very 
much  endeared  to  his  calling  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was 
a  commissioner  of  lunacy  in  New  York.  He  never  failed  to 
see  life's  brightest  side  and  never  lost  an  opportunity  to  try 
and  have  his  friends  see  the  same. 

"He  leaves  a  widow  and  one  son,  George  W.  Elliott  of  New 
York,  a  father,  William  H.  Elliott  of  Manchester,  one  brother, 
the  Rev.  C.  F.  Elliott  of  Hinsdale,  111.,  one  sister,  Ida  F.  Elli- 
ott of  Southern  Pines,  N.  C,  and  two  grandchildren." 


Leonard  M.  Eudy,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Eartlett.  N.  H. 

(15  N.  H.  V.) 

Eudy,  Lkonaro  M.  Co.  C;  b.  Bethlehem;  age  19;  res.  Bethlehem, 
cred.  Bethlehem;  enl.  Sept.  15.  'C2;  must,  in  Oct.  8.  '62.  as  Priv.; 
must,  out  Aug.  13,  'G3.  Died  Nov.  29.  '7G,  Bartlett.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  744.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Bethlehem,  N.  H., 
January  8,  1843,  and  was  the  son  of  William  Eudy.  His  pre- 
liminary education  was  received  in  the  schools  of  Bethlehem 
and  he  enlisted  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  as  private 
in  Company  C,  Fifteenth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volun- 
teers, September  15,  1862,  and  was  mustered  in  October  8, 
1862,  where  he  served  until  August  13,  1863,  when  he  was 
mustered  out  of  the  service. 

In  1865  he  commenced  his  medical  education  under  the 
direction  of  the  late  Drs.  Charles  M.  Tuttle  and  Henry  L. 


474  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Watson,  continued  the  same  in  the  Medical  Department  of 
Hai-vard  University  in  1867  and  1868.  He  located  for  the 
practice  of  medicine  in  Littleton  in  the  year  1870  and  after 
one  year's  residence  removed  to  Upper  Bartlett,  where  he 
remained  until  his  death. 

From  the  Hon.  J.  R.  Jackson  we  obtained  the  following: 
' '  While  practicing  at  Bartlett  in  1877,  an  epidemic  of  small- 
pox broke  out  there  in  a  lumber  camp,  and  Dr.  Eudy  assumed 
charge  of  the  camp,  established  a  pest  house,  contracted  the 
disease  and  died  November  28,  1877." 


Joseph  Hanson  Farrington,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Rochester,  N.  H. 

(15  N.  H.  V.) 

Faeringto:\,  Joseph  H.  Co.  I;  b.  Rochester;  age  2C;  res.  Rochester, 
cred.  Rochester;  enl.  Aug.  31,  'G2;  must,  in  Oct.  14,  '62,  as  Priv.; 
must,  out  Aug.  13,  'G3.  See  8  N.  H.  V.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  744.) 

(S  N.  H.  V.) 

Farrington,  Joseph  H.  Unas'd;  b.  Rochester;  age  28;  cred.  Roch- 
ester; enl.  Mar.  21,  'C5,  for  1  yr. ;  must,  in  Mar.  21,  '65,  as  Priv.; 
disch.  May  6,  '65,  Galloup's  Is!.,  B.  H.,  Mass.  See  15  N.  H.  V. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  422.) 

Joseph  Farrington  was  a  younger  brother  of  Dr.  James 
Bonaparte  Farrington,  and  was  born  in  Rochester,  July  5, 
1836,  and  was  a  son  of  Dr.  James  and  Mary  Dame  (Hanson) 
Farrington,  a  grandson  of  Stephen  Farrington.  He  received 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools  of  Rochester, 
at  Wolfeborough  Academy,  New  Hampshire,  and  at  the  acad- 
emy in  Lebanon,  Me.  He  studied  medicine  with  his  father 
and  Dr.  B.  W.  Sargent,  but  having  a  ta-ste  for  mechanical 
work  did  not  graduate  in  medicine  but  turned  his  attention 
to  dentistry. 

During  his  term  of  service  he  acted  as  hospital  steward. 

Married  Susie  A.  Clough  of  Laconia,  N.  H. 

Dr.  Farrington  died  in  Rochester,  December  10,  1896. 


miscellaneous  organizations.  475 

Edwin  Brant  Frost. 

"Edwin  Brant  Frost,  the  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary 
(Brant)  Frost,  was  born  at  Sullivan,  December  30,  1832,  and 
was  killed  in  battle  at  Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  gallantly  fighting 
against  the  enemies  of  the  Union,  June  3,  1864,  aged  31.  He 
taught  at  Pittsfield  a  short  time,  also  at  Royalston,  Mass. ; 
then  read  law  a  few  months  until  studying  medicine  with  his 
brother,  Dr.  C.  P.  Frost,  named  below,  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. ; 
continued  thus  to  May,  1862,  when,  having  recruited  a  com- 
pany in  the  Tenth  Regiment  of  Vermont  Volunteers,  of  which 
the  captaincy  was  conferred  upon  him,  civil  duties  were  ex- 
changed for  a  soldier's  life  and  heroic  death.  Carlton  Penn- 
icgton  Frost,  D.  C,  1852,  and  Henry  Martin  Frost,  D.  C, 
1857,  were  his  brothers."  ("Alumni  of  Dartmouth  College," 
by  Chapman,  p.  435.) 


Zeeb  Oilman,  Jr.,  M.  D. 

(Dartmouth  Cavalry.) 

GiXMAN,  Zeeb,  Jr.  Dartmouth  Cav.;  b.  Piermont;  age  20;  res.  Pier- 
mont;  enl.  .June  24,  '€2;  must,  in  July  3,  'G2,  as  Prlv. ;  app.  Q.  M. 
July  17,  '62;  must,  out  Oct.  2,  'G2.  P.  O.  ad.,  San  Diego,  CaL 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1094.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Piermont,  May  13, 
1841.  was  the  son  of  Dr.  Zeeb  and  Naomi  (McNeal)  Oilman, 
His  early  education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools;  at- 
tended Dartmouth  College  and  was  graduated  from  the  same 
with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  1863 ;  received  the  honorary 
degree  of  A.  M.  from  the  same  institution  later;  attended  med- 
ical lectures  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New 
York  City,  and  was  graduated  from  the  same  in  1867. 

While  a  student  in  Dartmouth  College  he  enlisted,  June  24, 
1862,  in  the  Seventh  Rhode  Island  Cavalry,  was  appointed 
quartermaster  July  17,  1862,  and  was  mustered  out  with  the 
regiment  October  2,  1862. 

He  afterwards  located  in  San  Diego,  Cal.,  as  a  physician 
and  lawyer. 

(General  Catalogue  of  Dartmouth  College,  1900.) 


476  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

Frank  Walker  Graves,  M.  D. 
Late  of  "Woburn,  Mass. 

Gbaves,  Frank  W.  B.  Rumney;  age  19;  res.  Concord;  enl.  June  24, 
'62;  must,  in  June  24.  '62.  as  Sergt;  must,  out  Oct.  2,  '62.  P.  O. 
ad.,  Woburn,  Mass.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  1094.) 

Dr.  Graves  was  born  in  Rumney,  N.  H.,  June  26,  1842,  and 
was  the  son  of  Willard  and  Elizabeth  (Walker)  Graves,  grand- 
son of  Abner  Graves,  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812.  On  his 
maternal  side  the  family  is  intimately  connected  with  the 
early  history  of  New  England  and  had  a  military  record  dating 
back  to  Capt.  Richard  Walker  of  London,  Eng.,  who  joined  the 
Honorable  Artillery  Company  of  London  in  1622.  Captain 
Richard  came  to  this  country  with  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony  and  joined  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Com- 
pany of  Massachusetts  the  first  year  of  its  organization.  Some 
members  of  the  Walker  family  for  some  time  have  been  resi- 
dents of  Woburn,  Mass.,  from  whence  they  removed  to  Con- 
cord, then  called  Penacook,  being  among  the  original  pro- 
prietors of  the  town. 

Dr.  Graves  received  his  early  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  New  Hampshire,  at  the  Phillips  Exeter  School,  in 
Boston,  Nashua  Literary  Institution  of  Nashua,  N.  H.,  and  at 
Barre  Academy,  Barre,  Vt.  He  commenced  his  professional 
education  in  1863  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Charles  P.  Gage 
of  Concord,  N.  H.  Attended  medical  lectures  at  the  Medical 
Department  of  Harvard,  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons of  New  York,  at  the  University  of  Vermont,  and  was 
graduated  M.  D.  from  the  Medical  Department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Vermont  in  1866.  He  located  for  the  practice  of 
medicine,  first,  in  Sutton,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  only  a  few 
months,  removing  to  Warner,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  for 
eleven  years,  after  which  time  he  was  in  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine in  Woburn,  Mass. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  and  the  East  Middlesex 
District  Medical  Society.    Of  the  latter  he  has  been  its  presi- 


MISCELLANEOUB   ORGANIZATIONS.  477 

dent  and  acted  as  councillor  for  this  district  in  the  Massachu- 
setts Medical  Society.  He  has  been  medical  director  of  the 
Department  of  Massachusetts,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
and  was  surgeon  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Com- 
pany of  Massachusetts,  and  accompanied  the  corps  as  surgeon 
when  the  company  visited  London  in  1896.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  including  the  Scottish  Rite  de- 
gree, of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution.  (Maternal  great-grandfather,  Bruce 
Walker,  served  with  New  Hampshire  Continentals  in  the  Rev- 
olutionary War.) 

Dr.  Graves'  service  in  the  army  commenced  June  24,  1862, 
when  he  was  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United  States 
as  sergeant,  Company  B,  Seventh  Squadron  of  Rhode  Island 
Volunteer  Cavalry.  This  company  was  known  as  the  Dart- 
mouth Cavalry  and  was  enlisted  for  three  months,  and  stands 
unique  among  all  the  military  forces  contributed  by  colleges 
of  this  country,  to  suppress  the  Rebellion. 

John  Scales,  secretary  and  historian  of  the  class  of  1863, 
Dartmouth  College,  says : 

"Dartmouth  is  the  only  college  that  furnished  anything  of 
the  kind,  and  has  just  occasion  to  feel  proud  of  that  com- 
pany of  cavalrymen,  not  only  for  what  they  did,  but  also  for 
what  they  were  ready  and  prepared  to  do,  if  more  had  been 
demanded  of  them." 

The  war  spirit  among  students  was  very  exciting  at  that 
time.  The  capital  of  our  country  was  regarded  as  in  great 
danger  of  being  invaded  and  captured  by  the  forces  of  General 
Lee.  President  Lincoln  had  issued  a  call  for  forty  thousand 
men  for  three  months.  Sanford  S.  Burr  of  the  class  of  1863, 
believing  that  it  was  a  call  of  sufficient  gravity  to  induce  col- 
lege men  to  join  in  putting  down  the  rebellion,  was  the  moving 
spirit  in  enlisting  this  company  of  Dartmouth  Cavalry.  He 
applied  to  the  governor  of  New  Hampshire  and  also  to  the 
governor  of  Vermont  for  permission  to  enlist  a  company  of 
college  students,  but  the  service  was  declined.  Afterwards  he 
received  the  assurance  of  Governor  Sprague  of  Rhode  Island 


478  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

that  their  services  would  be  accepted  by  that  state.  The  his- 
torian of  the  company  says: 

' '  The  news  spread  rapidly  and  the  whole  college  was  stirred 
as  never  before  or  since.  For  a  day  or  two  it  seemed  as  though 
the  whole  college  would  respond  to  the  President 's  call.  Parents 
began  to  be  alarmed  lest  their  young  sons  should  enlist  and  be 
off  for  the  war  before  they  could  reach  them  with  letters  for- 
bidding rash  and  inconsiderate  action.  President  Lord  and 
the  faculty  counselled  aginst  it  also,  on  the  ground  that  it 
would  be  more  beneficial  to  the  students  to  keep  to  their  books 
than  to  go  to  war.  These  influences  tended  to  dampen  the 
ardor  of  many  of  the  students  when  the  time  actually  came 
to  enroll  their  names,  so  finally  it  was  found  necessary  to 
admit  a  few  from  Norwich  University,  then  just  across  the 
Connecticut  river  from  Hanover,  a  few  from  Union,  Bowdoin 
and  one  or  two  other  colleges,  with  a  contingent  from  Wood- 
stock, Vt.,  not  connected  with  any  college,  but  nearly  all  were 
Dartmouth  boys." 

This  Company  B  did  good  service  in  the  army,  being  drilled 
in  the  vicinity  of  Washington  from  June  24  until  July  18, 
when  "they  considered  themselves  as  good  as  experts  in  cav- 
alry service. ' '  This  whole  region  was  infested  with  guerrillas 
at  this  time  and  the  cavalry  were  active  in  suppressing  their 
depredations.  Dr.  Graves  was  mustered  out  of  the  service 
October  2,  1862. 

Married,  in  1868,  Mary  Louise  Bennett. 

No  children. 

Dr.  Graves  died  at  his  home  in  Woburn,  Mass.,  March  13, 
1900,  and  was  taken  to  Concord,  N.  H.,  for  burial. 


Hiram  Tenney  Hardy,  M.  D. 
Kaneville,  Kane  County,  111. 

Habdy,  Hibam  T.  Dartmouth  College;  b.  North  Groton;  age  24;  res. 
Grafton;  enl.  June  24,  '62;  must,  in  July  3,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out 
Oct.  2,  '62.    P.  O.  ad.,  Kaneville,  Kane  Co.,  111. 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  479 

Dr.  Hardy  was  born  March  12,  1838,  at  North  Groton, 
N.  H.,  and  was  the  son  of  Luther  and  Lucy  (Tenney)  Hardy, 
a  grandson  of  David  Hardy  of  the  same  town.  He  received  his 
preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools  and  at  the 
academies  in  Franklin,  N.  H.,  and  Thetford,  Vt.  Commenced 
his  professional  education  in  1860  at  Thetford,  Vt.,  under  the 
direction  of  the  late  Dr.  Ezra  C.  Worcester  and  attended  lec- 
tures at  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College.  Dur- 
ing his  first  course  he  enlisted  in  the  Dartmouth  Cavalry  and 
served  from  June  24  to  October  2,  1862.  He  was  afterwards 
hospital  steward  in  the  Third  Vermont  Battery,  serving  con- 
tinuously at  the  front  from  the  beginning  of  the  battle  of  the 
Wilderness,  along  the  lines  before  Petersburg  and  in  the  final 
movement  which  ended  in  the  surrender  of  General  Lee  at 
Appomattox,  being  present  at  that  time.  He  was  then  sent 
on  detail  to  a  hospital  at  Farmville,  Va.,  where  the  sick  and 
wounded  of  both  armies  were  to  be  cared  for  and  sent  to  their 
homes.  This  duty  finished,  he  followed  his  battery  to  Bur- 
lington, where  he  was  mustered  out. 

He  again  entered  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth 
College  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  in  the  class  of  1866.  After 
graduating  he  located  in  Strafford,  Vt.,  where  he  remained 
until  1871  and  spent  the  winter  in  Dorchester,  Neb.,  when  he 
returned  to  Elgin,  111.,  and  remained  one  and  one-half  years 
and  located  at  his  present  residence,  Kaneville,  in  1873,  where 
he  has  remained  for  nearly  twenty-five  years. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the 
State  Medical  Society  of  Illinois,  Chicago  Medical  Society  and 
Fox  River  Valley  Medical  Society.  While  residing  in  Straf- 
ford, Vt.,  he  was  superintendent  of  schools.  He  belongs  to  the 
Masonic  Fraternity  and  to  an  association  of  Modern  Woodmen 
of  America.  He  is  a  member  of  the  school  board  of  the  town 
of  Kaneville. 

"Married,  March  12,  1868,  to  Sophia  E.  Buzzell  of  Straf- 
ford, Vt.     Three  children,  Ralph  Holmes,  now  married  and 


480  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

living  in  Kaneville,  111.,  Mabel  Le  Rue  died  at  the  age  of  four 
and  one-half  years,  and  Adra  Genevieve." 


Timothy  Avans  Haley,  M.  D. 
Centre  Tuftonborough,  N.  H. 

(12  N.  H.  V.) 

Haley,  Timothy  A.  Co.  K;  b.  Tuftonborough;  age  22;  res.  Tufton- 
borough, cred.  Tuftonborough;  enl.  Aug.  18,  '62;  must,  in  Sept. 
10,  '62,  as  Priv.;  tr.  to  I.  C.  Sept.  3,  '63;  assigned  to  Co.  C,  18  I.  C; 
disch.  July  10,  '65,  Washington,  D.  C.  P.  0.  ad.,  Tuftonborough. 
(Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  G23.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Tuftonborough, 
N.  H.,  July  24,  1840,  and  was  the  son  of  John  Smith  and 
Mary  Neal  (Piper)  Haley,  and  a  grandson  of  William  Haley, 
He  received  his  early  education  at  Wolfeborough  and  Tufton- 
borough Academy,  Andover  Christian  In.stitute  and  Dart- 
mouth College.  His  professional  education  was  commenced 
in  1860  under  the  direction  of  Luther  J.  Pattee,  M.  D.,  of 
Wolfeborough,  and  William  H.  H.  Mason,  M.  D.,  of  Moul- 
tonborough ;  was  two  years  at  Dartmouth  Medical  College  and 
was  graduated  from  the  same  October  24,  1867. 

During  this  time  he  served  three  years  in  the  United  States 
Army  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  being  connected  with  the 
Twelfth  New  Hampshire  Regiment.  Returning  to  New 
Hampshire  he  located  at  Tuftonborough  soon  after  his  grad- 
uation and  has  been  in  the  same  place  for  twenty-eight  years. 
He  was  at  one  time  a  member  of  the  United  States  pension 
board,  medical  examiner  for  various  life  insurance  companies, 
a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  James  R.  New- 
ell Post,  No.  61,  Wolfeborough,  and  also  superintendent  of 
schools  in  the  town  of  Tuftonborough. 

Married,  December  19,  1869,  Corinne  C.  Peirce  of  Som- 
erset, Mass. 

No  children. 


J 


miscellaneous  organizations.  481 

Charles  M.  Kittredge,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Fishkill-on-Hudson,  N.  Y. 

(13  N.  H.  V.) 

KiTTEEDGE,  Chables  M.  Co.  B;  b.  Mont  Vernon;  age  24;  res.  Mont 
Vernon,  cred.  Mont  Vernon;  enl.  Aug.  26,  'G2;  must,  in  Sept.  18, 
'62,  as  1  Sergt.;  app.  2  Lt.  Mar.  2G,  '63;  resigned  Nov.  3,  '63. 
P.  O.  ad.,  Fishkill-on-Hudson,  N.  Y.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
p.  674.) 

Charles  Marsh  Kittredge  was  born  April  30,  1838,  in  Mont 
Vernon,  N.  H.,  and  was  the  son  of  Timothy  and  Fanny 
(Marsh)  Kittredge,  a  grandson  of  Dr.  Josiah  Kittredge.  He 
received  a  liberal  academic  education,  fitting  for  college  at 
Appleton  Academy  in  his  native  town,  and  was  graduated 
from  Amherst  College  in  July,  1862.  His  professional  educa- 
tion was  received  at  Harvard  Medical  College,  which  he  en- 
tered in  1863  and  from  which  he  was  graduated  M.  D.  in  1866. 

He  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Hartford 
Retreat,  an  institution  for  the  treatment  of  nervous  diseases, 
and  afterwards  located  in  Hyde  Park,  Mass.,  in  1869,  but  re- 
mained there  only  a  few  months,  when  he  removed  to  Fishkill- 
on-Hudson,  where  he  remained  until  ill  health  obliged  him  to 
retire  from  the  active  practice  of  his  profession. 

After  his  graduation  at  Amherst  and  before  he  commenced 
the  study  of  medicine  in  Harvard  Medical  College,  he  enlisted 
in  Company'  B,  Thirteenth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volun- 
teers, September  18,  1862,  as  first  sergeant,  and  on  March  26, 
1863,  was  promoted  to  second  lieutenant.  Dr.  Kittredge  was 
in  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  and  November  3,  1863,  re- 
signed on  account  of  ill  health. 

Dr.  Kittredge  was  a  public  spirited  citizen,  interested  in  all 
good  work,  active  in  church  matters  and  connected  with 
several  of  the  financial  institutions  of  the  town.  He  never  lost 
his  interest  in  his  native  town  and  state,  but  while  residing  in 
Fishkill  bought  the  ancestral  farm,  as  well  as  an  adjoining 
one  in  Mont  Vernon,  and  became  interested  largely  in  agricul- 
ture, having  on  his  farm  at  one  time  a  fine  herd  of  Swiss 
cattle. 

Dr.  Kittredge  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  New  York 


482  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN  THE   REBELLION. 

State  Medical  Association  and  also  a  member  of  the  Dutchess 
County  Medical  Society  of  New  York.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  Society  in  college,  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic  and  the  New  Hampshire  State  Grange. 

Married,  in  1870,  Marcella  E.  Conant  of  Mont  Vernon, 
who  died  in  1892. 

Children,  six,  of  whom  Charles  A.  Kittredge,  M.  D.,  Aida, 
Harry  M.  and  George  D.  Kittredge  are  living;  Willie  C.  and 
Eddie,  deceased. 

Dr.  Kittredge  died  August  19,  1896. 


Jonathan  Perry  Kittredge. 
Concord,  N.  H. 

(3  N.  H.  V.) 

Kittredge,  Perry.  Co.  B;  b.  Canaan;  age  20;  res.  Concord;  enl.  Aug. 
23,  '61;  must,  in  Aug.  23,  '61,  as  Priv. ;  app.  Hosp.  Steward  Sept. 
9,  '62;  must,  out  Aug.  23,  '64.  P.  O.  ad.,  Concord.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  129.) 

The  surgical  history  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  includes 
the  military  history  of  many  who  never  received  a  commis- 
sion as  surgeon  or  assistant  surgeon.  Among  these  was  Jona- 
than Perry  Kittredge,  who  for  three  years  was  hospital  stew- 
ard of  the  Third  New  Hampshire  Volunteers. 

He  was  born  December  13,  1840,  in  Canaan,  N.  H.,  and  was 
a  son  of  Jonathan  and  Julia  (Balch)  Kittredge,  a  grandson 
of  Jonathan  Kittredge,  M.  D.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  New  Hampshire,  at  the  Union  Acad- 
emy at  Canaan,  Kimball  Union  Academy  at  Meriden,  and  at 
Colby  Academy,  New  London,  N.  H.  Instead  of  taking  a 
medical  education  he  devoted  his  attention  to  pharmacy. 

He  enlisted  in  the  Third  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  August 
23,  1861,  was  appointed  hospital  steward  September  9,  1862, 
and  remained  with  the  regiment  for  full  three  years.  On  his 
return  he  located  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  and  became  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Underbill  &  Kittredge,  and  has  been  one  of  the 
leading  business  men  ever  since. 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  483 

He  is  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Eureka  Lodge, 
No.  70,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  was  representa- 
tive from  ward  four  in  1885  and  1886,  and  has  been  a  justice 
of  the  peace  for  several  years. 

Married,  December  26,  1872,  Ellen  S.  Bond  of  Worces- 
ter, Mass. 


Frank  Tifft  Moffett,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Littleton,  N.  H. 

(14  N.  H.  V.) 

Moffett,  Frank  T.  Co.  D;  b.  Littleton;  age  19;  res.  Littleton,  cred. 
Seabrook;  enl.  Aug.  15,  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  10,  '62,  as  Priv. ;  must, 
out  July  8,  '65.  P.  O.  ad.,  Littleton,  N.  H.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895.  p.  718.) 

Dr.  ]Moffett  was  born  in  Littleton,  N.  H.,  August  6,  1842, 
and  was  the  son  of  Col.  Alden  and  Almira  (Blood)  Moffett, 
and  a  grandson  of  James  Moffett.  His  early  education  was 
received  in  the  common  schools  of  Littleton,  N.  H.,  and  in 
the  academy  at  Bamet,  Vt.  He  commenced  the  study  of 
medicine  in  1867  at  Littleton,  N.  H.,  with  the  late  Dr.  Charles 
M.  Tuttle.  He  attended  three  courses  of  lectures  at  Harvard 
Medical  College  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  same  in 
the  class  of  1870.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in 
1871,  in  Littleton,  N.  H.,  remaining  in  that  place  until  his 
death. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  White  Mountain  and  New  Hamp- 
shire Medical  societies  and  of  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion; also  of  Masonic  associations,  including  chapter,  council 
and  commandery;  was  representative  to  the  legislature  in 
1883,  and  for  several  years  assistant  and  afterwards  surgeon 
of  the  Third  Regiment  New  Hampshire  National  Guard.  Like 
many  other  patriotic  young  men.  Dr.  ^lofl'ett  enlisted  August 
15,  1862,  in  Company  D  of  the  Fourteenth  New  Hampshire 
Regiment  and  was  discharged  from  the  service  July  8,  1865. 
During  a  portion  of  this  period  he  served  as  hospital  steward. 


484  SUKGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE  REBELLION. 

His  biographer  says  of  him :  "  He  was  with  General  Banks 
on  the  Red  river,  went  through  the  Valley  campaign  in  West 
Virginia  with  Sheridan,  was  in  the  vicinity  of  Savannah,  Ga., 
to  meet  Sherman's  command  on  its  march  to  the  sea,  and  was 
present  at  the  capture  of  Jefferson  Davis  and  went  with  the 
detachment  that  conveyed  Davis  to  the  government  trans- 
port. ' ' 

Married,  May  23,  1871,  Alice  L.  Tuttle,  daughter  of  his 
distinguished  medical  preceptor,  Dr.  Charles  M.  Tuttle. 

Children,  two:  Bessie  T.  and  Grace  Isabelle  Moffett. 

Dr.  Moffett  died  in  his  native  town  July  12,  1896. 


Jacob  Washington  Mooar,  M,  D. 
Late  of  Manchester,  N.  H. 

(5  N.  H.  V.) 

Mooar,  Jacob  W.  Co.  I;  b.  Hollis;  age  30;  res.  Hollis;  enl.  Sept. 
25,  '61;  must,  in  Oct.  15,  '61,  as  Priv.;  disch.  Feb.  10,  '64,  Alexan- 
dria, Va.  P.  O.  ad.,  Manchester.  (Record,  Ayling's  Register, 
1895,  p.  255.) 

Surgeon  Mooar  was  born  March  7,  1831,  in  Hollis,  N.  H., 
and  was  the  son  of  John  and  Rebecca  (Abbott)  Mooar.  His 
parental  grandfather  was  Jacob  Mooar  of  New  Hampshire,  who 
was  in  the  battle  of  Bennington,  and  his  father,  John  Mooar, 
was  colonel  in  the  Fifth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Militia.  He 
received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  district  schools  of 
Hollis,  N.  H.,  and  at  the  Normal  Institute  (now  the  McGaw 
Institute)  of  Merrimack,  N.  H.  He  commenced  his  profes- 
sional education  at  Manchester,  N.  H.,  in  1857,  under  the 
direction  of  Sylvanus  Bunton,  M.  D.,  afterwards  surgeon  of 
the  Seventh  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers.  He  at- 
tended two  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  and 
was  graduated  from  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth 
College  in  the  class  of  1862. 

He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  I  of  the  Fifth  Regi- 
ment New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  September  21,  1861,  and 
was  detailed  at  once  to  act  as  hospital  steward  until  August 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  485 

18,  1862.  At  this  time  he  was  transferred  to  the  Centre 
Street  Hospital  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  where  he  remained  until 
December,  when  he  was  transferred  to  Camp  Distribution, 
near  Washington,  afterwards  to  the  McVeigh  Hospital,  Alex- 
andria, Va.,  where  he  became  a  dispensary  clerk;  again  he 
was  transferred  to  the  Wolfe  Street  Hospital  to  serve  in  the 
same  capacity.  While  in  the  McVeigh  Hospital  he  was  in- 
duced by  Surgeon  Charles  Page,  IJ.  S.  A.,  to  accept  the  position 
of  acting  assistant  surgeon  of  the  United  States  Army  and 
was  discharged  by  special  order  from  the  Fifth  Regiment, 
March  10,  1864,  and  was  assigned  to  duty  at  Claremont  Hos- 
pital in  Alexandria,  Va.,  and  remained  there  until  about  Sep- 
temper  5,  1865;  was  then  transferred  to  Fort  Whipple  on 
Arlington  Heights,  which  was  garrisoned  by  the  Third  United 
States  Infantry  and  the  Fourth  United  States  Heavy  Artil- 
lery. About  Januarj--  1,  1866,  he  was  transferred  to  the  Har- 
wood  Hospital,  Washington,  D.  C,  afterwards  to  a  military 
post  at  Vienna,  Va.,  where  he  remained  until  October  14, 

1866.  At  that  time  the  post  was  discontinued  and  Surgeon 
Mooar  was  mustered  out  of  the  service.     On  February  27, 

1867,  he  was  again  appointed  acting  assistant  surgeon.  United 
States  Army,  and  assigned  to  duty  at  the  Asylum  for  Refu- 
gees, under  the  direction  of  the  Freedman's  Bureau,  at  Gar- 
land, Ala.  Surgeon  Mooar  remained  in  charge  of  this  insti- 
tution until  October  31,  1868,  when  it  was  discontinued  and 
his  duties  terminated  "by  reason  of  service  no  longer  re- 
quired," and  with  the  endorsement,  "his  service  has  been  well 
and  faithfully  rendered." 

After  leaving  the  service  of  the  United  States  Dr.  Mooar 
located  in  Manchester,  N.  H.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic Fraternity,  Louis  Bell  Post,  No.  3,  Department  of  New 
Hampshire,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  and  was  a  member  of  the  local  board  of  health 
of  Manchester  for  two  years. 

Married,  June  20,  1878,  Linda  Mitchell  Hunter. 

Children :  Linda  Hunter,  Mary  Louise  and  Lucile  S.  Mooar. 

Died  August  17,  1905. 


486  surgical  history  in  the  rebellion. 

David  Batchelder  Nelson,  M.  D. 
Late  of  Laconia,  N.  H. 

(New  England  Volunteer  Cav.) 

Nelson,  David  B.  Co.  K;  b.  Roxbury,  Mass.;  age  39;  res.  Manches- 
ter; app.  Capt.  Oct.  9,  '61;  must,  in  Oct.  24,  '61;  app.  Maj.  Dec.  3, 
'61;  resigned  June  3,  '62.  P.  0.  ad.,  Laconia.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  840.) 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Roxbury,  Mass., 
June  7,  1823,  and  was  the  son  of  William  and  Lucy  (Batchel- 
der) Nelson.  He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  New  Hampshire  and  at  the  seminary  in 
Newbury,  Vt.,  and  the  academy  at  Bradford,  Vt.,  at  which 
he  was  valedictorian  of  his  class.  He  commenced  his  profes- 
sional education  with  Dr.  Rufus  Fellows  of  Hill,  N.  H.,  con- 
tinuing the  same  with  Dr.  Ephraim  Buck  and  J.  C.  Clark,  M. 
D.,  of  Boston.  He  attended  two  courses  of  medical  lectures, 
one  at  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  and  the  other  at  Harvard  Medical 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  M.  D.  in  1849.  During 
his  period  of  study  with  Dr.  Buck,  an  epidemic  of  Asiatic 
cholera  prevailed  in  Boston,  and  he  with  other  students  acted 
as  attendants  during  the  epidemic.  He  was  present  at  the 
Massachusetts  General  Hospital  October  16,  1846,  and  wit- 
nessed the  first  operation  performed  under  ether  as  an  anes- 
thetic. He  first  located  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Boston 
during  the  year  1849 ;  he  then  removed  to  jNIanchester,  where 
he  remained  from  1850  to  1861,  when  he  entered  the  volunteer 
service  of  the  United  States  Army,  and  on  being  mustered  out 
located  in  Laconia,  where  he  remained  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  July  9,  1898. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Harvard  Medical  College  Alumni 
Association  and  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society.  He 
has  been  one  of  the  councilors  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society,  city  physician  of  Laconia,  county  physician  for  three 
years,  was  United  States  pension  examining  surgeon  at  Laco- 
nia for  thirty-two  years,  member  of  the  board  of  education 
for  six  years  and  of  the  school  committee  for  four  years.     He 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  487 

was  a  member  of  Post  No.  37,  G.  A.  R.,  Laconia,  and  has  held 
the  office  of  commander,  surgeon,  etc.,  and  has  been  medical 
director  of  the  New  Hampshire  state  encampment.  He  was 
appointed  colonel  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Berry  in  1861,  and 
in  that  capacity  attended  to  the  special  transportation  for  the 
Third  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers;  was  afterwards 
appointed  by  Governor  Berry  special  mustering  officer  to 
raise  Troop  K  of  the  New  Hampshire  Cavalry,  and  in  October, 

1861,  was  appointed  captain,  and  in  November  major,  of  the 
Second  Battalion.     At  the  battle  of  Front  Royal,  May  30, 

1862,  Dr.  Nelson  commanded  the  First  Squadron  (four  com- 
panies) of  the  Rhode  Island  Cavalry. 

Dr.  Nelson  was  prominent  in  Grand  Army  circles  and  so 
long  as  his  health  permitted  was  always  present  at  their  en- 
campments. He  was  a  highly  respected  and  useful  citizen  of 
the  city  of  Laconia,  having  been  a  resident  during  its  greatest 
growth.  He  has  been  honored  by  positions  of  trust  and  left 
many  lifelong  friends  that  mourn  his  decease. 

Married,  first,  in  1851,  Cornelia  C.  Weston;  second,  May 
24,  1859,  Susan  E.  Bridges. 

Children :  by  first  marriage,  Arthur  H.  and  Cornelia,  both 
deceased;  by  second  marriage,  Alice  M.,  William  and  Louise 
H.,  all  living;  David  B.  and  Elizabeth  H.,  deceased. 


Edward  Joseph  O'Donnell,  M.  D. 

Auburn,  KLan. 

(IG  N.  H.  V.) 

DoNNELL,  Edwakd  J.  Co.  Ci  b.  Lyndeborough;  age  27;  res.  Mason, 
cred.  Mason;  enl.  Oct.  10,  '62,  as  Priv. ;  app.  2  Lt.  Nov.  4,  '62;  must, 
in  to  date  Oct.  18,  'G2,  as  2  Lt.;  disch.  to  date  Aug.  20,  '63;  volun- 
teered for  storming  party  at  Port  Hudson,  La.,  under  G.  O.  No.  49, 
Dept.  of  the  Gulf,  June  15,  'C3.  P.  O.  ad.,  Stockton,  Kan.  (Record, 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  772.) 

Dr.  O'Donnell  enlisted  and  served  in  the  Sixteenth  New 
Hampshire  Volunteers  before  becoming  a  member  of  the  pro- 


488  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

fession.  He  was  born  in  Lyndeborough,  N.  H.,  May  11,  1835, 
and  was  the  son  of  James  and  Nancy  A.  (Stafford)  O'Don- 
nell,  a  grandson  of  James  O  'Donnell  of  the  same  town.  After 
attending  common  schools  in  New  Hampshire  he  took  an 
academic  course  at  the  Appleton  Academy  at  New  Ipswich, 
N.  H.  He  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  in  1859,  under 
the  direction  of  Thomas  Marshall,  M.  D.,  of  Greenville,  N.  H., 
also  S.  W.  Fletcher,  M.  D.,  of  Pepperell,  Mass.  He  attended 
medical  lectures  at  Bowdoin  Medical  College,  Brunswick,  Me., 
and  at  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College  at  Han- 
over, N.  H.,  and  was  graduated  from  the  latter  in  the  class 
of  1865.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  the  army 
on  Maryland  Heights,  later  at  Athol,  IMass. 

While  a  student  of  medicine  he  enlisted  and  was  appointed 
second  lieutenant  of  Company  C,  Sixteenth  New  Hampshire 
Volunteers,  and  served  through  their  term  of  service.  After 
his  graduation  he  became  an  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Thir- 
teenth Maryland  Volunteers,  in  1865,  remaining  until  the  regi- 
ment was  mustered  out  of  the  service.  Later  in  the  same  year 
he  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Athol,  Mass.,  where 
he  remained  for  one  year.  He  was  afterv/ards  located  at 
Eichmond,  N.  H.,  four  years:  at  West  Tov/nsend,  Mass.,  six 
years,  since  which  time  he  has  resided  and  practiced  his  pro- 
fession in  Kansas. 

While  in  New  Hampshire  he  became  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Fraternity,  joining  the  Souhegan  Lodge  at  Green- 
ville, N.  H.,  and  since  his  residence  in  Kansas  has  been  identi- 
fied with  the  Masonic  Fraternity  of  that  state.  While  a  resi- 
dent of  Townsend,  Mass.,  he  was  superintendent  of  schools 
from  1872  to  1876 ;  was  a  member  of  the  Kansas  state  senate 
from  1884  to  1888. 

Married,  November  20,  1864,  Ellen  F.  Prescott,  daughter 
of  Hon.  Charles  Prescott  of  Mason,  N.  H. 

Children :  Charles,  Hugh  Virgil  and  Fanny  Stafford 
O 'Donnell.  The  daughter  married  N.  N.  Neher  and  resides 
in  Stockton,  Kan. 


miscellaneous  organizations.  489 

Charles  C.  Pike,  M.  D. 

(11  N.  H.  V.) 

Pike,  Charles  C.  Co.  F;  b.  New  London;  age  18;  res.  New  London, 
cred.  New  London;  enl.  Aug.  9,  '62;  must,  in  Aug.  29,  '62,  as  Priv. 
wd.  Dec.  13,  '62,  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  disch.  disab.  Apr.  18,  '63, 
Washington,  D.  C.  Died  Jan.  27,  '94,  Peabody,  Mass.  (Record. 
Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  587.) 

Surgeon  Pike,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  New 
London,  N.  H.,  May  5,  1844,  and  was  the  son  of  James  L.  and 
Sarah  (Colby)  Pike.  He  was  a  student  in  that  most  excel- 
lent institution,  Colby  Academy,  New  London,  at  the  com- 
mencement of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  when  patriotism  over- 
came his  earnest  desire  for  an  education  and  he  enlisted  as  a 
private  in  Company  F,  Eleventh  Regiment  New  Hampshire 
Volunteers,  and  was  mustered  into  the  United  States  service 
August  29,  1862.  He  was  badly  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Fredericksburg,  December  13,  1862,  and  served  some  months 
as  hospital  steward.  Upon  his  return  home,  although  still 
suffering  from  his  wound,  he  again  attended  Colby  Academy, 
completing  his  course  there,  and  began  the  study  of  medicine 
in  1865,  under  the  direction  of  the  late  Dr.  S.  M.  Whipple  of 
New  London.  He  attended  three  courses  of  medical  lectures, 
two  at  Dartmouth  and  one  at  Harvard,  and  was  graduated 
M.  D.  from  the  former  institution  in  1869.  Dr.  Pike  imme- 
diately located  in  Sutton,  N.  II.,  and  that  year  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society.  He  soon  built 
up  a  large  practice  in  Sutton,  and  in  December,  1870,  married 
Miss  Eveline  Piper  of  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  who  died  in  1872. 

In  1872  Dr.  Pike  removed  to  Peabody,  Mass.,  and  in  a  short 
time  succeeded  in  establishing  a  very  extensive  business.  He 
became  a  member  of  the  South  Essex  District  and  the  Massa- 
chusetts Medical  Societies,  of  which  he  was  a  very  active  mem- 
l)er,  and  was  president  of  the  district  society  in  1885.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Masonic 
and  Odd  Fellows  Fraternities,  and  also  a  member  of  the  Ortho- 
dox Congregational  Church.     Under  President  Harrison,  Dr. 


490  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Pike  was  president  of  the  United  States  pension  examining 
board  at  Salem,  Mass. 

He  married,  second,  January  29,  1874,  Miss  Susan  S.  Baker 
of  Peabody,  Mass.,  who  survives  him. 

He  died  very  suddenly  of  appendicitis,  January  27,  1894. 

Following  is  a  personal  reminiscence,  in  an  address  deliv- 
ered before  Union  Post,  No.  50,  G.  A.  R.,  Massachusetts,  of 
the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  December  13,  1862 : 

' '  I  should  think  it  was  now  about  three  o  'clock  in  the  after- 
noon. I  was  struck  by  a  bullet  in  the  face,  the  missile  strik- 
ing on  the  left  side  near  the  angle  of  the  jaw,  passing  through 
my  mouth,  cutting  off  about  one-half  of  my  tongue,  knocking 
out  eight  double  teeth,  fracturing  the  bone  on  both  sides  and 
emerging  on  the  right  side  near  the  ear.  The  hemmorrhage 
from  this  wound  was  very  free  and  the  loss  of  blood  from  this 
and  the  other  Avounds  soon  made  things  look  hazy.  I  became 
unconscious  soon  afterwards  and  the  next  I  knew  the  firing 
had  ceased. 

''It  was  very  dark  and  very  cold,  the  ground  was  frozen 
and  the  air  was  filled  with  the  cries  and  groans  of  the  wounded. 
I  was  afterwards  told  that  a  large  number  of  the  severely 
wounded  were  allowed  to  be  carried  off  the  field,  when  our 
boys  came  over  to  bury  the  dead  next  day,  but  at  this  time  I 
had  little  recollection  of  events.  I  lost  a  large  seal  ring  and 
I  have  a  dim  rem.embrance  of  its  being  taken  from  my  finger. 
What  money  I  had  was  in  an  inside  vest  pocket,  and  my 
clothes  being  completely  saturated  with  blood  probably  pre- 
vented a  careful  search  for  it.  At  any  rate  it  was  not  taken. 
I  had  no  watch. 

"The  next  day  I  found  myself  in  a  tent  with  several  other 
men.  I  do  not  know  where  we  were  or  when  or  how  we  got 
there,  but  I  soon  learned  that  it  was  Falmouth,  where  those 
who  were  too  severely  wounded  to  be  moved  were  left.  I 
recollect  that  it  was  terribly  cold.  We  had  no  fire  and  but 
few  blankets  and  but  little  straw  to  lie  upon.  Oh,  the  intol- 
erable thirst!  My  mouth  was  much  swollen.     I  could  only  get 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  491 

relief  by  turning  water  upon  it.  A  thoughtful,  practical  per- 
son came  into  our  tent  one  day  and  covered  us  up  with  news- 
papers, tucking  them  well  in  around  us.  I  quite  expect  that 
my  life  was  saved  thereby,  for  by  and  by,  when  we  got  to 
Washington,  the  skin  peeled  from  my  feet  from  having  been 
frost  bitten  at  that  time.  At  another  time  a  young,  solemn- 
looking  man  came  into  our  tents.  I  immediately  made  signs 
to  him  for  water.  He  did  not  readily  understand  me,  appar- 
ently not  being  well  up  in  sign  language,  but  he  got  out  a 
note-book  and  pencil  and  I  managed  to  write  the  word 
'water.'  He  considered  carefully  for  a  few  moments  and 
they  did  seem  long  ones,  and  then  kindly  told  me  that  he  had 
not  got  any  water  with  him,  but  that  he  would  gladly  pray 
for  me,  which  he  immediately  proceeded  to  do,  and  a  dryer 
prayer  I  never  listened  to.  Well  meant,  I  am  sure,  but  some- 
how it  did  not  reach  my  case.  December  26,  thirteen  days 
after  the  battle,  I  was  sent  to  Washington,  where  I  arrived 
in  a  used  up  way  and  was  sent  to  Harewood  Hospital,  receiv- 
ing there  the  most  kindly  and  skillful  attention  from  both 
surgeons  and  nurses.  After  some  months  I  became  able  to 
wait  upon  the  sick  and  wounded  as  they  were  brought  in, 
and  later  was  detailed  as  hospital  steward." 
Resolution  adopted  by  Post  No.  50,  G.  A.  R. : 

"Realizing  that  but  a  few  years  can  elapse  before  we  must 
all  follow  our  lamented  comrade,  and  that  it  is  not  for  us  to 
use  idle  and  insincere  words,  we  wish  to  publicly  declare  our 
profound  con\iction  that  of  all  the  comrades  who  have  been 
connected  with  this  post  since  it  was  formed  to  the  present 
time  there  has  been  no  one  who  will  be  more  sincerely  and 
justly  mourned,  or  whose  memory  will  be  more  fragrant, 
grateful  and  lasting  than  that  of  Charles  C.  Pike." 


Royal  B.  Prescott,  M.  D. 

Late  of  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Pbescott,  Roval  B.  Co.  E;  b.  Nashua;  age  23;  res.  Nashua,  cred. 
Nashua;  enl.  Aug.  30,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  30,  '62,  as  Priv.;  app. 
Hosp.  Steward  Nov.  22,  '62;  1  Lt.,  Co.  C,  Oct.  28,  '64;  must,  out 
June  21,  '65.     (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  681.) 


492  SURGICAL   HISTORY  IN   THE   REBELLION. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Nashua  in  1839  and 
was  the  son  of  Phinehas  and  Mary  Conant  (Gates)  Prescott. 
His  preliminary  education  was  received  in  the  district  school, 
which  he  left  at  the  age  of  thirteen  and  then  commenced  work 
in  a  printing  office.  His  professional  education  commenced 
in  1865  at  Marlborough,  N.  H.,  under  the  direction  of  Drs. 
George  B.  Twitchell  of  Keene  and  Samuel  Richardson  of 
Marlborough,  both  of  whom  were  surgeons  in  the  Thirteenth 
Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers. 

Dr.  Prescott  attended  three  courses  of  medical  lectures,  two 
at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  New  York  City, 
and  one  at  Long  Island  College  Hospital,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
where  he  received  his  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1867.  He  commenced 
the  practice  of  medicine  in  New  York  City  soon  after  gradua- 
tion, remaining  there  for  nearly  twenty  years,  during  which 
time  he  was  connected  with  the  various  dispensaries  in  New 
York.  He  was  a  member  of  the  New  York  County  Medical 
Society  and  the  East  River  Medical  Association,  of  which  he 
was  one  of  the  original  members,  and  was  also  a  member  of 
the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society. 

In  1885  he  removed  to  Nashua,  N.  H.,  where  his  practice 
was  limited  to  diseases  of  the  eye,  ear  and  throat.  His  early 
education  in  the  printing  office,  his  subsequent  work  as  a 
shorthand  reporter,  combined  with  a  natural  power  to  use 
the  English  language,  gave  him  prominence  as  a  writer  on 
various  medical  subjects,  and  also  as  an  orator  on  the  occasion 
of  memorial  exercises  on  Decoration  Day  since  the  war. 

At  one  time  he  was  acting  assistant  surgeon  to  a  large  camp 
of  colored  refugees  near  Dismal  Swamp,  Va.,  during  the  year 
1863 ;  was  surgeon  to  Post  No.  7,  G.  A.  R.,  for  several  years, 
and  medical  director  in  the  G.  A.  R.,  Department  of  New 
Hampshire,  for  four  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Loyal 
Legion  of  the  Department  of  Massachusetts  and  examining 
surgeon  of  the  pension  department  of  the  United  States  Army 
in  Nashua. 

His  post-graduate  education  was  in  the  form  of  special  in- 


MISCELLANEOUS   OEGANIZATIONS.  493 

struction  in  the  diseases  of  the  chest,  by  Prof.  Austin  Flint, 
Sr.,  and  in  diseases  of  the  eye  by  Prof.  C.  R.  A^ew. 

His  services  in  the  army  may  be  summed  up  as  follows: 
Private  soldier,  hospital  steward,  first  lieutenant  commanding 
compan3%  in  command  of  Fort  McConihe  in  the  winter  of 
1864  and  1865,  near  Bermuda  Hundred,  participated  in  ten 
engagements  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  nearly  died  of 
smallpox,  was  wounded  in  the  left  thigh  by  a  piece  of  shell, 
and  commanded  the  picket  line,  so  that  his  command  was  the 
first  to  enter  Richmond,  Va.,  April  3,  1865. 

There  was  a  class  of  soldiers  in  New  Hampshire,  of  which 
Dr.  Prescott  was  one,  whose  service  commenced  as  enlisted 
men  and  whose  surgical  education  was  completed  subsequent 
to  the  war.  These  young  men  represented  an  enthusiastic 
and  patriotic  class,  whose  education  and  profession  was  not 
yet  concluded  or  decided,  but  who  subsequently  became  most 
honored  citizens  of  the  state.  This  fact  of  itself  entitles  them 
to  recognition  in  a  historic  work  of  this  kind. 

Married,  in  1890,  Miss  Hattie  A.  Nichols  of  Nashua,  a 
native  of  Merrimack,  N.  H. 

No  children. 

Dr.  Prescott  died  at  his  home  in  Nashua,  January  2,  1902. 


Thomas  Osgood  Reynolds,  M.  D. 

Kingston,  N.  H. 

(11  N.  H.  V.) 

Reynolds,  Thomas  O.  Co.  I;  b.  Chester;  age  19;  res.  Candia,  cred. 
Candia;  enl.  Aug.  28,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  6,  '62,  as  Priv.;  wd.  Dec. 
13,  '62,  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  disch.  May  20.  '65.  P.  0.  ad.,  Kings- 
ton.    (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  588.) 

Dr.  Reynolds  was  born  in  Chester,  N.  H.,  December  24, 
1842,  and  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Furnald  and  Mary  (Currier) 
Reynolds,  and  a  grandson  of  Owen  Reynolds.  He  received 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools  of  Chester 
and   at  the   Chester  Academy,    New    Hampshire.     He  com- 


494  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

menced  the  study  of  medicine  in  1863,  at  Camp  Nelson,  Ken- 
tuclcy,  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  A.  C.  Rankin,  acting  assist- 
ant surgeon.  United  States  Army,  continuing  the  same  at  Long 
Island  College  Hospital,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  at  Albany  (N.  Y.) 
Medical  College,  and  was  graduated  from  the  latter,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1866.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in 
Deerfield,  N.  H.,  April,  1869,  where  he  remained  for  ten 
months,  then  removed  to  Kingston,  N.  H.,  where  he  has  prac- 
ticed since  February,  1870,  with  the  exception  of  one  year 
which  was  spent  in  Haverhill,  Mass. 

He  is  an  ex-member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
was  a  member  of  the  Rockingham  District  Medical  Society, 
and  a  member  of  the  Alumni  Society  of  Albany  Medical  Col- 
lege. He  belongs  to  various  Masonic  Fraternities;  General 
Patten  Post,  G.  A.  R. ;  the  General  Burnside  Commandery, 
IT.  V.  IT.,  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  and  the  Congregational  society 
of  Kingston,  N.  H. ;  was  meteorological  reporter  for  Harvard 
observatory  for  several  years,  a  trustee  of  the  Kingston  Acad- 
emy, town  clerk,  representative  to  the  general  court,  coroner 
for  Rockingham  county,  justice  of  the  peace,  etc. 

Dr.  Reynolds  has  reported  cases  to  the  New  York  Medical 
Record  and  to  the  Cincinnati  Medical  Clinic;  one  case,  some- 
what noteworthy,  of  a  punctured  wound  of  the  heart,  in 
which  the  patient  lived  three  days  and  an  autopsy  proved  the 
correctness  of  the  diagnosis. 

He  is  now  president  of  the  local  board  of  health  of  Kings- 
ton and  for  many  years  has  been  principal  surgeon  in  that 
section  of  Rockingham  county.  Dr.  Reynolds  takes  great 
interest  in  microscopy,  making  his  own  slides,  corresponds  ex- 
tensively with  microscopists  and  has  been  a  regular  contributor 
to  Microscopic  and  Polarizer  Examination. 

Dr.  Reynolds'  military  record  began  with  an  enlistment  as 
private  in  Company  I,  Eleventh  New  Hampshire  Regiment, 
August  28,  1862.  He  was  wounded  at  Fredericksburg  Decem- 
ber 13,  1862,  and  again  at  Jackson,  Miss.,  in  July,  1863.  In 
the  meantime,  he  served  as  chief  clerk  and  acting  steward  of 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  495 

Nelson  Convalescent  Hospital,  Camp  Nelson,  Kentucky,  which 
at  that  time  was  the  headquarters  of  the  Department  of  Ohio. 
From  October,  1863,  to  muster  out,  May  10,  1865,  he  was  at 
Lexington,  Ky.,  and  soon  after,  June  1,  1865,  was  employed 
as  acting  assistant  surgeon.  United  States  Army,  and  had  all 
the  medical  and  surgical  duties  to  perform  of  the  Freedman's 
Hospital  at  Camp  Nelson.  This  was  a  camp  of  three  thousand 
people,  having  a  hospital  with  one  hundred  beds.  He  re- 
mained in  charge  of  the  same  until  this  camp  was  closed, 
January  1,  1866. 

Married,  July  13,  1870,  Mary  Fanny  Smith. 

Children,  one:  Mabel  Reynolds. 


James  Morrili.  Rix,  M.  D. 

Warner.  N.  H. 

Dr.  Rix  belongs  to  that  class  of  surgeons  who  have  com- 
pleted their  medical  education  since  the  close  of  the  war.  He 
was  born  in  Littleton,  N.  H.,  December  30,  1834,  and  was  the 
son  of  Hale  and  Louise  (Morrill)  Rix,  a  grandson  of  Nathaniel 
Rix.  He  received  his  preliminary  education  at  the  common 
schools  and  select  schools  of  Dalton  and  Whitefield,  N.  H.,  and 
at  Peaeham  Academy,  Peacham,  Vt.  He  commenced  the 
study  of  medicine  in  1859,  at  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  under  the 
direction  of  Dr.  Orren  Boynton,  of  Lisbon,  N.  H.,  attending 
medical  lectures  at  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College,  New 
York  City,  and  at  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University 
of  Vermont  in  Burlington,  graduating  M.  D.  from  the  Belle- 
vue Hospital  Medical  College  of  New  York  City,  March  1, 
1868.  He  located  in  Warner,  N.  H.,  April  12,  1868,  and  has 
practiced  medicine  in  that  town  ever  since. 

He  has  been  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  So- 
ciety and  of  the  Centre  District  Medical  Society ;  also  the  Odd 
Fellows,  Grand  Army  and  the  New  Hampshire  Grange. 

The  following  is  his  military-  record:  Enlisted  as  private 
in  April,  1861,  in  Company  G,  Third  Regiment  Massachusetts 


496  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Volunteers,  this  enlistment  being  for  three  months,  and  sailed 
immediately  from  Boston  to  Fortress  Monroe.  While  in 
Fortress  Monroe  Dr.  Rix  was  detailed  for  duty  in  the  assist- 
ant surgeon's  office  and  was  mustered  out  at  the  end  of  the 
term  of  enlistment;  came  back  to  New  England  and  enlisted 
again  in  the  spring  of  1862,  at  Littleton,  N.  H.,  in  Company 
D,  Thirteenth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers;  served 
as  corporal  until  early  winter  after  the  battle  of  Fredericks- 
burg, when  he  Avas  sent  to  the  hospital  in  Washington,  and 
the  following  March  (1868)  he  was  discharged  by  reason  of 
disability. 

Married,  in  1869,  Mary  A.  Adams. 

Children,  one:  Learthur  A.  Rix,  born  in  1879. 

Dr.  Rix  died  February  16,  1906. 


Albert  Hamilton  Taft,  M.  D. 
Winchester,  N.  H. 

(9  N.  H.  V.) 

Taft,  Albert  H.  Co.  E;  b.  Nelson;  age  24;  res.  Nelson,  cred.  Nel- 
son; enl.  July  29,  '62;  must,  in  Aug.  6,  '62,  as  Corp.;  disch.  disab. 
Nov.  13,  '63,  Concord.  P.  O.  ad.,  Winchester.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  503.) 

Dr.  Taft  was  born  December  23,  1837,  at  Nelson,  N.  H., 
being  the  son  of  Nathan  and  Achsah  (Hardy)  Taft,  and  a 
grandson  of  Nathan  Taft  of  New  Hampshire.  He  received 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  and  high  schools  in 
Nelson,  one  term  at  Marlow  Academy,  and  from  1860  to  1862, 
when  he  enlisted,  at  Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meriden,  N.  H. 
He  commenced  his  professional  education  while  doing  hospital 
work  in  the  army  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  George  B.  Twitch- 
ell  and  Nehemiah  Rand,  and  attended  medical  lectures  imme- 
diately on  the  close  of  the  war  at  Hanover  and  Brunswick, 
Me.,  and  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  Medical  Department 
of  Bowdoin  College  in  1867  and  located  the  same  year  at  Han- 
cock, N.  H.,  where  he  remained  for  five  years;  then  removed 
to  Winchester,  where  he  has  resided  for  twenty-five  years. 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  497 

He  is  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  State  and  Cheshire 
County  Medical  Societies,  past  commander  of  Post  19,  G.  A.  R., 
of  the  Department  of  New  Hampshire,  a  member  of  the 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  for  four  years  a  member  of  the  board 
of  education  in  Hancock  and  for  six  years  a  member  of  the 
board  of  health  in  the  town  of  Winchester.  He  was  corporal 
in  Company  E,  Ninth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers, 
from  the  date  of  his  enlistment  until  November  13,  1863,  when 
he  was  discharged  for  disability;  afterwards  he  served  as 
nurse  and  hospital  steward  in  a  field  hospital. 

Dr.  Taft  says  of  himself:  "I  have  nothing  in  particular  to 
relate,  except  that  mine  has  been  a  life  of  hard  work  with 
poor  health,  yet  I  have  tried  to  do  my  duty  by  my  family  and 
my  fellow-men." 

Married,  August  15,  1866,  Mary  L.  Atherton  of  "Winches- 
ter, N.  H. 

Children,  four:  Albert  A.,  Harry  A.,  Arthur  R.  and  De- 
Forest  R.  The  second  and  third  died  young ;  the  first,  Albert 
A.,  graduated  from  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  1894;  the 
youngest,  DeForest,  is  now  (1898)  a  student  at  the  State 
Agricultural  College  at  Durham,  N.  H. 


George  Pillsbury  Titcomb,  'M.  D. 

Salisbury,  N.  H. 

(5  N.  H.  V.) 

TrTCOMB.  George  P.  Co.  I:  b.  Bopoawen;  age  26;  les.  Danbury;  enl. 
Sept.  21,  'CI;  must,  in  Oct.  15,  'Gl,  as  Corp.;  disch.  disab.  Oct.  31, 
'62.    P.  O.  ad.,  Salisbury.     (Record,  Ay  ling's  Register,  1895,  p.  273.) 

Dr.  Titcomb  was  the  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Rebecca  (Pills- 
bury)  Titcomb  and  was  born  in  Boscawen,  N.  H.,  September 
30,  1838.  His  preliminary  education  was  received  at  the 
common  schools  and  the  ficademy  in  Boscawen,  and  his  pro- 
fessional studies  were  under  the  direction  of  the  Eclectic  Med- 
ical College  of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1859. 

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498  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

He  immediately  comm-eneed  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Dan- 
bury,  N.  H.,  and  was  located  in  the  village  when  the  War  of 
the  Rebellion  was  precipitated  by  the  firing  on  Fort  Sumter. 
He  enlisted  in  the  Fifth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers, 
and  after  a  service  as  corporal  for  eleven  months  was  assigned 
to  the  field  hospital  department,  being  transferred  from 
the  hospital  at  Harrison's  Landing,  Va.,  (where  he  had  been 
a  patient,)  to  Point  Lookout,  Md.,  where  he  was  assigned  to 
duty  in  the  dispensary.  He  was  discharged  for  disability 
October  31,  1862.  Returned  to  Danbury,  but  was  able  to 
do  but  little  physical  w^ork ;  removed  to  Salisbury  in  1868, 
where  he  afterwards  resided.  He  never  fully  recovered  his 
health  and  died  December  3,  1900. 

Married  Clara  Jane  Parsons,  January  1,   1868. 

Children :  Fred  Parsons  Titcomb,  born  February  12,  1870, 
and  William  Nettleton  Titcomb,  born  March  16,  1872. 


George  Leonard  Wakefield,  M.  D. 

17  Pemberton  Block,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

(9  N.  H.  V.) 

Wakefield,  George  L.  Co.  G;  b.  Plymouth,  Vt.;  age  18;  res.  Clare- 
mont,  cred.  Claremont;  enl.  July  2G,  '62;  must,  in  Aug.  13,  '62,  as 
Priv.;  app.  Corp.;  wd.  May  12,  '64,  at  Spottsylvanla,  Va.;  June  16, 
'64,  and  July  15,  '64,  Petersburg,  Va.;  Sept.  30,  '64,  Poplar  Springs 
Church,  Va.;  app.  Sergt.  May  1,  '65;  must,  out  June  10,  '65.  P.  O. 
ad.,  Henniker.      (Record,  AyUng's  Register,  1895,  p.  505.) 

Dr.  Wakefield  was  born  October  18,  1846,  in  Plymouth,  Vt., 
and  was  the  son  of  Harve.y  Milan  and  Mary  (Ray)  Wake- 
field, a  gi'andson  of  Silas  Wakefield  on  his  paternal  side  and 
his  maternal  grandfather  was  Reuben  Ray.  He  received  his 
preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools  of  Vermont  and 
at  the  Academy  of  Claremont,  N.  H.,  when  this  somewhat 
celebrated  school  was  managed  by  C.  C.  Church  and  wife. 

Before  giving  his  attention  to  medicine  he  enlisted  in  Com- 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  499 

pany  G,  Ninth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers.  This 
was  on  July  26,  1862,  he  being  at  that  time  but  fifteen  years, 
nine  months  and  eight  days  old.  His  father  died  while  with 
the  Fifth  Xew  Hampshire  Volunteers,  about  the  same  time, 
at  the  age  of  fifty-three.  Young  Wakefield  was  promoted  to 
sergeant  of  the  company,  was  slightly  wounded  in  the  left  side 
of  head,  left  side  of  body  and  right  elbow  and  right  shoulder, 
but  remained  with  his  company  and  saw  the  entire  service  of 
the  regiment  for  three  years. 

While  in  the  service,  in  1863,  he  became  interested  in  the 
study  of  medicine  under  Andrew  J.  ]\roulton,  M.  D.,  who  was 
a  private  in  the  same  company.  Dr.  Wakefield  has  said  that 
for  two  years  he  carried  medical  books  in  his  knapsack  and 
spent  what  available  time  he  could  in  reading  medicine.  Pri- 
vate Moulton  was  located  in  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Fran- 
cestown,  N.  H.,  when  he  enlisted,  and  was  killed  September 
30,  1864,  at  Poplar  Springs  Church,  Va. 

After  the  war  Dr.  Wakefield  went  to  Wisconsin,  doing  more 
or  less  practice,  and  in  1868  took  what  was  called  a  Practition- 
ers' Course,  but  was  not  graduated  until  1882,  after  which 
he  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  the  Hahnemann  College  of 
Chicago.  During  this  time  he  had  been  in  practice  at  Durand, 
Wis.,  and  at  one  or  two  other  places  in  the  same  state.  He 
came  east  in  1888  and  located  first  at  Hillsborough  Bridge, 
afterwards  at  Henniker,  and  in  1894  went  to  Manchester, 
N.  H.,  where  he  is  now  in  practice. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Clinical  Society  of  the  Hahnemann 
Hospital  of  Chicago,  of  the  State  Homeopathic  Society  of  New 
Hampshire  and  medical  examiner  of  the  Homeopathic  Aid 
Association  of  Chicago.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Array 
of  the  Republic,  being  a  past  com.mander,  president  of  the 
Veterans'  Association  of  the  Ninth  New  Hampshire  at  The 
Weirs;  was  a  delegate  to  the  National  Encampment  at  Port- 
land, Me. ;  member  of  the  Council  of  Administration,  and 
various  other  civil  and  military  organizations. 


500  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN    THE   REBELLION. 

He  married,  in  1870,  Miss  Sarah  Ann  Conger  of  Lima, 
Pepin  county,  Wis. 

Children,  two:  Electa  Estella  and  George  Herbert  "Wake- 
field. 


William  F.  Wallace,  M.  D. 

Plaistow,   N.   H. 

(18  N.  H.  V.) 

Wallace,  William  F.  Co.  I;  b.  Concord;  age  16;  res.  Concord 
(Fisherville,  now  Penacook),  cred.  Concord;  enl.  Mar.  6,  '65,  for 
3  yrs.;  must,  in  Mar.  6,  '65,  as  Muse;  must,  out  July  29,  '65.  (Rec- 
ord, Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  826.) 

Dr.  Wallace  was  an  enlisted  man  and  served  as  private 
during  the  war.  He  was  the  son  of  William  and  Lydia  M. 
(Waterman)  Wallace,  and  a  grandson  of  John  Wallace,  and 
was  born  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  July  11,  1849.  He  received  his 
preliminary  education  in  the  common  and  high  schools  of 
Epsom  and  of  New  Hampton  Literary  Institute.  At  the  age 
of  sixteen  he  entered  the  United  States  service  in  the  Eight- 
eenth New  Hampshire  Regiment,  in  Company  I,  and  on  the 
expiration  of  his  service  in  the  army  he  went  West,  taught 
school  in  Ohio  and  Kansas  for  several  years,  and  commenced 
the  study  of  medicine  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  in  1877,  under  the 
direction  of  Drs.  Woodruff,  Hamilton  and  Coleman.  He  at- 
tended two  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  the  University  of 
Ohio,  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  was  graduated  from  the  same 
institution  March  5,  1880.  He  commenced  the  practice  of 
medicine  at  Lafayette,  Ohio,  in  March,  1881,  and  soon  after 
removed  to  Bradford,  N.  H.,  where  he  remained  for  seven 
years ;  was  at  Milton,  N.  H.,  ten  years,  and  is  now  located  at 
Plaistow,  N.  H. 

He  has  taken  an  active  part  in  health  and  school  matters, 
having  been  a  member  of  the  local  board  of  health  and  of  the 
school  board  in  Milton,  N.  H. ;  is  a  member  of  Grand  Army 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  501 

Post  No.  56,  Milton,  N.  H.,  Odd  Fellows,  Knights  of  Pythias, 
Grand  Templar  Division,  Milton,  etc.  He  took  a  post-grad- 
uate course  in  1896  in  New  York.  Dr.  Wallace  died  in  New 
Hampshire   early  in   September,   1906. 


Eugene  Wason,  M.  D. 

Milford,  N.  H. 

(18  N.  H.  V.) 

Wasox,  Eugene.  Co.  D;  b.  New  Boston;  age  20;  cred.  New  Boston; 
enl.  Aug.  29,  '64,  for  1  yr.;  must,  in  Sept.  20,  '64,  as  Priv.;  must, 
out  June  10,  '65.  P.  0.  ad.,  Boston,  Mass.  (Record,  Ayling's  Reg- 
ister, 1895,  p.  826.) 

Doctor  Wason  was  born  in  New  Boston,  N.  H.,  April  25, 
1845,  and  was  the  son  of  Abraham  and  Sarah  Theresa  (Lam- 
son)  Wason,  and  a  grandson  of  James  Wason.  His  prelim- 
inary education  was  received  in  the  district  schools  of  New 
Boston,  the  public  schools  of  Cambridgeport,  Mass.,  and  the 
academy  at  Mont  Vernon,  N.  H.  His  professional  education 
commenced  at  Hillsborough  Bridge,  N.  H.,  under  the  direction 
of  William  M.  Parsons,  M.  D.,  now  of  Manchester.  He  at- 
tended three  courses  of  medical  lectures  at  Harvard  JNIedical 
School  and  at  Hanover,  and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1872  from  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College. 
He  commenced  practice  in  Nashua,  where  he  remained  for 
five  years;  was  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  for  nine  years;  in 
Hancock,  N.  H.,  seven  years;  one  year  in  Boston  in  charge 
of  a  private  hospital,  and  has  been  in  Milford  since  1894. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Cheshire  County  (N.  H.)  Medical 
Society ;  was  city  physician  of  Nashua  and  examining  surgeon 
of  the  pension  department;  member  of  the  board  of  health 
of  Nashua,  as  well  as  the  Grand  Army  and  Knights  of 
Pythias ;  member  of  the  school  board  and  at  one  time  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  in  Nashua.  He  holds  the  posi- 
tion of  professor  of  obstetrics  in  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  Boston,  ^Mass.,  and  is  a  member  of  the  board  of 
health  of  Milford,  N.  IL 


502  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

Dr.  Wason  was  one  of  a  considerable  number  of  New  Hamp- 
shire young  men  ^vho  enlisted  as  private  soldiers  and  did  not 
commence  the  study  of  medicine  until  after  their  service. 

Dr.  Wason  enlisted  in  the  Eighteenth  New  Hampshire  Regi- 
ment, July  29,  1864,  as  a  private  i.rom  New  Boston.  He  was 
appointed  hospital  steward  of  the  same  regiment,  and  was 
detailed  as  a  member  of  the  band  of  the  Engineer  Corps  of 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  also  a  member  of  the  band  of 
the  First  Division  of  the  Ninth  Army  Corps.  His  term  of 
service  was  only  for  one  year,  and  he  was  mustered  out  June 
10,  1865.     His  present  post-office  address  is  Milford,  N.  H. 

Married,  first,  August  13,  1866,  Hattie  S.  Wilkins,  who 
died  July  23,  1883 ;  second.  May  2,  1888,  Elsie  D.  Lee. 

Children,  one :  Arthur,  born  March  20,  1868. 


Uranus  Owen  Brackett  Wingate,  M.  D. 

Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Dr.  Wingate  was  born  in  Rochester,  N.  H.,  September  4, 
1848,  and  was  the  son  of  David  (2)  and  Lydia  Thompson 
(Wentworth)  Wingate,  and  a  grandson  of  David  Wingate. 
He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the  common  schools 
of  Rochester  and  Lebanon  Academy,  Maine.  He  commenced 
his  professional  education  in  1871,  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  under 
the  direction  of  Dr.  Jacob  P.  Whittemore  and  James  H.  Whit- 
temore,  father  and  son,  the  latter  afterwards  being  superin- 
tendent of  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital  for  many  years. 
He  continued  his  medical  education  at  the  Harvard  Medical 
School  and  at  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College, 
attending  three  courses  of  lectures  and  receiving  his  degree  of 
M.  D.  from  the  jMedical  Department  of  Dartmouth  College  in 
the  class  of  1875.  He  was  located  for  a  short  time  in  Haver- 
hill, Mass. ;  was  in  Wellesley,  Mass.,  for  eleven  years,  and 
since  that  time  has  resided  in  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the 
Massachusetts  and  Wisconsin  State  IMedical  Societies,  the  New 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  50B 

York  ]\[edico-Legal,  American  Public  Health  Association,  and 
of  various  medical  societies  in  Wisconsin.  He  has  published 
several  articles  and  numerous  papers  in  the  Boston  Medical 
and  Surgical  Journal,  Medical  Record,  Medical  News,  Jour- 
nal of  the  American  Medical  Association,  Medico-Legal  Jour- 
nal, Chicago  Clinical  Review,  Milwaukee  Medical  Journal,  etc. 

He  has  been  vice-president  of  the  American  ]Medical  Asso- 
ciation ;  vice-president  of  the  Wisconsin  State  ^Medical  Society ; 
president  of  the  Milwaukee  ^Medical  Society;  commissioner  of 
health,  city  of  ^Milwaukee;  he  is  director  and  professor  of  dis- 
eases of  the  nervous  sj'stem,  Wisconsin  College  of  Physicians; 
member  of  the  Masonic,  Odd  Fellows,  Royal  Arcanum,  Na- 
tional Union,  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  other 
fraternal  association.;.  At  the  present  time  he  is  secretary  of 
the  Wisconsin  state  board  of  health;  treasurer  of  the  Mil- 
waukee Medical  Society  and  treasurer  of  the  Milwaukee  Chap- 
ter Alpha  Neu  Pi  Omega  iledical  Fraternity.  He  makes  a 
specialty  of  diseases  of  the  nervous  system  and  public  hygiene. 
His  service  in  the  array  was  with  the  Construction  Corps  of 
the  Mississippi  Division.  He  served  in  the  quartermaster's 
department  from  September,  1866,  to  May,  1867. 

Since  the  a])ove  was  written  Dr.  Wingate  has  resigned 
from  the  position  of  secretary  of  the  Wisconsin  state  board 
of  health,  and  has  a  private  institution  near  ]Milwaukee  for 
the  treatment  of  mental  diseases. 

]Married,  first,  Georgie  Knowles;  second,  Nellie  W.  Sehoon- 
maker. 

Cliildren,  by  first  marriage:  Lila  May  and  Newell  A.  T. 
Wingate. 


Louis  Augustus  Woodbury,  M.  D. 
Groveland,  Mass. 

(IG  N.  H.  V.) 

Woodbury.  Louis  A.  Co.  D;  b.  Salem;  age  18;  res.  Concord,  cred. 
Chichester;  enl.  Nov.  13,  '62;  must,  in  Nov.  13,  '02,  as  Priv.;  must, 
out  Aus?.  20,  '63.  P.  O.  ad.,  Groveland,  Mass.  (Record,  Ayling's 
Register,  1895,  p.  788.) 


504  SURGICAL    HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

"Louis  A.  Woodbury,  Groveland,  Mass.,  born  October  1, 

1844,  at  Salem,  N.  H.,  is  the  son  of  Washington  Woodbury  and 
Dolly  Head  (Jones)  Woodbury,  granddaughter  of  General 
Nathaniel  Head  of  Pembroke,  N.  PI.,  and  the  grandson  of 
Luke  Woodbury,  the  old  planter,  who  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Salem,  Mass.  He  is  the  great-grandson  of  Gen. 
Nathaniel  Head  of  Pembroke,  N.  H.,  who  was  a  captain  in 
the  War  of  the  Revolution.  He  is  descended  on  his  mother's 
side  from  Arthur  Head,  who  settled  in  Newcastle,  N.  H.,  be- 
fore 1670.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Concord,  the  family  having  moved  there  in 

1845.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  enlisted  in  Company  D,  Six- 
teenth Regiment,  and  served  until  the  muster  out.  After  his 
dischai-ge  at  Concord  he  went  to  Washington.  D.  C,  and  for  a 
time  was  employed  by  the  government  as  forage  master. 

' '  After  returning  home  he  began  the  study  of  medicine  and 
graduated  from  Harvard  University  Medical  School,  February 
14,  1872,  and  soon  after  settled  in  Groveland,  beginning  the 
])ractice  of  his  profession,  in  which  he  is  still  actively  engaged. 

"Dr  Woodbury  is  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical 
Society  and  of  the  Haverhill  (Mass.)  Medical  Club  and  is 
post  surgeon,  Grand  Array  of  the  Republic.  He  is  United 
States  examining  surgeon  for  pensions,  a  member  of  the  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution,  president  of  the  Village  Im- 
provement Society,  a  trustee  of  the  public  library  and  a  jus- 
tice of  the  peace.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New  England  His- 
toric Genealogical  Society  and  of  the  Essex  Institute.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  Doric  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  Tilton,  N.  H. ;  has  been  a  member  of  Union  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Laconia,  for  thirty  years,  and  a  Knight 
Templar  of  Haverhill  Commandery,  of  which  he  has  been 
prelate  and  generalissimo. 

"Dr.  Woodbury  has  contributed  several  papers  to  the  medi- 
cal societies  of  which  he  is  a  member  and  has  done  consider- 
able historical  and  genealogical  work.  Among  his  papers  and 
published  works  are:  'A  Contribution  to  the  Early  History 


MISCELLANEOUS   ORGANIZATIONS.  505 

of  Medicine  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,'  'Inscriptions  from  the  Old 
Cemetery  in  Groveland,'  'Early  Ministers  of  Bradford,'  'An 
Historical  Sketch  of  Bradford  in  the  Eevolution.' 

"Dr.  Woodburv^  has  been  twice  married,  first,  to  Alice  G. 
Stanwood,  who  died  in  1889 ;  second,  to  Helen  Hey  Robinson 
of  Portsmouth,  N.  H." 

(Sixteenth  Regiment  History,  p.  441.) 


Henry  D.  Wyatt,  M.  D.,  A.  M. 
Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

(15  N.  H.  V.) 

Wyatt,  Hexky  D.  Co.  B;  b.  Campton;  age  25;  res.  Campton;  enl. 
Sept.  15,  '62,  as  Priv. ;  app.  1  Lt.  Nov.  3,  '62;  must,  in  to  date  Oct. 
10,  '62,  as  1  Lt.;  disch.  to  date  Aug.  13,  '63,  tm.  ex.  P.  0.  ad., 
Chattanooga,  Tenn.      (Record,  Ayling's  Register,  1895,  p.  758.) 

"Henry  D.  Wyatt,  M.  D.  and  A.  ]\I.,  and  now  principal  of 
the  Chattanooga  (Tenn.)  high  school,  was  the  son  of  Daniel 
and  Phebe  (Palmer)  Wyatt,  both  natives  of  New  Hampshire, 
and  both  lived  to  be  over  ninety-one  years  of  age.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Campton,  Grafton  county,  N. 
H.,  September  24,  1836,  grew  to  manhood  on  the  farm  and 
received  his  rudimentary  education  in  the  common  public 
schools  and  private  schools  of  the  day.  Having  early  imbibed 
a  fondness  for  teaching,  he  taught  several  terms  during  the 
winter  season  and  worked  on  the  farm  during  the  summer. 

"The  war  broke  out  about  this  time,  and  in  1862  he  enlisted 
as  a  private  in  Company  B,  Fifteenth  New  Hampshire  Infan- 
try, United  States  Army,  and  was  soon  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  first  lieutenant,  had  command  of  the  company  in  front  of 
Port  Hudson  in  1863,  when  he  was  wounded  and  mustered  out 
of  the  service  in  August  of  that  year.  He  soon  gave  his  atten- 
tion to  teaching  and  the  study  of  medicine,  attending  medical 
lectures  at  Harvard  College,  and  in  1865  became  assistant 
surgeon  of  a  regiment  of  heavy  artillery,  which  position  he 
filled  acceptably,  also  had  charge  for  a  time  of  the  post  hos- 


606  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

pital,  using  the  Bragg  Hospital  building  in  Chattanooga, 
Tenn.,  until  he  v/as  mustered  out  of  the  service  in  May,  1866. 
After  cessation  of  hostilities  he  graduated  from  the  Medical 
Department  of  Dartmouth  College,  and  then,  his  old  desire  to 
engage  in  teaching  as  a  profession  was  so  strong,  he  entered 
Meriden  (N.  H.)  Academy  for  a  few  months,  took  the  classical 
course  in  Dartmouth  College,  graduating  in  the  class  of  1871. 
He  then  taught  in  the  North  until  late  in  1872,  when  he  was 
called  to  take  charge  of  the  Chattanooga  school,  which  he  or- 
ganized, and  was  superintendent  until  1892 ;  then  he  was  one 
year  in  the  normal  department  of  the  Chattanooga  branch  of 
the  U.  S.  Grant  University ;  one  year  president  of  Chattanooga 
Academy,  and  has  since  been  principal  of  the  Chattanooga 
high  school." 


SUPPLEMENT. 


The  following  was  received  too  late  to  be  inserted  in  its 
proper  place.  Dr.  Goodwin  evidently  was  a  contract  surgeon, 
but  the  proofs  of  that  section  have  already  been  read,  there- 
fore we  insert  it  as  a  supplement. 

Richard  James  Plumer  Goodwin,  ]\I.  D. 
481  Pleasant  Street,  Maiden,  Mass. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  June 
7,  1837,  and  was  the  son  of  Richard  Hanson  and  Mary  Ann 
(Roberts)  Goodwin,  grandson  of  Joseph  Goodwin.  All  his 
ancestors  were  once  residents  of  New  Hampshire.  Received 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  public  and  Chauncey  Hall 
schools  of  Boston,  Lawrence  Scientific  School,  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, and  his  professional  education  at  Tremont  Medical 
School  of  Boston,  and  was  graduated  from  the  Medical  De- 
partment of  Harvard  University  in  July,  1865.  Commenced 
the  practice  of  medicine  before  graduating  in  1861,  in  ]\Ialden, 
Mass.,  until  April,  1862,  when  he  entered  the  army  as  acting 
assistant  surgeon,  and  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  in 
June,  1865. 

During  his  service  in  the  army  was  located  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  having  charge  of  the  smallpox  hospital,  and  from 
October  8,  1864,  until  June  1,  1865,  was  an  assistant  in 
the  Webster  United  States  General  Hospital  at  Manchester, 
N.  H.,  also  superintendent  of  smallpox  hospital  at  Manches- 
ter. Remained  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Manchester 
until  April,  1885,  then  removed  to  Boston,  and  in  1890  re- 
moved to  Maiden,  where  he  still  is  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 


508  SURGICAL   HISTORY   IN   THE   REBELLION. 

fession.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Medford  Hospital  Society, 
Maiden  Historical  Society,  also  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the 
Revolution;  was  city  physician  and  chairman  of  the  board  of 
health  in  Manchester,  member  of  several  fraternal  societies 
and  surgeon  of  Post  66,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  Med- 
ford, Mass.,  and  was  once  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society. 

Married,  December  29,  1859,  Josephine  Louisa  Allen  of 
Boston,  Mass. 

Children,  nine:  Richard  Herbert,  Alice  Gertrude,  Carrie 
Josephine,  Mary  Eliza,  Ellen  Louisa,  Ezra  Frederick,  Laura 
Anna,  Beatrice  Evelyn. 


INDEX. 


INDEX. 


Abbott    394 

Col 9G 

Dr.  Joseph 82,  83 

Dr.  Josiah 279,  280.  281 

Lucelia   306 

Dr.  E.  O 257,  2G0 

Ruth   (Estabrook ) 280 

Stephen  G.'. 1-3 

Abell,  Dr 455 

Abstract  of  the  Historj'  of 

First  N.  H.  Vols 1 

Second  N.  H.  Vols 10 

Third  N.  H.  Vols 27 

Fourth  N.  H.  Vols 41 

Fifth  N.  H.  Vols CO 

Sixth  N.  H.  Vols 72 

Seventh  N.  H.  Vols 82 

Eighth  N.  H.  Vols 101 

Ninth  N.  H.  Vols 114 

Tenth   N.  H.  Vols 120 

Eleventh  N.  H.  Vols 135 

Twelfth  N.  H.  Vols 145 

Thirteenth  N.  H.  Vols 155 

Fourteenth  N.  H.  Vols 170 

Fifteenth  N.  H.  Vols 181 

Sixteenth  N.  H.  Vols 190 

Seventeenth   N.   H.  Vols...  199 

Eighteenth  N.  H.  Vols 204 

Dartmouth  Cav 219 

First  N.  H.  and  N.  E.  Cav.. 212 

Fir.st  N.  H.  Vol.  Cav 225 

First  N.  H.  Vol.  H.  A 230 

Second    U.    S.    Vol.    Sharp- 
shooters     237 

U.  S.  A 241 

U.  S.  Vols 2G2 

U.  S.  C.  T 278 

U.  S.  N 309 

Miscellaneous   384 

Academy: 

Amherst    2S0 

American,  of  Medicine  439,  459 
American,   of  Political  and 

Social    Science 245 

Appleton     77,  109,  298 

436,  481,  488 

Atkinson    (N.    II.) 44,  307 

Barre    476 

33 


Academy: 

Black  River  (Vt.) 92 

Brighton,  North 57 

California,  of  Sciences 245 

Canaan    Union 341,  344 

Chapel    325 

Chattanooga     506 

Chester    493 

Claremont     498 

Colby     131,  197,  375,  437 

462,  465,  482,  482 

Crosby    217 

Dukes  County   443 

Edgartown    443 

Elliot    306 

Exeter    341 

Farmington    371 

Female    275 

Francestown    301,  314 

387,  432,  436 

Franklin 183,  284,  336 

447,  449,  458 

Gilford     335 

Gilmanton    ..153,  211,  234,  242 

262,  295,  302,  395 

Hampden    325 

Hampton   Falls    400,447 

Hancocic    442 

Hancock  Literary  and   Sci- 
entific      357 

Highland    Military    472 

Dr.    Hilliard's 400 

Holmes    138 

Hopkinton    110,  233,  339 

Keene    79,  357 

Kimball  Union 21,  76,  129 

179,  198,  319,  346,  354,  369 
381,  423,  424,  442,  482,  496 

Kingston    44,  494 

Lancaster 18,  249 

Lebanon     371,  502 

Limerick     16 

Limington   Falls    431 

Little  Blue 450 

Lyndon    201 

Marlow    496 

of  Medicine   468 

of  Medicine,  Minnesota 267 


514 


INDEX. 


Academy: 

of  Medicine,  New  York....  187 
188,  358 

Meredith  Village    457 

Meriden    470,  506 

National,  of  Sciences  of  the 

U.  S.  of  America  245 

of  Natural  Science   ...243,  244 
of  Natural  Sciences,  Minne- 
sota     244 

New  Hampton   G2,  361 

New   London    450,  470 

Newport    21 

Norwich    275 

Paris   (Me.)    57 

Peacham     495 

Pembroke 37,   89,  208,  229 

339,  432,  447 
450,  454,  470 

Phillips    112,  217,  242 

282,  316,  355 

Phillips  Exeter.  ..169,  187,  257 

258,  280,  425,  447,  456 

Pinkerton     217 

Pittsiield    427,  460 

Saco,  Me 44 

Sanborn ton    183 

of  Science 245 

of  Science  of  St  Louis 244 

of  Sciences,  Maryland 244 

Strafford    400 

Thetford    (Vt.)    273,  303 

357,  438 

Tubbs   Union    283,  428 

Tuf  tonborough    480 

Tyler    128 

Union    351,  482 

Unity     179 

U.  S.  Naval   324 

Wakefield    257 

Westbrook    381 

West  Point  Military   44 

Wilbraham     454 

Wolfeborough    ...184,474,480 
Woodman    325 

Acapulco,    Mexico    329 

Acton,    Mass 354,355 

Me 16,  239,  240,  272 

Acworth,  N.  H 197,  235,  425 

South    377 

Adams,   Col.   Jack 26 

Dr.   Jeffrey    310,  311 

Joseph     310 

Joseph  T 310 


Adams,  Mary  A 448,  496 

Mary   Leavitt    (Hobbs) 412 

Capt.    Oliver    80 

Rebecca    L 412 

Dr.    Stephen    412 

Susan    Peirce    (Jarvis)  .  . .  .310 

Ager     342 

Agnew,   C.  R 493 

Aiken's  Landing   364,  368 

Albany     190,  440,  494 

Me 57 

Alden,  John 327 

Aldie    452 

Alexandria,  Va 8,  9,  102,  103 

115,  136,  206,  222,  260 
264,  266,  268,  305,  320,  485 

Algiers    102 

Algona,    Iowa    297 

Allen,  David    193 

Josephine    Louisa    506 

Dr.  S.  J 198 

Allenstown,   N.    H 88,  347 

348,  470 

Alstead,  N.  H 118,  153 

341,  377,  402 

Alston,   Mass 79 

Altenburg     185 

Alton    235 

Alumni    Asso.     Albany    Med. 

College     494 

Columbian  University    ....245 

Harvard    340,  448,  454 

462,  486 

Am-erican  Civil  War  60 

Am.es,  Gen 42,     50 

Doctor    194 

Martha  Wheeler 88 

Rebecca  Gerrish   88 

Amesbury,    Mass 321,443 

Amherst,  N.   H.    ...109.  133,  299 
327,  331,  442,  460,  461 

Amoy,   China    365,  369 

Amsterdam,  N.  Y 169 

Anatomy  Pathological    439 

Ancient  and  Honorable  Ar-til- 
lery  Company  of  Massachu- 
setts  170,  476,  477 

Anderson    172 

Almira  J 132 

Isabelle    S 303 

Andersonville    290.  291,  372 

Andover,  N.  H 120,  143.  217 

Mass 33,     35,  112.  208 

242,  295,  316,  355 


INDEX. 


515 


Andrew,   Gov 435 

John   A 459 

Ann  Arbor,  Mich.    ..56,  375,  377 

Annapolis     44,     95,353 

Junction    242 

Md.     ...114,  135,  136,  143,  209 

Antietam    63,     G7,     90,  114 

208,  224,  259,  465 

Antrim,   N.   H 442 

Aphonia    253 

Appomattox     428,  479 

Apponaug,  R.  1 99 

Aquia  Creek,  Va 225,  252 

Arlington,  Va.  325 

Arlington  Heights   485 

Armstrong    349 

Army  of  the  Cumberland . . . 

250,  456 

of  the  James 149,  284,  379 

of  the  Potomac  107 

140,  146,  205,  207 
209,  213,  225,  252,  281 
334,  379,  451,  493,  502 

of  the  Shenandoah 2 

of  Tennessee   447 

United  States 241,  261,  263 

275,  278,  281,  312,  328 

Arnold,  Gen 103 

Arthur,   Mary   E 110 

Artillery,  Third  Mass.  Light. 259 

First  N.  H.  Heavy 168 

N.  H.  Vol.  Heavy 230,  231 

232,  233,  234,  235,  236 

Fourth  U.  S.  Heavy   485 

Fifth  U.  S.  Colored   257 

Sixth  U.  S.  Colored  Heavy 

458 

Seventh  U.  S.  Heavy  21 

Ashby,    Col 451 

Doctor   305,  306 

Ashby's    Gap    356,  451 

Ashmont,  Mass 1C3 

Assignments,    Brigade,    Divi- 
sion and  Corps: 

First  N.  H 3 

Second  N.  H 11 

Third  N.  H 27 

Sixth  N.  H 73 

Seventh  N.  H 84 

Eighth  N.  H 105 

Ninth  N.  H 115,  116 

Tenth  N.  H 121 

Eleventh   N.   H 136 

Twelfth  N.  H 147 


Assignments: 

Thirteenth  N.  H 157 

Fourteenth  N.   H 172 

Fifteenth  N.  H 182 

Sixteenth  N.  H 192 

Eighteenth   N.   H 207 

First   N.   E.    Cav 215 

First  N.  H.  Cav 226 

First  N.  H.  Vol.  H.  A 232 

Association,  American  Medical  45 
152,  177,  185,  186,  254 
267,  273,  315,  340,  353 
358,  375,  386,  392,  400 
423,  424,  427,  433,  439 
448,  453.  479,  502,  503 
American,  for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Science 245 

265,  267,  340 
American  Electro-Therapeu- 
tical     469 

American    Park     and    Out- 
look    469 

American  Public  Health   ..185 
265,  267,  433,  4S3,  503 

Bridgewater   Library    453 

Bunker    Hill    Monument.  .  .335 
Kearsarge  Naval  Veterans  345 

Manchester  Art    454 

Naturalists,       Spencer       F. 

Baird     245 

N.     H.,     of     Military     Sur- 
geons     247 

N.   H.   Pharmaceutical 483 

N.  Y.  Botanical  Garden 469 

N.    Y.    Physicians'    Mutual 

Aid   177,  469 

Veterans     499 

Asylum,    McLean     316 

for  Refugees    485 

Atherton,   Mary    497 

Athol,  Mass 169,  377,  488 

Atkinson.  N.  H 274,  307 

Atlanta,    Ga 264,  386,  424 

Exposition   141 

Attica,   N.    Y 296 

Auburn     129,  34  2 

N.  Y 487 

Auger,  Gen 230.  232 

Augusta,    Me 307,  31 6 

Au=;tin,    Tox 253 

Olinda  Ann    313 

Ayer,    Mass 281,  446 

Doctor     Ill 

John    422 


516 


INDEX. 


Ayer,  Judith  (McCutcheon) .  .422 

Dr.  Otis   422,  423 

Peter    450 

Simond   450 

Ayers,       Almira       Samantha 

(Gerrish)     312 

Charles  Haines    312,  313 

Jonathan     312 

Joseph   Gerrish    312,  313 

Ayling,  Adj.  Gen 8 

Ayling's  Register    52,  279 

Babcock     298 

Bacomb,    Eng 386 

Bacon     345 

Bahia,  S.  A 329 

Bailey    317 

Dr.    George    434 

Harriet    333 

Baker,    Dr.   John 35 

Dr.  John  W.  H 423 

Dr.    Oliver    423 

Sallie  (Ticknor) 423 

Miss  Susan  S 490 

Ball's  Bluff    6 

Ballard,  John  0 396 

Baltic    48,     95 

Baltimore,    Md 89,     90,  110 

120,  143,  246,  254,  255 
256,  258,  390,  420,  455 

Vt 426 

Bancroft,  Dr.  J.  P 141,  317 

Bangor    321 

Baniff     297 

Bank,     City     Guaranty     Sav- 
ings    382 

Five   Cent   Savings 184 

Lake   National    184 

Lancaster  Savings 247 

Milford  Savings   442 

Banks,  Maj.   Gen 450 

Gen.   N.    P 3,  193.  195 

Barbados     329 

Barker,   Prof 100 

Capt.  Thomas  E 146,  435 

Barksdale,    Gen 459 

Barlow,  Gen 60 

Barnes,  Harriet   (Eastman) .  .424 

Dr.    Ira    N 424 

Lynn  Moore 425 

William     424 

Barnet,  Robert  A 272 

Vt 37,  483 

Barney,  John  W.18,  64,  126,  249 


Barnstable,   Mass 128 

Barnstead,  N.  H 22,     247 

248,  361 

North,  N.  H 273,  457 

Barre,   Vt 476 

Barstow,  Dr.  J.  W 2 

Bartholomew,   Fannie  E 380 

Bartlett    284,  316 

Capt.  A.  W 149 

Dr.   B.   H 460 

Caroline  O.   (Williams) 460 

Mrs.   Edward   R 458 

Elisha  13,  397 

Dr.    Ezra 385,  38G 

Hannah     (Gale) 385 

Helen    342 

Josiah 44,  45,  385 

Josiah  Calef    386 

Dr.  L.  S 44 

Richard     460 

Samuel    460 

Rev.   Samuel   C 275 

N.    H 473,  474 

Barton,   Ira  McL 231 

Bassett,   Dr.   Thomas 44 

Batchelder,  Q.  M.  R.  N 2,     3 

Sarah  B 113 

Batcheller,  Dr.  James...  164,  445 

Batchellor,    A.    S 387 

Bates,    Mary    E 244 

Bath,  N.  H 66,  67,  68,  69 

137,  138,  151,  385,  389 

Baton   Rouge,   La 437,  438 

Baxter,    J.    H 52 

Bay  St.  Andrews,  F]a...311,  361 

Bay   St.  Joseph 317,  361 

Bayou    Rapids 102 

Beale    367 

Bean,    Alfred   E 58 

Charles    H 203 

Fanny     (Wardwell) 58 

Elizabeth    M 203 

Elizabeth  R.    (Harper) 202 

Dr.  Luther  C 35,  201,  202 

203,  351 

Scribner    H 202 

Susan   A 203 

Susan   E ..203 

Willie    A 203 

Beaufort,    S.   C 34 

42,     47,     48,     93,     95 
283,  287,  288,  345,  387 

Beaver    Dam 451 

Beckley,    Annie    M 57 


INDEX. 


517 


Beckley,  Dr.  Charles  C ic 

Chester    

Chester    C 

Eunice  K.    (Field) 

Josiah    

Bedee,  Lieut.  Edwin  E 

Bedford    59,  132,  134, 

Beebe,    Dr.    George 

Hannah    L 

Mary    Ann 

Phineas     

Bell,    Col 

Charles    H 

Dr.    John 241, 

Col.    Louis 41, 

Lucy    Dana    (Smith) 

Samuel    

Belle    Island 

Plain     225, 

Bellefontaine    

Bellows,  Mary  A 

Belmont,    Mass 

Benham     

Bennett,  Mary  L 

Bennington,  N.  H..303,  355, 

Benton  Barracks    

Berkshire,    Mass 

Berlin,   N.    H 57 

Falls     

Heights,    Ohio 

Bermuda  Hundred,  Va 51 

205, 

Berry,    Gov 44,  90,  124, 

145,  181,  213. 

Dr.    Charles   T 

Dr.   J.   J 

Berwick,    Me 

South,  Me 

Best's    Battery 

Bethel,    Great 

Bethlehem.    N.    H.. 365,387, 
Beverly,    Mass 71,  373, 

Ford    

Bickford,  Abigail  (Eastman) 

Dr.    H.    C 

Thomas    

Biddeford,    Me. Ill,  139,  210. 
Bigelow   

Benjamin    F 

Clarence    S 

Elizabeth   P 

Dr.  Henry  J 

Lucius   A..   Jr 

Bird    Key 

Birney,   Maj.    Gen 


.  56      Bisland    102 

56      Bixby,  A.  W 235 

56  Dr.  Amos  S 232,  235,  236 

56  Dr.  George  H 313,  314,  315 

56  Hannah  M.   (Stoddard) 235 

146  Joseph    235 

459  Kate    Salvina 236 

386  Levi    313 

242  Mary    A 236,  315 

242  Mary   A.    (Lobata) 313 

242  Thomas    314 

42  Wentworth  M 236 

,204  Wilbur    Fisk 236 

242  Blackmer,  Esther  (Bartlett)  .316 

51  Dr.    John 316,  317 

,242  John   A 318 

,  242      Blackwell's    Island 249 

,356  Hospital    76 

452      Blaisdell,    Rev.   Wm 150 

,190      Blanchard,  George  Henry 197 

,  119      Blaney,    Surgeon 132 

,257      Blinke's    Division 451 

,  205      Blodgett,   Dr.  Eben 461 

,478  John  H 318 

484  Luke    W 461 

.455  Mary    A.     (BickJord) 461 

.175  Dr.   Robert  A 461 

,  58  Simeon    461 

.   57      Bloody    Angle 114 

.  229      Blue    Grass 114 

,  96      Blue.  Dr.  John  H 468 

493      Board  of  Health,  Wis 503 

143  Naval    Retiring 324 

487      Bohun,    Margaret 296 

,  4G0      Boise   City,    Idaho 377 

,   63      Boliver  Heights    222 

139       Bond,    Ellen    S 483 

.386      "Bonnie  Briar  Bu.sh" 363 

451      Boonsboro    451 

.199      Booth,  John  Wilkes 452 

473       Borland     345 

465      Boscawen,  N.  H 275,  342,  497 

.451  West,   N.   H 355 

396  Boston,  Mass...  10,  37,  39,  52 

.462  53,  66,  67,  79,  97 

.396  101,  109,  138,  157,  163 

361  169,  170,  175,  176,  185 

.345  244.  254,  259,  272.  290 

,313  304.  310.  314.  315,  317 

,  98  330,  334,  335,  340.  344 

.  98  345,  347,  348,  353,  361 

,208  364,  368.  383.  428,  435 

,  98  436,  437,  441.  459.  461 

,  93  468.  476.  486.  496.  501 

,  51    East  379,  387 


518 


INDEX. 


Boston    Harbor 205 

Botany    Bay    Island 39 

Bowditcli    345 

Dr.    Henry   1 173 

Boxford,    Mass 316 

Boylston,  West,  Mass 281 

Boynton,  Dr.  Henry. 77,     S5,     91 
92,     93,     94 

Isaac    92 

John    Henry 94 

Dr.    Orren 495 

Sybil     (Lawrence) 92 

Sybil    Verona 94 

Brackett,  Maj.  Aaron 139 

Laura     2G8 

Martha    Ann 139 

Braddock    Barracks 451 

Bradford,  Dr.  P.  D 334 

Mass 390 

N.    H 14,     15,  193 

194,  195,  19G,  197 
286,  288,  465,  486 

Vt 300,  443,  486 

Bragg,  Dr.  Ira  Wilson 319 

Mercy     ( Clement) 319 

Nathaniel    319 

Braintree,    Mass 20 

Brandon,    Vt 469 

Brandy    Station 67,  451,  452 

Brashear    City 102 

Brattleboro,    Vt 53,     54,233 

311,  425,  432 

Brazier    City,    La 297 

Brazos     307 

Breckenridge,    Col 472 

Brentwood,  N.  H 288 

Brewster,  Celia  A 425 

Mary    A 346 

Brickett,  Dr.  Geo.  F 320,  321 

Bridgeport,    Conn 450,  453 

Bridges,    Susan   E 487 

Bridgewater,   Mass 117,  148 

Bridgton,    Me 33 

Briggs,  Miss  Annie  A 19 

James  F 135 

Bright,  Anne  E.    (Mason) 321 

Dr.  George  A 321,  322 

George  A.,  Jr 321 

John    321 

Mary    321 

Brisbins,    Hari'iet   C 281 

Bristoe  Station,  Va 209 

Bristol,  N.  H..148,  150,  305,  326 

Bronson,   Dr.   A.    S 462 

Betsey    E.     (Scott) 462 

Simon   462 


Brookfield,    Vt 71 

Brookline,  N.  H 112 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y 109,  125 

1G8,  173,  174,  210,  211 
275,  345,  386,  492,  494 

Brooks,    Jonah 425 

Lyman    425,  426 

Mary     (Graham) 425 

Nathaniel    426 

Dr.    Nathaniel   G 425 

Brown     205,  286 

Doctor    441 

Abner    79 

Charles    88 

Charles    E 382 

Mrs.    F.   V.   R 395 

Fidelia    A 80 

Fred    Whittier 88 

George  Ames 88 

Grace    Foster 88 

Dr.  H.   B 432 

Helen    Adams 80 

Henry    Kirke 397 

Dr.  John  Mills 310 

Lebanon    79 

Marenda  (Blanchard) 79 

Dr.  Marshall  L 74,     79,     80 

Mary  Frances 80 

Ruth    A 443 

Wm.    J 204 

Dr.   W.   W 83,     85,     87,     88 

William    88 

Browne     322,323,324,325 

Dr.  John  Mills... 322,  323,  324 

Brownington,    Vt 426 

Brownsville,    Tex 285,  307 

Brunswick,    Me 306,325,393 

440,  4G8,  496 

Bryant,  Ellen  R 234 

Buchanan    352 

Buck,   N.   D 153 

Dr.  Ephraim 486 

Dr.   Horatio  B 269 

Lyman     153 

Dr.   N.   L 307 

Dr.  Reuben 239,  272 

Susan  G 272 

Dr.    Wm.    D..47,     59,     99,  229 

Buckingham,    Gov 276 

Buckland,  Annie  C 65 

Bucknam,  Annie  W 65 

Edward     64 

Dr.  John  W 61,     64,     65 

Sarah   B.    (Weeks) 64 

Budd's  Ferry,  Md 19 

Buddhist    Temple 367 


INDEX. 


519 


Buffalo    190,  250 

Buffum,  Francis  H 171 

Bugbeo,   Dr.   Ralph 249 

Bull    Run 2,     10,     14,     23 

78,  133,  143,  214,  217 
393,  395,  451,  465,  470 

Bullard,  Abbie  A 20 

Agnes     427 

Dr.   Alfred   R 344,  352 

Bbenezer     42G 

Dr.    Gates    B 42G 

Harry    472 

Jonathan     42G 

Rebecca     427 

Rebecca    (Gates ) 426 

Bunker    Hill 4,     46,     89 

373,  398,  427 

Bunton,    Dr 450 

Andrew    88 

Colonel     263 

Henry    S 91 

Lavinia    (Holden) 88 

Louisa   P 263 

Dr.    Slyvanus.13,     20,     85,     88 
89,     90,     91,  484 
Bureau  of  Medicine  and  Sur- 
gery      313,  324 

Freedman's     128,430,485 

Burgoyne    46 

Burke,   N.   Y 17 

East,    Vt 127 

Burkeville,    Va 140,  435 

Junction,  Va 115 

Burleigh,    Alice 326 

Dr.   Daniel   C 325,  326 

Deborah     ( Coffin ) 325 

Lucy    Winslow 326 

Nathaniel    325 

Burlington,  Vt 64,  71,  86,  109 

128,  273,  447,  479,  495 

Burnham,    Dr 33,     38,     40 

Dr.    A.    C 333 

Dr.    Charles    A 28,     37 

Charles    G 37 

Mary    A 37 

Burnside,  Col  A.  E 10 

Barracks    52 

Expedition    470 

General    136,  208,  209 

Burr,  Capt.  S.  S 219.  220,  447 

Busiel,    Gov 132 

Bussey,   Gen.   Cyrus 272 

Butler,  Gen.  B.  F 32,  42,  149 

301,  317,  328,  438 


Butler,   Expedition 101 

Dr.    Geo.    H 326 

Dr.   John  F 427 

Jonathan     427 

Martha    (Russel) 427 

Buxton,    Me 125,  126 

Euzzell,  Dr.  A.  J.  H 28,  30,  31 

32,  33,  36,  39,  2S4,  449 
Sophia    E 479 

Cairo,    111 104,  182 

190,  209,  388 

Caldwell,    Gen 60 

Calef ,    Josiah 386 

Joseph     44 

Miriam     (Bartlett) 44 

Sarah    386 

Susan     (Hussey) 386 

Calkins,    Mar.shall 296 

Call,    Dr.   Royal 396 

Cambridge,    Mass 4,  290 

292,  331 

Vt 168,  334 

Cambridgeport,    Mass 501 

Camden   Station 2 

Camp  Barker 275,  400 

Berry     2 

Broad  Rock  Road 157 

Brooks     73 

Cameron     2 

Cheshire    171 

Codman     221 

Colby    155 

Cook,    Mont 452 

Currier    101 

Distribution     485 

Douglas     257 

Ford     104 

Gilmore    104,  471 

Goodwin    2 

Lander     443 

McClellan    423 

Nelson    494,  495 

Parapet    197 

Parks    135 

Pillsbury    120 

Stoneman 52,  225 

Union     1 

Warner,    Ore 257 

Campbell     456 

Daniel    391 

Horace     197 

Isaac    197 

Sally    (Grant) 197 


520 


INDEX. 


Campbell,  Dr.  Sylvester.  .191, 

197, 

Campton,  N.  H..262,  338,  339, 

Canaan,  N.  H 258,  259, 

344,  351, 

Vt 

Candia,    N.    H 429, 

Cannibals     

Canterbury    ...300,312,300, 
Cape  Good  Hope 

Haitien    

Town    

Verde,    Cuba 

Carbee,   Annie    (Powers) . . . . 

Joel     

John    H 

Dr.  Samuel  P.  148,  151,  152, 

William    

Carbonic  Acid , 

Carpenter,    A.    P 

Prof.    Walter 

Carr,  Belle  0 

Burt    W 

Dr.  Edgar  L 

James    W 


jonn     

Gen.  J.  B 

Lucinda  J.    (Osgood) 

Carroll,    Gen 

Mrs.    C.    H 

N.    H 

Carrollton,  La 183,  191, 

Carter 

Elijah  

Mahala  J 

Dr.  Miles  Olcutt 

Oliver  

Patience  M.   (Waterman) . 

Casey,  Gen 

Castleton,  Vt 40,  54,  75 

98, 

Caswell,  Lt 

Catlin,  Dr.  A.  W 

Cavalry,    Dartmouth 350, 

477, 

First  La 

Second   Mass 

N.  E 212,  213,  214, 

216, 

First  N.  H...101,  225,  226, 
228,  229, 

Second  N.  H..101,  102,  103, 

Eighteenth  N.  Y 

R.  1 218,  219,  221,  223, 


192 
356 
505 
314 
482 
420 
493 
339 
403 
329 
358 
329 

152 
152 
152 
153 
152 
177 

66 

71 
429 
429 
429 
204 
429 
121 
429 

52 
134 

19 
197 
281 
281 
303 
281 
281 
281 
5 
,  97 
447 
200 
177 
474 
479 
111 
371 
215 
217 
227 
435 
104 
273 
224 


Cavalry,  Seventh  R.  1 356 

475,  477 

First  Texas 103 

Third  U.  S 213,  268 

Fifth  U.  S 242,  452 

Caverly,  Dr.  A.  M 38 

Cavities,  Suppurating 315 

Cedar  Falls,  Iowa 297 

Cedar  Mountain 214,  451,  470 

Cemetery,  National 325 

Century  Dictionary 244 

Chadbourne,  Dr 97,  356,  434 

Chaffee,  Catherine  M 453 

M 453 

Chain   Bridge 461 

Chamber  of  Commerce,  N.  Y.  199 

Chamberlain   371 

Harriet  F 381 

Mary    249 

Champion  Hills 161,  424 

Chancellor   House 151 

Chancellorsville,  Va 67,  140 

149,  151,  152,  252,  265 

Battle    394 

Chandler,  Dr.  C.  B 75 

Chantilly,  Va 77,     78 

Chanin  Farm 23,  349 

Chapman 294,  393,  475 

Charles  City 67 

Charleston,  S.  C 23,  32,     33 

133,  279,  287,  289,  292 
293,  294,  323,  358,  379 

West,  Vt 70 

Charlestown 330,  337,  345 

Mass 186,  461,  462 

N.  H 307,  308,  425 

Chase   326,  327 

Dr.  Albert  A 430 

Harriet  M 296 

Dr.  Henry  M 326 

Henry  M.,  Jr 327 

John   430 

Luther  M 430 

Mary  H 327 

Moses   326 

Philip  M 327 

Roxana    (Gordon) 4^0 

Sally  (Minot) 326 

William  L 326 

Home  for  Children 448 

Chattanooga,  Tenn.  .135,  276,  424 
505,  506 

Cheefoo    329 

Cheever   445 


INDEX. 


521 


Cheever,  Dr.  Charles  A 332 

Chelmsford,  Mass 436,  437 

Chelsea,  Mass 5,  217,  319,  330 

331,  332,  363,  379,  388,  434 

Cherbourg   324 

Cheshire  Fair  Ground 73 

Chesley    361 

Annette   235 

Chester,  N.  H..179,  180,  207,  208 
241,  242,  274,  344,  493 

Ohio    233 

Chesterfield,  N.  H 391,  395 

423,  427 

Chesterfield  Factory  Village.   428 

Chicago...;....  182,  202,  245,  250 

277,  282,  401,  444 

Chichester 193,  194,  44i 

461,  503 

Chickahominy    25,     63 

Child,  Dr 62 

Bernard   V 69 

Dwight   Fennel 06 

Helen  Adams 80 

Henry   131.  397 

James  D 69 

John   66 

John  D 66 

John  L 69 

Kate   69 

Nancy    (Morse) 66 

Susan   W 69 

Dr.  William 9.01,66,     07 

68,     69 

William  60 

William  Clinton 69 

Childs,  Prof.  H.  H 13 

China,   Me 307 

Chinkiang    329 

Choate    351.  352 

Chocorua    240 

Cholera,  Report  on 177 

Church,  C.  C 498 

Cilloy,  A.  H 373 

Cincinnati,    Ohio 374,  396 

City  Point,  Va.  .115,  136,  140,  204 
205,  207,  343 

Claremont,  N.  H 54,56,     76 

77,  230,  232,  310,  311,  346 
350,  376,  377,  424,  425,  469 

Clarence,    Iowa 78 

Clark    327,  345,  402 

Albert  Warren 430 

Alonzo 13.  40,  131 

Bishop   222 


Clark,   Jennette 19 

Dr.  J.  C 486 

Dr.  John  Howe 327 

Rebecca  Elizabeth  (Howe)  327 

Rev.  Samuel  Wallace 327 

Clarke,  Carrie 431 

Carrie  Loring 110 

Dr.  David  S 431 

Ebenezer   431 

Edith    109 

Dr.  Ellory  C 106,  109,  110 

Ephraim    109 

Grace   Virginia 110 

Herbert  G 431 

Howard   L 431 

Loring  McC 110 

Mary    (Small) 431 

Nathaniel    431 

Rev.   Stillman 109 

Susannah    (Spaulding).. . .  109 

Sylvia   431 

Claypool.  Ind 313 

Clement.  Betsey  (Peckett) . .  128 

Lizzie    Prince 129 

Richard    128 

Thomas  R 122,  127,  128 

129,  217 

Cleveland,  President. 277 

Rev.  Edward 66 

Ohio 317,  357 

Clifford,  Josiah  Kittredge...  444 

Malinda  Chaplain 444 

Susie  Elizabeth 444 

Clinton,  Iowa 321,  447 

Cloud's  Mills,  Va 226 

Clough,  Col 205,  207 

Joseph  M 204 

Susie  A 474 

Dr.   Willard 21 

Club,  Boys 288 

Eclectic    453 

Harvard    265 

Haverhill    (Mass.)   Medical  504 

Lambs    473 

Metabetchonan  and  Island 

Brook    453 

Minnesota  265 

Sea  Side 453 

Veterans    144 

Woman's   Suffrage 288 

Coaticook.  P.  Q 70 

Coffin    325 

Cogswell,  Leander  W 135 

Colby,   Dr 62 


522 


INDEX. 


Cold  Harbor.. 23,  G7,  90,  143,  149 
152,  154,  220,  229 
390,  444,  471,  475 

Colebrook,  N.  H 19 

Coleman    500 

College,  Agricultural 497 

Amherst  112,  2S0,  305,  383,  481 

Bowdoin..7,  16,  57,  66,  96,  108 

129,  130,  143,  186,  220 

282,  234,  295,  321,  325 

390,  393,  429,  443,  444,  478 

Dartmouth  4,  5,  9,  15,  17,  44,  46 

56,  79,  86,  89,  92,  93,  94 

110,  112,  129,  138,  141 

148,  186,  218,  219,  222 

229,  234,  242,  249,  257 

262,  273,  274,  278,  281 

327,  333,  346,  352,  354 

355,  357,  377,  424,  438 

439,  454,  455,  459 

475,  477,  506 

Eclectic   497 

Gonzaga    243 

Hahnemann    53,  499 

Harvard.. 57,  141,  173,  327,  331 
333,  342,  360 
434,  436,  449 

Iowa   Agricultural 141 

State  Agricultural 263 

Tufts   302 

Union  220.  446,  448 

Virginia    Agricultural....   244 

Wellesley    286 

Williams 92,  141,  314,  369 

College,  Medical: 

Albany  Med 425,  436 

Bellevue  Med.  Hospital...  97 
100,  324,  34G,  435,  495 

Berkshire  Med 80,  153,  228 

349,  391,  447 

Bowdoin  Med 193,   239,  257 

259,  261,  284,  285,  299 
300,  371,  438,  488,  496 

Boylston    Med 174 

Castleton  Med 54,  97,  310 

334,  431 

Cincinnati    Med 248,  286 

Dartmouth  Medical... 7,  21,  36 
44,  62,  64,  74,  75,  79 
86,  88,  98,  100,  107 
111,  118,  126,  128,  138 
139,  170,  183,  187,  193 
194,  197,  198,  201,  202 
217,  233,  235,  239,  246 


College,  Medical: 

Dartmouth  Med    .  .248,  268,  275 

278,  301,  302,  303,  306,  307 

314,  319,  320,  327,  342,  344 

350,  355,  356,  301,  362 

363,  375,  376,  385,  387 

388,  392,  393,  395,  396 

400,  422,  423,  424,  425 

426,  428,  430,  432,  433 

443,  446,  448.  449,  463 

465,  471,  479,  480,  484 

488,  489,  501,  502,  506 

Denver  Med 472 

Detroit  Med 463 

Fairfield  Med 280 

Georgetown  Med.. 257,  259,  298 
360,  402 

Harvard  Med 33,  37.  38,  98 

108,  173,  179,  208,  217 
251,  283,  284,  302,  314 
319,  321,  322,  332,  346 
352,  371,  428,  444,  447 
448,  454,  458,  462,  463 
478,  481,  483,  486,  489 
501,  502,  505 

.Jefferson  Med 107,  111,  141 

201,  241,  258,  268 

306,  332,  360,  369 

422,  424,  446,  450,  457 

Long   Inland   Med 7,  211 

McGill    Med 71 

Minnesota  Hospital 267 

National  Med 243,  244 

N.  E.  Woman's  Med 288 

N.  Y.  Med 76,  438 

Physicians  and  Surgeons. .  5 
18,  46,  70,  78,  187,  198 
211,  275,  302,  312,  358,  381 
400,  402,  475,  476,  492,  501 

Rush   Med 282,  444 

Vermont  Med...  18,  46,  92,  133 
153,  174,  202,  217 
286,  314,  349,  396 
432,  438,  443,  457 

Woodstock    (Vt.) 131,  202 

296,  426 

Yale  Med 280,  437 

Collins,  Moses  H 135 

Colored  Troops,  First  S.  C.   287 
Twenty-ninth  Connecticut.   301 

First  U.   S 306 

Third  U.  S 282 

Fifth  Cav.  U.  S 302 

Fifth  and  34th  U.  S 283 


INDEX. 


523 


Colored  Troops,  Sixth  U.  S.  .   299 

Ninth  U.  S 81,  300 

Thirteenth  U.  S.  H.  A 280 

Fifteenth   U.   S 2S5 

Eighteenth  U.  S 299 

Nineteenth  U.   S 281,  303 

Twenty-first  U.  S 2S7 

Seventieth  U.   S 307 

Seventy-eighth  U.   S 297 

Ninety-eighth  U.   S 297 

Ninety-ninth  U.  S 298 

One     Hundred     and     Fif- 
teenth U.  S 284,  300 

One     Hundred     and     Six- 
teenth U.   S 295 

One    Hundred    and    Eight- 
eenth U.  S 307 

One    Hundred    and    Nine- 
teenth U.   S 280,  295,  304 

One  Hundred  and  Twentv- 

fourth  U.  S 128,  129 

Colt    212 

Columbia,   S.  A 264,  424 

Columbus    190,  472,  o.O 

Comanches    250 

Comings,  Dr.  D.  L.  M.43,  54,     56 

Leonard    54 

Sarah    (Robinson) 54 

Uriel    54 

Commaudery,  Gen.  Surnside  494 
Commission,    Western    Sani- 
tary      314 

Conant,  Caroline  H 340 

Clara  E 89 

Josiah    89 

Lucy    (Jewett) 89 

Concord,  N.  H 1,  3,  17,  18 

22,  29,  30,  66.  104 
115,  118,  134,  136,  138 
139,  141,  142,  143,  152 
157,  169,  171.  182,  190 
191,  201,  203,  212,  225 
226,  233.  208,  312,  317 
318,  320.  321,  330,  337 
338,  345,  347,  354,  303 
367,  308,  373.  377,  378 
388,  396,  397,  400,  407 
408,  423,  432,  461,  470 
471,  470,  478,  482,  500 
503,  504 

Vt 391 

Confederates    23 

Conger,  Sarah  Ann 500 


Conn,  Charles  F 433 

Frank  Winslow 433 

George   432 

Dr.  G.  P 432,  433 

John   432 

Sarah   (Priest) 432 

William  432 

Conrad's  Ferry 3 

Consul,  U.  S 314 

Continental   Army 373 

Ccntoocook    194,  197 

Contrnct  Surgeons 384*,  421 

Convulsions    177 

Conway    373 

Cooper.  Lemuel 76 

Dr.  Sherman 74,  76 

Copenhagen  324,  331 

Corp    258 

Corcoran,  Col 125 

Corinne,  Utah 257 

Corliss,  Maj 222,  223 

Cornish,  Dr.  Aaron 316 

N.  H 54,  70,  392 

Cornwall,   Vt 467 

Corps,  Vet.   Res 260 

Thirteenth  Vet.  Res 388 

Coues 242,  331,  332 

Charlotte  H.   (Ladd) 242 

Clara   ( Pearce) 331 

Dr.  Elliott 242,  243.  244,  246 

Elliott,  Publications  of 245 

Franklin    332 

Poter   331 

Robert  W 332 

Samuel  Elliott 242,  331 

Dr.  Samuel  F 331 

William  P 332 

Coughlin,  John 120 

Council,  Administration 499 

Country  Pedagogue 445 

Courtney  296 

Covington,  Ky 258 

Cowdrey,  Abigail 355 

Dr.  Harris 355 

Cowles,  Dr.  Edward 259 

Cowley,  Charles 290,  292 

Crafts 296 

Craftsbury,  Vt 108.  426 

Crater  115 

Crockett   375 

Crombie,  Dr.  Charles 387 

Dr.  .James  H 3S7 

Joan    (Jones) 387 


524 


INDEX. 


Crosby,  Surgeon 7,  8 

Albert  H 347,  388,  389,  471 

Alpheus  B. .  .3,  4,  9,  3G,  79,  273 
281,  376,  377 

Ann    4 

Dr.  Asa 4,  262,  388,  421,  439 

Dr.  Dixi..4,  7,  36,  64,  262,  303 
307,  327,  376,  381,  368 
421,  424,  426,  430,  455 

Dr.  Josiah 59,  262 

Mary  J.  (Moody) 388 

Mildred    7 

Simon   4 

Dr.  Thomas  R 262,  263 

William  P 7 

Cross,  Col 65 

Cross  Keyes,  Va 451 

Crowell,  Eunice  R 229 

Croydon,  N.  H.  20,  21,  76,  179,  319 

Crump's  Hill 102 

Cuba 358 

Culpepper  Court  House 451 

Cumanings,  Alice  M 333 

Dr.  Alvah  R 377 

Dr.  Edward  P 332 

Harriet  E 333 

Harriet  (Tewksbury) 332 

Rev.  Jacob 332 

Mary  W 333 

Solomon    332 

Willis  B 333 

Cundurango    313 

Currie,  Dr.  Thomas  H...344,  351 

Currier   389,  390 

Dr.  George  W 389,  390 

Mary  J.  Frazier 390 

Nathan   390 

Curtis,  Gen 455 

Annie  E 326 

Gushing,  Sarah  W 94 

Cutter,  Dr.  Nehemiah 92 

Da  Costa,  Dr 450 

Dake,  Dr.  J.  P 450 

Dale,  Col 95 

Surgeon  Gen 446 

Dalton 378,  379,  424,  495 

Ed.  B 140 

Dr.  John  C 46,  357 

Dame,  Harriet  P...10,  11,  13,  22 
23,  24,  25,  26 

James   C 22 

Phebe  Agnes 22 

Dana,  Annie  H 315 


Danbury 17,  18,  375,  497,  499 

Danforth,  Sarah  K 109 

Daniels,  Fanny  W 57 

Kate  Ellen 57 

William   H 57 

Danvers,  Mass 402 

Danville  Notch,  N.  H o04 

Darling,  Dr.  Daniel 390,  391 

Daniel,  Jr 391 

Elizabeth    391 

Elizabeth    (Leavitt) 390 

Dr.  J.  Horner 333,  334 

Lydia   391 

Sarah   391 

Susan  391 

Darnestown 226 

Dartmouth 221,  247,  295,  438 

Dascomb,  Rev.  A.  B 8 

Daughters  of  Veterans 11 

Davenport,  Iowa 423 

David,  Dr.  William  G 299 

Davidson,  Gen 108 

Davis,  Dr 13,  349 

Abby  J 343 

Almira    (Dearborn) 434 

Dr.  Charles  A 434 

Col.  David 368 

Dr.  E.  H 20,  133,  283 

Col.  E.  J 103 

Jefferson  171,  484 

Joseph  B 18 

Robert    434 

Col.  W.  H 50 

Dead  Line 291 

Dearborn,   Charles   E 54 

Rev.  Daniel  M 53 

Dr.  David  P 43,  53,  54 

Edmund  106,  107 

Ellen  S 318 

Frank  A 107 

Harriet  G 54 

Helen   M 335 

Dr.  John  Gage 334,  335 

Josiah  53 

Mary  J.   (Gordon) 53 

Mary   54 

Dr.  Samuel  G 106,  107,  112 

128,  207 

Dr.  Sam  S 107 

Sarah    (Gerrish) 106 

Sarah  M 107 

Decatur,  111 424,  425 

Declaration  of  Independence     44 
385,  398 


INDEX. 


525 


Decoration  Day 292,  492 

Deep  Bottom 67,  364,  368,  444 

Deerfield,  N.  H 437,  494 

Mass 446 

Delectable  Mountains 5 

DeMeritt,  Miss  A.  L 186 

Dennison,  Dr.  Joseph 304 

Denver,   Col 472 

Dept,  East  and  West 170 

DePeyster,  N.  Y 133 

Derry,  N.  H 135,  217,  242,  310 

387,  430,  434,  43G 

Des  Moine*-.  Iowa 140 

Detroit,  Mich 112,  463 

Devens,  Gen.  Charles 121,  1.56 

Dewey,  Admiral 53 

Prof.   Charles 13 

Dr.  Julius  Y 53 

Mary  P 53 

William  S 221 

Dexter    222 

Dickey,  Dr.  A.  0 303 

Dictionary,  Century 246 

National  Medical 340 

N.  American  Birds 246 

Dinsmoor,  Dr.  Geo.  R 227,  434 

Julia  A.    (Fiske) 434 

William 434 

Dinsmorc,   Gov 45 

Dismal  Swamp 398,  492 

Dispensary,  Demilt 468 

District  Society,  Berkshire..    177 

Division,  Hooker's 25 

Dix,  Gen 230 

John   464 

Dr.  M.  C 464 

Maria  E.  (Church) 464 

Samuel    464 

Dodge,  Dr.  Albert  A 467 

Elizabeth    (Wilson) 465 

Dr.  L.  P 466,  467 

Mark   465 

Dr.  Warren  M 46/ 

Donohoe,  M.  T 120 

Dorchester,  Mass 169 

Neb 479 

D'Orsay,  John  F 313 

Douglas,   Almira    (Balcom).   468 

Amos    468 

Benajah  468 

Edwin  R 469 

Dr.  Orlando  B 467.  469 

William 468 


Dover,  N.  H 30,  31 

32,  33,  83,  94,  97 
120,  184.  185,  235,  242 
257,  258,  259,  263,  264 
266,  273,  284,  285,  286 
287,  302,  448,  449,  458 

Dover  Loctalities 286 

Dow,  Dr.  Enoch  C 299 

Downing,  Lewis,  &  Son 1 

Downs,  M 373 

Dracut,  Mass 306 

Drainage,  Pelvic 315 

Drake,  John 296 

Daniel  397 

Dresden,  Me 345 

Germany   325 

Saxony    326 

Drury's  Bluff 149,  152,  154 

Dry  Tortugas 92 

Dublin,  N.  H 124,  163,  438 

DuBois,  Anna  (Lamson)  ....   440 

Earl  C 440 

Eliza  A 440 

Dudley.  Col 103 

Duffie,  Maj.  A.  N 213 

Dumfries,  Va 214 

Dunbarton   342 

Duncan,  Gen.  S.  A 362 

Dunham,  Ira 391 

Mary    R 392 

Savonia    ( Prentice) 391 

Thomas   391 

Wm.  R 391,  392 

Dunl.ip,   Andrew 311 

Dunton.   Ill 258 

Durand.   Wis 499 

Durgin,   Anna 300 

Durham,  N.   H 497 

Nev/,   N.   H 30G 

Dustin,   Hannah 278 

Lucretia   283 

Dutton,  Bertha  H 437 

Edgar  F 439 

Grace  S 437 

Mary    E 437 

Olive  C.  (Hutchinson) 436 

Dr.  Samuel  L 436,  437 

Samuel    436 

Solomon    Lane 436 

Dwight,    Dorothy 66 

Dyer,  C.  H Ill 

Eastman    336,  396.  427 

Abigail    (Gale) 44 


526 


INDEX. 


Eastman,   Miss  Ellen 45 

Dr.  Joseph 44 

Dr.  Josiah  C 43,  44,  45 

Mirinra    (Calef) 44 

Susie    A 45 

Timothy    44 

Easton,  Pa 169 

Eaton,  Surgeon  B.  F 28,  29 

31,  35,  36 

John    S 220 

Eddy,  Col.  A.  C 221 

Edgartown,    Mass 443 

Edinburgh,    Scotland 217 

Edwards,  Dr.  F.  S 357 

Susan     335 

Effingham,   N.   H 316 

Ela,  Adelaide  L 470 

George  W 470 

Dr.  Robert  L 470,  471 

Eldredge     229 

Capt 39 

Daniel    27 

Dr.  Frederick  A 227,  229 

Hezekiah     229 

Micah     229 

Sarah    (Bonnett) 229 

Elgin,    111 479 

Ellington,    Conn 296 

Elliott,  Me 392 

Rev.   C.   F 473 

Dr.  Charles  A 392 

Dr.   Charles  F 392 

Dr.   George   H 472 

Dr.    George   W 473 

Ida    F 473 

.Tohn  W 472 

Serena    F.     (Celley) 472 

William    H 472,   473 

Elmira,  N.  Y 52 

Ely,  Dr.  James  W.  C 208 

Emerson,  Charles  B 210 

Clarissa    G 208 

Rev.    J.    C S3 

John   208 

Dr.  John  S 116,  119 

207,  208,  209,  210 

Margaret    C 210 

Mary   H 210 

Nathaniel    F 208 

Emery,  Dr.  Alfred  E 336 

337,  338 

Anne    K 338 

Arthur    B 338 

Chellis  168 


Emery,  Eliza    (Eastman) ...  .336 

Martha    ( Cross) 168 

Mary    Stark 338 

Minnie    F 169 

Samuel    168 

Dr.  Stephen  M 320 

Emmittsburgh,    Pa 146 

Emory,  Dr.  John  C 159,  168 

Gereral    195 

Encyclopgedia,   Am 246 

Enfield,  N.  H...128,  344,  351,  352 
Engagements,    Second    U.    S. 

S.  S 237 

First  N.  E.  Cav 216 

First  N.  E.  Cav 

First  N.  H.  Vol.  Cav 226 

Second  N.  H 12 

Third  N.  H 27 

Fourth  N.  H 42,  43 

Fifth  N.  H 61 

Sixth  N.   H 74 

Seventh  N.  H 84,  85 

Eighth   N.    H 105,  106 

Ninth  N.   H 116 

Tenth  N.  H 122 

Eleventh  N.  H 136,  137 

Twelfth  N.   H 147 

Thirteenth  N.  H 158,  159 

Fourteenth  N.  H 172,  173 

Fifteenth  N.  H 182 

Sixteenth  N.  H 192 

Engineers,  U.  S.  Top 83 

Enosburg,    Vt 1/ 

Epping,   N.   H 335 

Epsom,  N.  H 500 

Ericson    330 

Esoteric  C.  U.  of  London.  . .  .245 

Essex  Institute 244 

Estabrook     280 

Eudy,  Dr 474 

Dr.  Leonard  M 473 

William     473 

Evans  299 

Evehth,  Dr.  J.  A 246 

Everett,  Prof.  Erastus 275 

Exeter,  N.  H..109,  169,  170,  187 
204,  288,  322,  323,  341 
385,  386,  388,  425,  440 

Expedition,    Paraguay 323 

Eye,   Diseases   of 254 

Eythra,  Saxony 184 

Fairbault,  Minn 467 

Fairfield,  N.   Y 280 


INDEX. 


527 


Fair  Oaks....  19,  22,  63,  120,  349 

Fall    River 362,  437,  447 

Falliug  Waters 451 

Falmouth,  Mass 316 

Va 114,  149,  154 

213,  451,  465,  490 

Heights   214 

Faneuil   Hall 157 

Farley,  E.  Wilder 101 

Farmington,  N.  H..120,  248,  306 
307,  370,  392,  469 

Me 448,  449,  450 

Minn 465,  466 

Farmville,  Va 479 

Farnham    239 

Farnsworth    363 

Farr,  Evarts  W 135 

Farragut    322,  328 

Farrar,  Dr.  Daniel.  .28,  33,  38,  39 

Col.  D.  W 38 

Farrington,    Edgar 282 

Dr.  James 282,  474 

Dr.  .James  B 282,  474 

Dr.  Joseph   H 474 

Mary  D.   (Han.son) 282,  474 

Mary    S 458 

Stephen 282,  474 

Willis    282 

Fearing,  Col.  Hawkes 101 

Fellows,  Col.  E.  Q 3,  208 

Dr.    Rufus 486 

Ferguson,  Catherine Iz3 

Charles 123,  124,   125 

David    123 

Dr.  John 122,  123,  124,  125 

Dr.   .John   D 125 

Mary   C 125 

William    125 

Fernald,  Capt.  W.  F 146 

Fernandina.  Fla 42,  48,  95 

Fernando  de  Noroha 324 

Ferrero,   Gen 205 

Fever,   Yellow,   Prevention..   287 

Fevers,  History  of 177 

Fisherville    83,   445 

Flshkill,  N.  Y 481 

Fisk,   Arabella   S 37G 

Clara   Eva 197 

Dr.  Cyrus  M 192,  193,  194 

195,  196,  197 

Ephraim    194 

Fiske,  Harriet  A 179 

Margaret    ( Dow ) 194 

Mary   Jane 197 


Fitch,  Dr.  T.  D 

Fitchburg,   Mass 133, 

Fitzwilliam,  N.  H...80,  402, 

Flanders,   Col 

Fleet,  North  Atlantic 

Fleming's   Cross   Roads 

Fletcher    

Dr.  S.  W 

Flint,    Amos 

Austin   382,  383, 

Daniel    

Dr.   James  Milton 

339, 

Mary     ( Stickney ) 

Follet,   Maria   C 

William    

Folsom     

Agnes    ( Sanborn ) 

Alice   E 

Flora  M 

James    

Dr.  James  D 201, 

James   I 

Nellie    E 

Foochow    

Forbes,  Josephine  S 

Forceps,   Use   of 

Ford,    Col 

Ford's    Station 

Formosa    364,  367, 

Forster,  Surgeon  E.  J 

Fort  Bayard 

Bunker  Hill 

Burnham    

Clinch    

Constitution   2, 

Davis    

Edward,  N.  Y 

Ethan  Allen,  Vt 

Fisher 32,  33,  34,  42, 

337,  343, 

Foote    

Gaines    

Harrison 121, 

Hays,   Kan 

Hindman    

Independence    

Jackson   

Jefferson    

Lafayette    

Lincoln    

McCallister,   Ga 

McClary    

Mitchell    


444 
298 
445 
103 
332 
451 
392 
488 
339 
493 
339 
338 
340 
339 
228 
228 
395 
201 
202 
202 
201 
202 
202 
202 
329 
392 
126 
223 
206 
309 
462 
231 
231 
121 

48 
230 
205 

94 
254 
317 
380 
231 
231 
349 
257 
314 
101 
328 

92 
254 
231 
424 
231 

39 


528 


INDEX. 


Fort  Moultree 95 

Myers,   Va 260 

Pillow    314 

Porter    250 

Preble   250,  260 

Randall,  Dak 243 

St.  Phillip 328 

Saratoga    231 

Sill    250 

Smith,  Ark 270,  271,  272 

Stedman    205,  210 

Steele    48 

Stevens,   Ore 257 

Sumter 95,  292,  379,  397 

4G1,  498 

Wagner    93,  95 

Walker    41 

Wallace,   Kan iio7 

Wardsworth   2G0 

Warren 48,  254 

Whipple    2G0,  485 

Fortress  Monroe.  .95,  96,  131,  254 
257,  263,  343,  390,  496 

Foster,    Surgeon 394 

Esther   (Haley) 393 

John  G 382 

Dr.  Timothy  S 393 

William  B 395 

Fowler   396 

Ca!5t.    Blake 148 

David   148 

Dr.  H.  B 148,  149,  304 

Ruth     (Sleeper) 148 

Fox,  G.  V 336,  337 

Fractures    119 

Framingham,  Mass 202,  240 

279,  280 

Francestown 313,   314,   333 

388,  499 

Franconia,  N.  H 62,  304,  305 

Frankfort    471 

Franklin 62,  63,  102,  153,  154 

325,  444,  449,  457 

Franklin,    Gen 102 

Frazier    390 

Frederick,  Md...2,  223,  270,  451 

Fredericlisburg,  Va 24,    37 

63,  67,  68,  90,  114,  140 
143,  149,  154,  164,  214 
225,  451,  452,  461,  4G2 
467,  481,  490,  493,  490 
Freedman's  Bureau..  160,  240,  290 

Freedom,   N.   H IG,  18G 

Fremont,  N.  H 86 


Fremont,  John  C 228 

French,  Andrew 263 

Dr.  Charles  P 395 

Dr.   David  B 66 

Elizabeth  A 268 

Dr.   George   F 263,  264,  265 

266.  267 

John   385,  461 

Dr.  John 138 

John  A 263 

Dr.  John  0 395 

Lucy    (Prescott) 395 

Mary  E.  (Tv,'ombly) 263 

Dr.  Nathaniel  W 437 

Ruth    461 

Dr.  V/illiam  M 118 

and    Indian    War 89 

Friends    235 

Prisbee,  Dr.  J.  F 2.59 

Front  Royal 213,  222,  451  487 

Frost,  Dr.  C.  P. 426,  438,  440,  475 

Edwin  B 475 

Gilm.an  D 475 

Mary   (Brant) 475 

Mary  C.    (Brant) 438 

Frye.    Gen 373 

Fryeburg,    Me 373 

Frying  Pan  Shoals 41 

Fuller    348 

Funkstown    451,  452 

Gage,  Dr.  Charles  P 29,  248 

312,  336,  348,  363,  398 
397,  398,  423,  433,  476 

Charles   S 400 

Elizabeth    Fowler 396 

John   396 

Mary  Agnes 400 

Sally    (Bickford) 396 

Gaines'   Mill 259 

Gainesville,  Va 259 

Gale,   Col 44 

Dr.  George  W 341,  385 

Mary   C 321 

Gallatin    199 

Galloup's  Island 205 

Galveston,    Tex 7,  328 

Gardner,    Mass 77 

Colonel     222 

Garland,  Dr Ill 

Alva    485 

Celia    401 

Claudius    401 

George    T 491 


INDEX. 


529 


Garland,  Dr.  Jeremiah  C.400,  401 

Joseph    400 

Lydia  C 400 

Miiry  E 376 

Nathaniel    400 

Willard   Parker 401 

Gastritis    177 

Genealogy,  Emery 169 

Geneva,  N.  Y 396 

Geographic  Society,  National. 245 

Geological    Survey 246 

Georgetown,  D.  C 89,  206 

Georgia    Landing 102 

Germania  Ford 209 

Germantown,  Pa 436 

Gerould,  Cynthia    (Locke) ..  .341 

Dr.  Martin  L 341 

Moses  341 

Samuel  G 341 

Gerrish,  Almira   Samantha.  ..312 

Caroline   88 

Susan     203 

Gettysburg,   Pa. 23,  65,  67,  63,  90 

93,  146,  149,  151.  152,  154 

215,  270,  451,  452,  459 

Ghost  Club  of  London 245 

Gibraltar     331 

Gibson.   Arrington 118 

Charles    B 119 

Charles  O 119 

Ellen  C 119 

Emily     (Barnard  ) 118 

Dr.  Francis  N 110,  118 

Ruel    118 

Giesborough    Point 225 

Gihon,   Dr.   Albert  L.    (U.    S. 

N.)    322 

Gilbert,  Med.  Director 131 

Gilford,  N.  H..10S,  111,  150,  335 

Gilman.  Col.  E.  H 386 

Naomi     (McNeal) 475 

Dr.  Zeeb 475 

Gllmanton,  N.  H 4,  234 

235,  251,  202,  263,  299 
300,  388,  395,  429,  456 

Gilmore.   General 32 

Gen.  Q.  A 50 

Governor    90,  204,  390,  435 

Gilsum.  N.  H 401,  402 

Gieason,  Dr.  Aaron  R 173 

401.  402,  403 

Maude  W 403 

Sophia    (Clark) 402 

Windsor     402 

34 


Glendale    19 

Gloucester,  Mass 349 

Me 431 

Point,   Va 50 

Godding,  Dr.  Alvah 455 

Goffstown,    N.    H 89 

Goggin,  Alfred  W 125 

Mrs.  W.  H 125 

Golden  Cross 442 

Goldsboro    34,  90,  334 

Goldsmith,  Prof.  M 97 

Gonic,  N.   H 248,  249 

Goodhue,   David    H 343 

Dr.  David  P 342,  343 

Jacob    342 

Lauretta    M 343 

Libbie  A 343 

Lucia  F 343 

Mary     (.^yer) 342 

Seth    342 

Goodwin,   Alice   G 507 

Beatrice  Evelyn 507 

Carrie  J 507 

Ellen  L 507 

Ezra    Frederick 507 

Ichabod   47 

Laura  Anna 507 

Marian   1 359 

Mary  Eliza 507 

Dr.  R.  J.  P 506 

Richard  Herbert 507 

Gorham,  N.  H 57,  58 

Gorringe    347 

Gosport,  N.  H 387 

Gould,    Mariah 76 

Grafton,   N.   H 349,  478 

Mass 340 

W.  Va 379 

Grand  Army  Republic.  .19,  22.  38 
54,58.68.79,81,87,97 
108,  113,  118,  130,  134 
139,  141,  144,  170,  188 
196,  210,  218.  228,  229 
259,  265.  267.  209.  279 
281.  285.  290.  301.  303 
308.  333.  337.  345.  382 
393.  402,  427,  433.  4.J7 
441,  444,  445,  41S,  449 
453.  454.  460.  462,  465 
406,  469,  473.  477.  480 
482.  483.  485,  487.  489 
490.  491,  492,  494,  495 
497,  499.  501.  505 
Grand  Gulf 330.  338,  374 


530 


INDEX. 


Grand  Rapids,  Mich 142 

Grange   444,  495 

Granges,  State  and  National. 393 

Granite  Monthly 387,  430 

Grant  209,  252 

Grant,   President 277 

Grant,  U.  S 264 

Gen 190,  260,  2C6,  278,  3G6 

278,  379,  386,  471 

Dr.  Jasper  S 404 

Maria  Churchill 273 

Nathaniel 403,  404 

Sophronia  C.  (Hobbs).403,  404 

Dr.  William  Henry 403,  404 

Willis  C 403 

Grant's   Army 161 

Grantham,  N.  H 21,  35,  198 

354,  460 

Graves,  Dr 477,  478 

Abner    476 

Elizabeth    (Walker) 476 

Dr.  Frank  Walker 476 

Dr.  J.  G 78 

Dr.  Leiand  J 346 

Willard    476 

Gray,  Dr 211 

Dr.  George 46,  217 

Great  Falls,  N.  H 65,  138,  139 

142,  239,  258,  269,  459 

Greeley,  Ezekiel 46 

Dr.  George  P.  .13,  43,  45,  46,  47 
49,  50,  51,  52,  54 

Dr.  Guy  H 218 

Dr.  James  B.  .216,  217,  218,  381 

Dr.  James  T 218 

Joseph    217 

Josiah   46 

Hannah    (Thornton) 217 

Henry  W 218 

Sarah    (Pollard) 46 

Greencastle,  Pa 224 

Green  Coats 237 

Greenfield,  Mass 162,  273 

Greenleaf,  Dr.  Arthur  W.282,  283 

Daniel    283 

Fred  A 283 

Pierson  R 283 

Sarah  H.   (Munroe) 283 

William  P 283 

Greenough,   Capt 206 

Green  Valley,  111 445 

Greenville,  N.  H 20,  112,  488 

Greenwich,  R.  1 99 

Greenwood,  Miss 235 


Greenwood,   Mo 235 

Henry    4o6 

Kosannah    456 

Grenada,    Miss 257 

Grenville    296 

Griffin,  Gen.  S.  G 138 

Grimes,  James  W 2(6 

Gross,  Samuel  D 397 

Groton,   Vt 2oi 

Mass 446 

North   478,  479 

Groveland,  Mass 503,  504 

Grover's   Brigade 455 

Groveton 114,  214,  247 

Guard,  Granite  State 295 

National 247,  483 

Guildhall,  Vt 65,  126,  201 

Gulf  of  Mexico 92,  334,  358 

Gynecological  Society,  N.  E...93 
393,  437 

Hadley,  Phebe  A 454 

Haime,    Mary    A 118 

Haines    Bluff 209 

Haley     393 

John    S 480 

Mary  N.    (Piper) 480 

Dr.   T.  A 480 

William     480 

Hall,   Surgeon 185 

Doctor    374 

Fanny   S 144 

Dr.   Jeremiah  F 182 

Rev.   S.   R 138 

Ham,  Abigail  D.   (Bartlett) .  .284 

Charles    284 

Emily  H 286 

Ephraim    284 

John    284 

John  M 286 

Dr.  John  R 284,  285,  286 

Hamblett,  Rowena  L 59 

Hamilton,  Dr 500 

Prof.  Frank  H 382 

Mary    E 327 

Hammond,    Gen 243 

William    A 270 

Hampden,   Me 326 

Hampstead,  N.  H.43,  44,  423,  431 

Hampton     180 

New,   N.   H 141,  274,  422 

Roads     48,  319,  352 

Hancock,  N.  H 561 

General     52,  60,  63,  295 


INDEX. 


531 


Handerson,  Helen  M 98 

Hankow     329 

Hanover,  N.  H 4,  8,  9 

31,  35,  36,  56,  64 
79,  86,  109,  150,  220 
224,  235,  262,  268,  273 
281,  303,  306.  320,  327 
355,  361,  376,  387,  395 
422,  430,  438,  440,  455 
465,  478,  484,  488,  496 

Court    House 225,  226,  259 

Hanson,  Dr.  J.  C 233 

Harbor,    Boston 388 

Charlotte,  Fla 361,  368 

N.    Y 253,  326 

Portland    250 

Presidio    250 

Hardin    232,  234 

Hardwick,    Vt 305 

Hardy.  Adra  G 480 

David    479 

Dr.   Hiram   T 478 

Lucy    (Tenney) 479 

Luther   479 

Mabel    S 480 

Ralph  H 479 

Harper's    Ferry 2,  222,  223 

Harriman,  Dr.  James  L 440 

Col.    Walter 131 

Harris,    Dexter 344 

Dr.  George  D 344 

Harriet  B.    (Tilton) 344 

Dr.    Jerome    45 

Mary  E 45 

Mary   (Tewksbury) 45 

Harrison   2oa 

Landing    23,  498 

Hartford    320 

Ct 160,  169,  3»0 

Retreat    481 

Vt    35.  37,  235,  354,  432 

Hartshorne,  Juliett  M 129 

Harvard,    Mass 266,  425,  446 

Harvey  300 

Ira    99 

James     373 

Mary    S 99 

Surgeon     52 

Harwood.  Dr.  Henry  J.. 1 22,  127 

Hatcher's  Run ^^  i 

Hatteras   41,  470 

Havana    358 

Haverhill,  N.  H 151.  152,  251 

383,  385,  502 
Mass 37,  66,  169,  450,  tdi 


Hawks,  Mrs 290 

Clarissa    (Brown) 286 

Colburn   286 

Dr.  Esther  H 286 

Farrington    286 

Dr.  John  M 286,  288,  289 

Park,    Fla 286,  287 

Hayes,  Cyrus  W 392 

David     268 

Fred    L 140 

Hannah    A 392 

Helen    L 140 

James     131 

Jennie    249 

Dr.  John  A 122,  130,  135 

137,  139,  140 

.John  E.  R 140 

Maria    D 307 

Mary    140 

Haynes,  Lizzie  B 269 

Col.  M.  A 10,  11,  18 

Nellie    S 269 

Rebecca     268 

Sallv    (Clark) 131 

Dr.    Timothy 97,138,268 

Hayti    358 

Hazelton.  Isaac  B 346 

Dr.  Isaac  H 344.  345,  346 

Margaret    P 346 

Mary  B 346 

Moses   K 3 

Olivia  B 346 

Susan    P 344 

Thomas    341 

Hazen,  Sarah  E 446 

Head.  Gen.  Natt 104,  504 

Almira   E 58 

Arthur    504 

Heintzelman's   Corps 19 

Helena     190 

Henderson.    Ellen 174 

Thomas    A 83 

Henderson's    Hill 102,  103 

Hill,  Clara  A 267 

James  R 1 

Jane    Kimball 288 

Katherine    S 268 

Lavosier    45 

Dr.  L.  G 31,  259,  267 

273,  284,  448,  449 

Margaret    L 268 

Mary     (Bartlett) 45 

Mercy   A 142 

Parmenas    288 

Dr.    R.    W 168 


632 


INDEX. 


Hill,  Dr.  T.  P 193 

Hilliard    376,  377 

Hillsborough     258,  333 

339,  458,  499,  501 

Hilton  Head,   S.  C.31,  39,  41,  44 

48,  49,  50,  55,  95,  371 

Hinds,  Dr.  W.  H.  W 441,  442 

Earzillai    441 

Edwin    H 442 

Rev.    Orlando 441 

Hingham,    Mass 450 

Hinsdale,  N.  H 322,  391 

111 473 

Hiogo,    Japan 3G3,  366,  378 

History,    Marlborough 166 

N.  H.  Med.  Soc 316 

Hitchcock,  Hiram    440 

Hobbs     206 

Dr.    Benjamin 294,  295 

Josiah    H 294 

Laura  E 296 

Rhoda  D   (Chapman) 294 

Hodges     345 

Hclden,  David 89 

Holland,  Mary  A.  G 26 

Hollis,   N.   H...46,  75,  S9,  90,  92 
109,  305,  306,  461,  484 

Phalanx    47 

Holliston,    Mass 109 

Holmes,  Dr.  O.  W...175,  208,  397 

Holmgren    330 

Holt,   Dr 441 

Home,  National   Soldiers' 370 

Old    Ladies' 288 

Soldiers'     loz,  442 

Hong  Kong 229,  369 

Honolulu    330 

Hook,    Dr 454 

Hooker,    Gen 213,454,459 

Hooker's   Division 455 

Hooksett,  N.  H 288 

Hopkinton,  N.  H 13,  97,  110 

194,  396,  489 

Hopoin   222 

Horsch,  Dr.  C.  H...1S2,  184,  185 

Christiana  F 184 

Johann  G 134 

Hosmer    320 

Hospital,   Albany 1G4 

Balfour,  General 132 

Bellevue 48,  362,  471 

Blackwell's    Island 350 

Bragg    505 

Brooklyn    211,  435 


Hospital,  Campbell 394,  402 

Carney     315 

Carver   395 

Charity    249 

Chelsea,  U.   S.  N 381 

Chesapeake    131 

City    Point 444 

Claremont     485 

Columbia    ...260,  270,  342,  388 

Deer   Island 388,445 

Douglas     298 

Eckington     370 

Elliot   454 

Elliot  City 162 

Field    140 

Flying     32,  165 

Fort  Jefferson 242 

Freedman's     128,  495 

Harvey    250 

Harwood    485,  491 

for  Insane 139,  316 

317,  345,  439 

Jarvis     455 

Judiciary  Square 360 

Kings    347 

Knoxville  Court  House....  143 

Lawrence    327 

Lawson    455 

Lincoln    37,  257,  391 

Lon<^,-   Island.  117,  381,  492,  494 

Lowell    196,  302,  449 

Lynn  City 210 

Ophthalmic,  London 347 

Ophthalmic,   N.   Y 468 

McVeigh    485 

Maine  General 126,  265 

Marine,  U.  S 34,  40 

217,  319,  388 

Mass.   General 174,  446,  502 

Minnesota  265 

Mt.    Pleasant 90 

Naval    ..320,  321,  330,  331,  332 

Nelson    495 

for  N.  H.  Insane 141,  162 

184,  228 

New  York 188,  249 

Point  of  Rocks 152,  304 

St.    Elizabeth 315,  437 

St.    John's 196 

St.    Mary's 256 

Staff,    Portsmouth 448 

Stuart  Mansion 455 

Trinity    394 

U.   S 271,  272,  311,  312,  323 


INDEX. 


533 


Hospital,  Webster  U.  S.  Gen- 
eral   50G 

Wilson     405 

Wolfe    Street 485 

Woman's,    N.    Y 188 

Hotel,    Eagle 268 

Houghton,  Dr.  L.  W 57 

House    Beautiful 4 

How,  Dr.  L.  B 118,  229 

Howard,  Daniel  E 190 

Dr.   Levi 436 

Maj.  Gen.  O.  0 loO 

Hoyt.  Dr.  A.  B 349,  350 

Benjamin    349 

Dr.  Enos. 202 

Fanny     (Armstrong) 349 

Hubbard,  Florence  M 15 

Dr.  George  H 12,  13,  14 

15,  133,  286 

George    J 15 

Harry     15 

John    13,  386 

Lucy   A 15 

Lucy     (Kimball) 13 

Mary  L 15 

Hubbell,   Dr 15 

Huckins,  A.  A 459 

Dr.   David  T 381 

Hudson,    N.    H 46 

Mass 440 

N.    Y 8G 

Hughes,  Eleanora 125 

Mary  B 332 

Humphries,    Gen k;05 

Hunt,  Dr.  C.  W 148,  149,  150 

Enoch  150 

Georgianna    446 

Julia  A.    (Blaisdell) 150 

Thomas  J 150 

Hunter,   Gen.   David 93 

Linda   H 485 

Huntress,   Charles 405 

David  405 

Edward    405 

Elizabeth   405 

Huldah    (Leavitt) 404 

Ida    405 

Dr.    Joseph 404 

Samuel    404 

Hurd,  Mehitable    (Emerson)  .442 

Smith     442 

Dr.   W.   0 442 

Dr  Yorick  G 442 

Hussy    259,  386 


Hutchins,  Abel 140 

Dr.   Edward   R...137,  140,  141 

George    140,  141 

James  D 141 

Martha    66 

Sarah     (Tucker) 140 

Hyde  Park,  Mass 91,  169 

287,  442,  481 

Hygiene  U.  S.  N 324 

Hypnotism    359 

Improvement  Society 79 

Indianapolis,    Ind 47,  52,  190 

Indianola,    Tex 235,285,300 

Indians    365 

Ingraham,    Col 195 

Institute,   Am.   Homeo 233 

Berkshire   Med 174 

Elmwood    342,  360 

Essex    504 

Hancock    Scientific 164 

Lowell    Savings 196 

Military,   Capt.   Partridge.  .432 

Nashua    39,  381,  476 

New    England 228 

New   Hampton 108,  139 

422,  500 

New   London 361,  363,  381 

Normal    164 

Smithsonian    243,  244 

Technology     274 

Ward's    346 

International    Congress 187 

Iowa    Circle 275 

Ipswich,    Mass 274,442,443 

New,   N.   H 436,  488 

Island  Pond,  Vt 70 

Island,    Blackwell's 438 

Coneoro  329 

David's    253 

Douglas     253 

Edisto    286,  287 

Folly    33,  49 

Galloupe    474 

Harts    253 

James   29,  31,  36,  48 

Jenkins    39 

Mare    254,  324 

Morris 34.  50,  93 

No.    10 314 

Roanoke    470 

Ship 101,  108,  317 

Staten    125 

Tybee    41,  48,  95 


534 


INDEX. 


Islands,  Bahama 358 

West  Ind 358 

Jackman,  Lyman 73 

Jackson    161,  209,  345,  471 

Miss 424,  494 

Jackson,   Miss ^8 

Col 29 

J.   R 474 

John  H 30 

Gen.   Stonewall 451 

Jacksonville,   Fla 34,  42,  44 

48,  95,  287 

Jamaica  Plain,  Mass 378 

379,  380 

Janes,  Dr.  Henry 9 

Janesville,  Wis 382 

Janvrin,  E.  R.  P J-o9 

Dr.  Joseph  A 182,  187,  188 

Lydia   A.    (Colcora) 189 

Marguerite    L 1*9 

Japanese  Tommy 367 

Jarvis    310,  311 

Dr.    S.    G 54,  56,  370 

Jefferson,   N.    H 249 

111 282 

Jeffersonville,  Ind 276 

Jenkins,    Caleb 350 

Jenkins  Ferry,  Ark 14 

Jenness,    Dea.    S 94 

Jersey  City,  N.  J 169 

Jesuits     123 

Jewett,   Abigail    (Colcord)...   22 

Alvira    H 22 

Dr.  Geo.  B 334 

James    22 

Dr.   Jeremiah 417,  .420 

Johnston,   Gen 2 

Jones   387 

Captain   78 

Doctor    349 

Bishop   M 142 

Dr.  Charles  M 137,  142 

Daniel    142 

Edgar  A 154 

Harriet   A.    ( Stanton) 142 

Harriet    E 142 

Helen    436 

Ida    M 414 

Sally    W 15 

Dr.    S.  W 133 

Theodore    S 142 

Dr.   Wm.   B 414 

Jonesboro    424 


Journal,  Am.  Med.  Asso 503 

Berkshire  Med 177 

Boston  Med..  119.  173.  287,  503 

Brooklyn    Med 174 

Gaillard's     189 

Gynecological  188,  189,  315,  346 

Med.    News 189 

Medico-Legal  503 

Memphis    189 

Milwaukee    503 

N.  H.  Med 14 

New  York  Med 315,  321 

New  York  Med.  Rec 188 

New  York  State  Med 189 

Obstetrics    188 

Judkins,  Dr.   E.   G 350,  351 

Moses     350 

Sarah    (True) 350 

Julius  Creek,  Va 134 

Jungle     365 

Kalorama    2 

Kanagowa    369 

Kaneville,  111 478,  479 

Kansas  City,  Mo 472 

Kearney,   Gen 26 

Keene,  N.  H 73,  79 

159,  160,  161,  162 
163.  173,  174.  249,  333 
334.  387.  391.  392.  401 
402.  434,  435,  436,  492 

Kelley.  Prof 256.  392 

Kelley's  Ford   214.  451 

Kemp,   Benjamin 405 

Dr.  E.  A 402,  405 

Jessie   Isabel 406 

Lydia    (Woods) 405 

Kempton,   Calvin 21 

Rachel    (Clough) 21 

Dr.  Willard 13,  20,  21 

Kenesaw,    Mt 424 

Kent.  C.  N 199 

Kettell    386 

Kewanee,   111 444 

Key,  Francis  Scott 225 

West,  Fla 317,  327,  370 

Kimuall    261 

Doctor     34,  35,  39,  341 

Daniel    351 

Dr.  FranKlin  B 28,  33 

Dr.    Gilman 193 

Dr.  Heil  J 344,  351 

Joseph    B 351 

Miriam    (Choate) 351 


INDEX. 


535 


Kinch,    Dr 198 

King,   Dr 364,  369 

Capt.  D.  W 104 

Oscar   330 

Kingiang    329 

Kingman,  Cal 183 

i^mgston,  N.  H 242,  251 

288,  334,  493,  494 

East    44 

Kiowas    250 

Kirkwood,    Gov , .  .297 

Mo 341,  342 

Kittenger,  Dr.  M.  L 50 

Kittery  Point,  Me 231,  299 

Kittredge,    Aida 482 

Dr.    Charles   A 482 

Dr.   Charles   M 481 

Eddie  482 

Fannie    (Marsh) 481 

George   D 482 

Dr.  George  W 352 

Harry   M 482 

Jonathan     482 

J.   P 482 

Josiah    481 

Julia   (Balch) 4S2 

Timothy    481 

Willie  C 4<i2 

Knight    274 

Abigail     (Knapp) 62 

Edwin  A 63 

Jonathan    280 

Dr.  L.  M 61,  62,  63,  64,  457 

Thomas  62 

Knights  of  Honor 337,  442 

of    Pythias 259,  281,  297 

301,  382,  444,  501 

of   the  Temple 504 

Knowles,  Georgia 503 

Knoxville,    Tenn 143,  424 

Kobe    330 

Kokelumme,  Cal 423 

Komeda   Kaigero 367 

(Japanese  Tommy.) 

Labadieville     102 

Labrador    243 

Laconia 107 

108,  111,  150,  234 
235,  335,  393,  48G,  504 

LaCross,    Wis 431 

Ladd,  Marion  M 118 

Dr.    Wm 3.50 

Capt.  Wm.  J 156 

Lafayette,    Ohio 500 


Laighton,    Charles   E 184 

Frances  E 184 

Lake    360 

Lakeport  10 

Lancashire     4 

Lancaster,  N.  H...18,  19,  22,  64 
125,  126,  201,  246,  249,  250 

Landaff     127,  128 

Lane,  Prof 264 

Dr.  Robert 470 

Lanesboro,  Mass. ...173,  174,  175 

Lang,    Lenia 69 

Sherburn     69 

Langdon,  N.  H 346 

Lausingburg,    N.    Y 13,  14 

Larabee,  Cynthia   (Sawyer).. 443 

Dr.    George   H 443,  444 

Stephen    C 443 

Latham,  Mary  S 431 

Lathrop     298 

Elizabeth    (Drake) 296 

Dr.  Moses  C 296,  297 

Rowland    296 

William     296 

LaWall,  Laura  L 189 

Lawrence,  Olive 88 

Mass 19,  168 

240,  320,  326 

Lawton,  Col.  R.  B 213 

Laxfield,    Eng 194 

Leacti,    Elizabeth    H 154 

George   A 353 

Rev.    Giles 154 

Sarah  A.  (Wiggin) 352 

Thomas    F 352 

Dr.  Thomas  W 352,  353 

League.   N.   E 93 

Learned,    Anne 447 

Dr.  E.  J 447 

Leaves     from     Afloat     and 

Ashore     292 

Leavitt    390 

Dr.   Almond   0 354 

Betsey     (Brown) 354 

Dudley     354 

Josiah    354 

Lebanon    392 

Me 139,  300,  370.  471 

N.  H 35,  202 

West,   Me 458 

Lee,  N.  H 205,  214,  428,  435 

Mass 296 

Gen 68,  104,  136.  157 

219,  233,  276,  477,  479 
Gen.  A.  L 102,  103 


536 


INDEX. 


Lee,  Maj.  A.  T 52 

Elsie  D 5U:i 

Leipzig,   Saxony 184 

Lempster,  N.  H 442,  443 

Leominster,  Mass 39 

Leonard,  Ann  A 45 

Lesueur,  Minn 422,  423 

Levenstaler,  H.   C bO 

Lewis    and    Claris 453 

Lewiston,    Me 24G 

Lexington    428,  495 

Libby    Prison..  157,  214,  224,  35G 

Liberia    323 

Libraries,  Public 45 

Library  Asso.,  Am 245 

Nevins'  Memorial 460 

Liddell,    Gen 103 

Lima,   Wis 500 

Limington,  Me 431 

Lincoln,  Neb US 

President 1.  10,  GS,  135 

136  160,  181,  190,  199 
209,  213,  219,  220,  241 
266,  270,  284,  452,  477 

Dr.   John  D 393 

Martha  B 240 

Lisbon,  N.   H..137,  393,  430,  495 

Little,  Abner  B 444 

Benjamin    ./.  355 

Bessie  Bell 445 

Blanche   A 445 

Caleb  J.  T 414 

Dr.    Charles 354,  355 

Dr.  Charles  F 444 

Eliza  A 445 

Eliza  A.    (Brooks) 444 

Fred    S 445 

Henry  F.  W 82 

Mary  C.   (Pillsbury) 355 

Nellie   P 445 

Richard    355 

Rock    272 

Littlefield,  Miss  F.  A 18G 

Littleton,  N.  H 138,  139 

212,  249,  387,  430 

440,  474,  483,  495,  496 

Livermore,  Col.  Thomas  L...204 

205,  206 

Liverpool,  Eng 319 

Ohio   376 

Livy,  Annette  M 184 

Lobata 313 

Lock,  Orrin 150 

Sarah    150 


Locke     341 

Lockport,  N.  Y 52 

Logan,    Gen 279 

London,    Eng 217,  245 

268,  277,  319,  324 
347,  358,  468,  477 

Londonderry     39,  40,  88,  129 

130,  131.  132,  133,  501 

Ireland   327,  373 

Vt 118 

Long,  Charles  H ...  .230,  232 

Pine,  Neb 247 

Longstreet,  Gen 223 

Lord,  President 220,  478 

Brothers'   Co 69 

Nathan,  Jr 66 

Los  Angeles,  Cal 321 

Loudon    43,  110 

Louisburg    373 

Louisville,   Ky 276,  285 

Lovering,   Prof 2G4 

Lowell,    Mass 13,  98 

127,  169,  193,  198 

281,  290,  302,  341 

428,  434,  448,  449,  454 

Lucas,    Calysta 373 

Dr.  J.  H 443 

Samuel    373 

Luckley,  Surg.  Geo 51 

Ludlow,    Vt 235 

Lull,  O.  W 101 

Lunenburg,  Mass 303 

Lyceum   Natural  History.  ..  .244 

Lyme,  N.  H 273,  303,  326 

Lvnchburg,  Va 21 

Lyndeborough   301,  487,  488 

Lynn,   Mass 21,  100,  207,  210 

239,  240,  288,  289,  409 
Lyons,  N.   Y 299 

Macao     364,  368 

Mackenzie    365 

Mackie's  Point.  S.  C 49 

Maffit,   John  N 323 

Magazine,    Semi-Tropical 287 

Malabar,    Fla 286 

Maiden,    Mass 456 

Malvern   Hill 63,  259 

Manassas    63 

Gap     451 

Manchester    ....13,  14,  19,  20,  24 

39,  40,  41,  58,  59,  83 

85,  86,  87,  88,  89,  95 

100,  101,  117,  120,  121 


INDEX. 


537 


Manchester.  123,  124,  125,  132, 
134,  204,  229,  255, 
282,  283,  287,  288, 
307,  320,  349,  371, 
454,  472,  473,  484, 
486,  498,  499,  501, 


Mass 

Vt    ., 


24, 

Manhattan,   Kan 444, 

Manson,  Albert  Charles. 356, 
Dr.    Charles    Albert.  .  .356, 

Maria    L 

Mary   Jane    (Brown) 

Capt.    William 

Manter,  Dr.  George  W.28,  39, 

IMarathon  to  Waterloo 

Marble,  Addie  E 

Alfred    

Marcy,  Dr.  Henry  0 290, 

Mariana,    Fla 

Marlborough    163, 

166,  445, 

Mass     

Marlow,  N.  H..179,  319,  427, 

Marshall,  Dr 

Lieutenant    

Dr.    Thomas 

Marston,  Col 

Gen.    Gilman 19, 

Martin,   Gen 

Martinsburg,  Va 

"Martyrs  of  the  Race  Course" 
219, 

Maryland  Heights 

Mason    218,  382,  390, 

N.    H 128, 

Village    

Bela   

Ethel    Osgood 

Capt  Julius 

Prudence    (Woods) 

Dr.  R.  Osgood 357, 

Rufus    

Dr.   William   H.   H 

Masonic  Fraternity. ..  .14,  19 
22,  32,  40,  54.  08.  71,  76 
87,  98,  100,  108,  113. 
126,  130,  132,  134, 
154,  167.  170.  193. 
198,  202.  203,  210. 
247,  248,  253,  2.59. 
280.  281.  282,  285, 
295.  297.  302.  325. 
335,  337,  347,  353. 


133  Masonic  Fraternity.. 358,  359,  373 

262  382,  390,  399,  402,  408,  426 

303  427,  433,  441,  442,  444,  445 

384  448,  449,  453,  454,  460 

485  462,  464,  465,  469,  473 

506  477,  479,  483,  485,  487 

144  488,  489,  494,  503,  504 

118      Massure,  Mary  E 169 

445  Materia  Medica,  Our  Native. 379 

357      Mather,  Dr.  Rockwood  G 159 

357      Mathewson,    Dr.    Arthur 174 

197      Mattoon     190 

356  111 300,  361 

356  Maximilian 285,  329,  374 

40      May,  Dr.  James 360 

93      Maybury.    Edwin 443 

464      Mayport  Mills,  Fla 48 

464  McCammon.  Carrie  Loring...llO 

292  McCarthy,    Mrs.   Anna 125 

298      McClellan,    Gen 45,143 

164  224.  252,  446 

492      McClure,    Dr 363 

280      McCoUi.ster,    Dr 446 

428  Achsah     (Holman) 445 

305  Anna    446 

34  Edward    Q 446 

488  H.    Hortcnse 446 

10  Harvey    Gray 446 

24  John    F 440 

260  Dr.  John  Q.  A 445 

2  Lucretia    1 446 

May   Emma 446 

293  Samuel    445 

488  Silas     445 

399       McCollom.,  Dr.  Wm 302 

305      McCoy,  Jno  H 50 

112      McDorsee,   Gen 260 

357  McGregor,   Chas 181 

359      McMillan,    Gen 102 

452      McMurphy,    Archibald 133 

357      McNab,  Dr.  John 67 

359      Meade,  Gen 205,  459 

357      Meadow,    Horse 256 

480      Mechanics  Falls,  Me 246 

20      Mechanicsville    259 

,78      Medford    507 

118  Medical      Congress,     Intenia- 

152  tional 45,  453 

195      Medical   News 503 

235  League,   N.    Y 188 

269  Record     503 

287  Meaicinc,    Theory    and    Prac- 

333  tice    of 439 

357      Melrose,  Mass 456 


538 


INDEX. 


Memorial   Day G8,  279,  294 

First    observance 290 

Memoriam,    In 266 

Memphis    190,314,336,386 

Mercer,    Me 112 

Meredith    28,  29,  44,  110 

111,  153,  321,  335,  430 

Meriden    35,  54 

76,  129,  198,  346,  354 

369,  440,  442,  482,  496 

Merrick,    Mrs.    Katherine.  .  .  .125 

Merrimack     397,  484,  493 

Merritt,    Maj.    Gen Ill 

Merrow,  Dr.  Augustus  D 16 

Dr.  James  M 12,  13,  16 

Joseph    16 

Lucy     (Davis) 16 

Methuen,    Mass 459,  460 

Middleboro,    Mass 99 

Middleburgh    214 

Middlesex,   Vt 118 

Middleton     451 

Middletown,    Va 228 

Milan     70 

Miles,   Gen 60 

Col 223 

Milford  ...67,  106,  107,  112,  204 
229,  301,  441,  442,  501,  502 

Military  Dept.  of  Texas 250 

Military   Order   of   the   Loyal 

Legion  .170,  188.  265,  267,  280 
303,  335.  340,  346,  375 
380.  433,  437,  441,  448 
449,  453,  454,  469,  492 

Mill    Village 401 

Miller    208,  305 

Dr.    Luke 316 

Millett,  Dr.  Chas 431 

Milliken's    Bend 328 

Mills,  Sarah  Frances 387 

Milton    239,  240,  269 

299,  300,  500,  501 

Mass 173 

Milwaukee    282,  502,  503 

266,  267,  466 
Mine    114,  115 

Explosion   143 

Minneapolis    263,  265 

Minot    326,  345 

Mirror,   Dr 437 

Missionary    Ridge 424 

Mississippi   Sound 101 

Mitchell,    Gen 42 

Ernest    H 247 


Mitchell,  Dr.  Ezra , 246 

Mary     (Perry) 246 

Modern  Woodmen  of  America 

479 

Moffett,    Aldeu 483 

Almira    (Blood) 483 

Bessie  T 484 

Dr.  Frank  Tift 483 

Grace    Isabelle 484 

James    483 

Monocacy    2 

Monroe    168 

Montgomery,    Gen 373 

Montpelier,  Vt 52,  53 

Montreal    297 

Mont   Vernon 88,  90,  107 

127,  128,  436,  481,  501 

Mooar,    Dr 485 

Jacob     484 

Dr.  Jacob  Washington 484 

John     484 

Linda  Hunter 485 

Lucille    S 485 

Mary   Louise 485 

Rebecca    (Abbott) 484 

Moody    388 

Moore,    La 328 

Dr.    Adams 138 

Dr.  E.  G 143 

E.    M 131 

Edith    144 

Dr.  Edward  B 37 

Eliza    (Hidden) 143 

Dr.    Isaac 389 

Dr.  John  C.  W 137,  142 

143,  144 

Moody    389 

Dr.  N.  J 381 

Rebecca     389 

Morgan,   Dr.  Arnold 341 

Moriarty.  Dr 445 

Dr.  John  M 346 

Morrill,    Alpheus 233 

Dr.  Alpheus  Baker 234 

Annie    Stickney 234 

Edward  Henry 234 

Dr.    Ezeklel 159,  168 

232,  233,  234 

Hannah    (Baker) 233 

Morrison,  Chas  R 135 

Lewellen   72 

Morsp    Bertha  Lewise 361 

Prof    66 

Charles    360 


INDEX. 


539 


Morse,  Charles  Abbott 

Prof.  Edwin  M 

Eunice     (Lake) 

Rev.    Jedediah 

Johnson     

Dr.    Leroy    Frederick 

Mary  M 

Dr.    Norman 

Persis  L 

Morton's  Ford 

Moscow    

Moscow,    Ark 

Mott,  Dr.  Valentine 

Moulton,    Dr 31,  36, 

Dr.  Albert  A.. 28,  29,  335, 

Dr.  Andrew  J 

Caleb   

Dr.  Chas.  A 106, 

Mary    (Mardin) 

Moultonborough    

Mt.  Holly,  Vt 

Mountains,   Rocky 

Mullins,  Priscilla 

Munroe    

Munson,  Mass 

Murfreesboro,    Tenn 

Murray,  Samuel  F 

Museum,  U.  S.  National 

Hygiene,  U.  S.  Naval.  .380, 

Muskegon,    Mich 

Muzzey,    Prof.    Reuben    Dia- 
mond     4,  268,  388, 


3G0 

13 

360 

66 

134 

360 

132 

217 

134 

451 

468 

14 

99 

363 

348 

110 
110 
110 
480 
235 
297 
327 
283 
296 
447 
237 
340 
381 
142 

397 


Nagasaki    330,  364,  365,  369 

Nahant,   Mass 383 

Naples     331 

Napoleon     285 

Narcotic  Cure,  Houston 67 

Na.shua  ...11,  45,  46,  53,  75,  76 
77,  78,  106,  107.  120,  128 
157,  168,  169,  210,  211 
217,  218,  305,  376,  381 
382,  389,  390,  400,  446 
447,  476,  491.  492,  561 

Nashville    46,  135,  455 

Nassau    358 

Natal    329 

Natchez    105,  107,  108,  190 

Natchitoches    102 

Natick,    Mass 79,  455 

R.    1 99,  100 

National    Union 503 

Naturalist,  American 246 

Navy,  U.  S 309  to  383 


Neal,  Dr.  Elias  Craig... 361,  362 

Esther    Wilder 363 

George   Arthur 363 

Milron   363 

Saxon    Kingsley 363 

Sophia  George  (Chesley) .  ..361 

Thomas     361 

William     361 

Necropsy     329 

Neher,   N.   N 488 

Nelson,  N.  H 496 

Alice  M 487 

Arthur  H 487 

Cornelia    487 

Dr.  David  Batchelder.486,  487 

Elizabeth    H 487 

Louise    H 487 

Lucy    (Batchelder) 486 

William    486,  487 

Neuro-Myology    246 

Neurosis,  Case  of  Hystero.  .  .315 

Newark,  N.  J 301,  485 

New  Berne.  N.  C 348,  380 

Newberue,  N.  H 470 

New  Bedford,  Mass 495 

New  Boston,  N.  H 501,  502 

Newburj',   N.   H 130,  131,  132 

Mass 355 

Vt 152,  326,  426,  486 

Newburyport,  Mass. 333,  374,  396 

Nevv^  Carthage,  La 336,  338 

Newcastle,  N.  H 98,  504 

New   Chang 329 

New  Durham,  N.  H 249 

Newell,    Agnes 249 

Arthur     249 

Dr.  Arthur  Clark. 247,  248,  249 

Charles  C 127 

Flora    202 

Flora  W 127 

Harriet    127 

Olive     (Dennett) 248 

Dr.    Selim 201 

William  Hill 248 

Newfield.    Me 16,  306 

New    Hampton 57,  59.  168 

248,  296,  312,  462,  463 

New  Haven,  Conn 437 

New  Iberia.  La 297 

New    Ipswich 77,  79.  109 

119,  298,  301 

New   London 13,  99,  131,  193 

197,  204,  375,  422,  437 
461,  462,  465,  482.  489 


540 


INDEX. 


New  London,  Conn 468 

Newmarket,  N.  H 44,  186 

273,  352 

New   Market   Road 156 

New  Orleans 102 

103,  108,  110,  185,  195 
235,  273,  295,  299,  317 
319,  320,  328,  329,  362 

Newport,  N.  H 22,  192 

193,  197,  343,  423 

R.    1 315 

News,   Va 75,  76,  114 

Nev/ton     63,  175 

Center,  Mass 436 

New  York... 2,  10,  78,  83,  92,  98 
109,  123,  124,  125,  131 
133,  183,  187,  188,  191 
242,  254,  302,  317,  332 
343,  346,  350,  352,  355 
359,  373,  380,  391,  471 
472,  473,  492,  495,  501 

City    5,  7,  30 

45,  128,  179,  249,  275 
357,  358,  402,  431,  435 

Harbor   34,  260 

Nice     331 

Nichols,  Anna  Moriarity 383 

George    Merrick 296 

Hattie    A 493 

Lyman     383 

Nicholsonville,    Ky 209 

Ningpo    329 

Nonett's    Bluff 103 

Norcross,    Daniel 298 

Dr.  Geo.  Jones 298 

Jeremiah     298 

Mary     (Pillsbury) 298 

Norfolk    30,  132,  323 

Northampton,   Mass 383 

North   Anna 444 

North  Conway,  N.  H 79 

Northfield    106,  183.  312 

Mass SO,  94 

North    Haverhill 254 

Northwood,  N.  H 335 

Norton,  Col.  Chas.  L 297 

Norwalk,  Conn 109,  275,  277 

Norway,   Me 71 

Norv.-ich,  Vt 179,  432 

Ncyes,   Anna  Lenora 447 

Anne  Sewall    (Gardner)  ..  .446 

Col.   Frank   G 447 

Dr.    George   Henry.  ..  .446,  447 
Henry   J 77 


Noyes,  Dr.  James  H 74,  77 

Jane   L.    (Gates) 77 

Leonard    White 446 

Mary   S 78 

Moody    446 

Sarah  M 71 

Nurses,    Army 26 

Oberlin,    Ohio 69 

Odd    Fellows..  .54,  62,  68,  71,  78 

98,  100,  130,  134,  248 

259,  281,  295    301,  303 

333,  382,  393,  402,  427 

429,  441,  444,  462,  489 

495,  501,  503 

Odell,    George 406 

James    406 

Dr.  Joseph  Warren 407 

O'Donnell,    Charles 488 

Dr.  Edward  J 487 

Fanny  S 488 

James    488 

Lillian    A 409 

Nancy   H 488 

Sarah   Bartlett    (Towle)  .  .  .406 

Ogden,    Iowa 77,  78 

O'Hanlon,   Dr.   Philip 124 

Old  Fort  Shaw 250 

Operating   331 

Orange,  N.  J 125 

Orcutt,    Lucina 351 

Ord,  Gen.  E.  0 121 

Oriental  Society,  Am 245 

Ormsby,    England 274 

Ornithological    Bibliography. .  246 

Ornithological   Club 242 

244,  245,  246 
Ornithologique     International 

Congres   245 

Ornithology,  Field 245 

Oroya     323 

Orwell,    Vt 469 

Osaca    366,  367 

Osaka     330 

Osborne,  Addie  J.  B 429 

Osier,    Prof 256 

Osterville,   Mass 127,  128,  129 

Otology,  Am.  Journal  of 246 

Ottaway,    Ont 429 

Ovaries,    Tumors    of 315 

Ovariotomy    315 

Owatonna 466 

Palmer,  Dr.  Alden  D 50 


INDEX. 


541 


Palmer,  B.  Rush 13,  92,  153 

Charles    H 300 

Dr.  Daniel  Evans 299,  300 

Emma    F 300 

Frank    300 

Joseph    299 

Lydia     (Evans) 299 

Dr.    N.    T 393 

Parke,    Gen 205 

Parker,  Abigail  Davis 3G9 

Caleb    3C9 

Clara    252 

Clarissa    (Chamberlain) ..  .371 

Rev.   Clement 311 

Dr.   David  T 371 

Elizabeth    212 

Francis    41 

Dr.  George  A 3C9 

Prof.   Henry  E 7 

Joseph    3G9 

Nathaniel    C 207 

370,  371,  372,  373 

Willard     46,  396 

Parsons,  Clara  J 498 

Eliza    (Brown) 447 

Phebe  (Palmer) 505 

Thomas    J 447 

Dr.  William  M 501 

Patrons  of  Husbandry 497 

Pavilion    Hospital 0 

Pawnee    Fork 232 

Pawtucket,  R.  1 212 

Peabody,  Dr.  L.  W 351 

Rev.    Stephen 274 

City,    Mass 489,  490 

Peacham,    Vt 440,  495 

Pearce     331 

Peaslee,  Abigail   (Chase) 407 

Prof.  Edmund  Randolph 16 

249,  251,  275,  386 
395.  407,  409,  424,  426 

Edward    H 409 

Hannah     ( Folsom ) 395 

James    407 

Martha    B 395 

William     395 

Peck,    Gen 5 

Pembroke,    Me 303 

N.    H 37.  208,  229 

278,  348,  375,  454,  504 

Pemigewassett    64 

Penacook    83,  202,  303 

336,  337,  338,  437,  476 
Peninsular    143,  263 


Penobscot     375 

Pensacola,    Fla 159 

Pepperell,    Mass 91,  109 

110,  305,  448 

East   305 

Percival,   Nancy 395 

Perkins.   Annie   E 179 

Anna    (French) 179 

Charles    A 179 

Daniel    H 179 

Hattie    F 179 

James    179 

James    M 179 

Jessie  M 179 

Kate    L 179 

Dr.  Marshall 173 

179,  319,  428 

Martha    179 

Perry   246 

George    C 99 

Dr.    George    T 80,  99 

James  P C8 

Nancy  Ann   Shrieves 99 

Dr.  Wra.  G 99,  170,  187 

Perrymansville 258 

Personality,   Alternating 359 

Double     359 

Peterborough   109,  164,  198 

318,  346,  443,  459 

Petersburg,  Va 23.  32.  51 

60.  67,  96,  114,  115 
136,  143,  159.  205.  206 
210,  301.  306.  343.  348 
379,  444.  471,  479.  498 

Peterson.    Dr.    James 53 

Pharmacopceia,    U.    S 340 

Phelps,  Prof.  E.  E 118,  432 

Philadelphia  ....31,  45,  138,  141 
164,  225,  240,  258.  263 
268,  269,  306,  330.  337 
338,  343,  300,  361,  369 
422,  424,  450,  457,  461 

Phillips    Academy 109 

Phillips.  Dr.  Butler  H 339 

Philosophical  Society  of  Amer- 
ica     245 

Philosophical  Society  of  Wash- 
ington    244 

Physicians   and    Surgeons    of 

America  (Watson) 44.  454 

Physicians  of  Dover 28.  56 

Picard     300.  344 

Daniel    300 

Dr.    Isaiah 300 


542 


INDEX. 


Picard,  Susan  Hardy 300 

Pickett's    Charge 459 

Pierce,  Abbie  E 228 

Alexander    F 228 

Corinne     480 

Dr.  Elihu  P 74,  80 

Franklin    302 

Dr.  George  W 227,  228 

Dr.  Hosea 80,  228 

Ho.sea    Dean 81 

Piermont,  N.  H 66,  69,  475 

Pike,  Dr.  Charles  C.462,  489,  491 

James  L 489 

Sarah    (Colby) 489 

Pillsbury    298,  355 

Sarah    C 391 

Pinkham,  Dr.  George  E 448 

449,  450 

Harriet    G 450 

Nicholas     449 

Olive     (Murphy) 449 

Pinkney,    Dr 338 

Island    39 

Piper,    Eveline 489 

Pittsburg,    Pa 450 

Landing    14 

Pittsfield,  N.   H..21,  80,  169,  248 
296,  429,  460,  461,  475 

Mass 21,  80,  92,  118 

153,  349,  391,  447,  486 

Plainfield,   N.   H 20,  21 

54,  56,  57,  179 

Plaistow,  N.  H 500 

Plantagenet,    Elizabeth 296 

Plattsburg,   N.  Y 254 

Players'    Club 380 

Pleasant    Hill 102 

Valley    223 

Plummer,  Dr.  Albert 122 

129,  130 

B.    Rush 131 

Henry   S 130 

Mehitable    129 

Nathan    129 

William  A   129 

Plymouth,   N.   H 57,  138 

153,  316,  380,  498 

South,    Mass 316 

Pocotaligo    42,  49 

Point  Lookout 23,  67 

72,  150,  498 

Orange     287 

of  Rocks 2,  90,  149,  307 

Poole,  Dr.  George 318 


Poole,  Dr.  John 86 

Poolesville,    Md 6 

Pope,    Gen 39,  214,  470 

Poplar    Springs    Church 114 

488,  499 

Poplin    86 

Port    Gibson 161 

Hudson     102,  108 

181,  185,  195,  299,  487,  505 

Royal     41,  44,  95.  330,  379 

Porter    381 

Aaron    453 

Alice    453 

Anna    453 

Captain   206 

Clara  Elizabeth 453 

Clarissa     453 

Clarissa     (Ayer) 450 

D.    D 338 

Ethel    453 

George    450,  453 

Dr.  George  Loring 450 

452,  453,  457 

Grace    453 

Hugh   453 

Isaac    450 

James    Benton 453 

John     450 

Lindsay    453 

May    453 

Portland,    Me 125,  126 

260,  266,  395,  499 

Harbor   254,  260 

Oregon     257 

Portsmouth     10,  120 

183,  184,  242,  295,  324 
330,  331,  353,  360,  361 
370,  373,  375,  377,  434 
436,  447,  448,  459,  505 

Grove     312 

Harbor    1,  98,  230,  370 

Va 306,  352 

Post,    George    Sweatt 63 

Potomac    24,  222,  461 

Potter    374 

Colonel    151 

Major     207 

Dr.  Frederick  E..373,  374,  375 

Dr.    Frederick    F 373 

Col.    Joseph   H 121 

Prairie  d'Arm 14 

Grove     14 

Pray,    Dr.    Ezra 375 

Prentice    391 


INDEX. 


543 


Prescott    335,  395 

Charles    488 

Ellen  F 488 

George    F 345 

Mary   Conant    (Gates) 492 

Phinehas     492 

Dr.  Royal  B.156,  491,  492,  493 

Preston,    Emma 42G 

Price    234,  235 

Ethelyn  M 235 

Minnie   ' 235 

Moses     234 

Dr.  Reuben  W 232,  234 

Sarah    (Page) 234 

Susan    Putnam 228 

Verlina    (Putnam) 80,228 

"William     234 

Willard    A 235 

Princeton,    111 445 

Iowa     370 

Mass 317 

Pri.son,  Race  Course 292 

Prohibition   Herald 318 

Providence,    R.    1 208,221 

222,  450,  453 

Pryor,  Mrs 279 

Psi   Upsilon 357 

Psychical  Research  of  Munich, 

Bavaria     245 

Puget  Sound 323 

Purington    242 

Purson,    Celia 77 

Putnam,    Amanda 197 

Colonel    472 

Haldimand    S 83 

Quebec     373 

Quimby,    Julia 428 

Quincy,    Mass 89 

Race    Course 290,  292 

Racine,  Minn 129,  130 

Railroad,  N.  &  R 40 

P.   &   W 275 

Sullivan    County 308 

Raleigh,    N.    C 380,  430 

Rand,  Fannv  D.   (Symonds)  .301 

Dr.  John  B 354 

Dr.   John   M 301 

Nehemlah    490 

Randolph,    Vt 8G 

East,    Vt 432.  433 

Mass 354 

Rankin,  Dr.  A.  C 495 


Ranney,  Dr.  Lafayette 351 

Ransom,  Gen.  T.  A 54 

Rappahannock    River.... 24,  457 

Rathkeale,    Ireland 124 

Ray,  Reuben    49S 

Reading,    Vt 17 

Readville,    Mass 435 

Ream's    Station 67 

Rebellion   283,  327 

Red    Men 402 

Redpath,   James 289,  290,  292 

Reed,   Col 4 

Harriette    E 460 

Reed's    Ferry 164 

Regiment,  First  N.  H 3,  4 

Register,   Ayling's 310 

Regulations,   Naval 324 

Relay  House,  Md 152 

Reminiscences,     Peace     and 

War    279 

Reno,    Gen 208 

Reports,  Med.  and  Surg...  188,  189 

Resaca     424 

Research,  Psychical 358 

Retreat,    Hartford 453 

Review,    Clinical 503 

Revolution     152,  155 

314,  341,  396,  398 

Sons    of 259,  485 

Revolutionary    War.  .46,  89,  427 

Reynolds,  Allen  D 240 

Clifford    L 240 

Edgar    G 240 

Horatio    M 240 

Lillian     240 

Owen    493 

Thomas    F 493 

Dr.  William  B 106 

237,  238,  239 

Rice,  Dr 15 

Ellen    M 450 

Mary   J 281 

Richardson,    Abijah 1 63 

General    60 

Julia  A 423 

Mary    B 168 

Mary   (Hoyt) 163 

Dr.  S.  A 51,  159.  163 

164,  165,  166.  167.  492 

Richmond.   N.   H 488 

Va 23.  24,  32 

47.  104,  121,  146 

152,  156,  169.  223 

224,  284.  343,  349,  379 


544 


INDEX. 


Richmond,  Vt 493 

Ridgeley,  Capt.  Daniel  B 323 

Rindge,  N.  H..279,  280,  334,  455 

Rio  Grande,  Tex 284 

Janeiro    229 

River,    Atctiafalaya 103 

Connecticut     220,  478 

Cumberland    374 

James   157,  284,  343 

348,  384,  368,  471 
Mississippi    .103,  328,  374,  398 

Pamunky    347 

Red     103,  374,  484 

St.  John's 48 

Yazoo  328 

Rivers,  Colonel 165 

Rix,   Dr.   Daniel 304 

Dr.  James  M 495 

Learthur    496 

Louise    (Morrill) 495 

Nathaniel     495 

Roberts,  Capt.  John  H 42 

Robinson,  Dr.  A.  H 409,  423 

A.  H 412 

Annie    M 454 

B.  N 71 

Betsey    (Webster) 454 

Blanche   L 71 

Dr.  Don  A 61,  70,  71 

Elijah    70 

Eliza  A.    (Smith) 70 

Ezekiel    454 

Dr.  H.  F 50 

Helen    Hey 505 

Dr.   J.  Franklin 454 

Jasper    70 

John     409 

Dr.   John  L 454 

John    W 412 

Samuel    454 

Winifred    G 71 

Rochester,  N.  H 117,  257,  290 

400,  457,  458,  474 

N.    Y 131 

Rockford,    111 457 

Rockport     456 

Rodentia,  Monographs 246 

Roderick,  E.  A 309 

Rogers,  Dr.  Alexander 110 

Battery    260 

Dr.    Tristram 43,  57 

Rollin-,  Mary  A 140 

Rollinsford    16,  138 

Rome,    Ga 264 


Rome  and  her  Ruins 94 

Ross,  Fanny  P.   (Smith) 137 

Dr.   J.    S 138,  208,  248 

Jonathan     137 

Samuel    137 

W.   S 139 

Roundy     346 

Roxbury    296 

Mass     486 

Royal   Arcanum 503 

Royalton,  Vt 304 

Rumney,  N.  H 390,  391,  476 

Runals,  Samuel 239 

Runnells,  Hannah   (Farnham) 

239 

Ruschenburger,  Dr 336,  337 

Russell.  Dr.  Fred  W 456 

Dr.    Ira 455 

Martin    427,  502 

Sarah    (Converse) 455 

Rust,  Mary  A 469 

Rye,  N.  H 447 

Sabine  Cross  Roads 104 

Pass    359 

Saco,    Me 386 

St.  Augustine.. 42,  44,  45,  48,  49 
53,  92,  93,  95,  99,  240 

St.   Helena  Island 33 

Sound    133 

St.  Johnsbury,  Vt...l26,  201,  355 
426,  438,  475 

East 426,  427 

Medical  and  Surg.  Club 202 

St.  Joseph,  Mo 248 

St.  Lavv'rence  373 

St.  Louis.  .  .257,  270,  314,  355,  357 

St.  Paul,  Minn 452 

St.  Thomas 329 

Salem    108,  233 

456,  490,  503,  504 

Salinas,  Cal 282 

Salisbury,   Conn 319 

N.  H 98,  497,  498 

Mass 443 

Salmon  Falls,  N.  H 16 

S;impson,  Grace 386 

Dr.    Ira 386 

San  Antonio,  Tex 249,  250 

Sanborn,   Dr.   Beniah 201 

Christopher    193 

Dyer    H 202 

Eben  K 46 

Elizabeth    Thompson 154 


INDEX. 


645 


Sanborn,  Dr.  George 335 

Giles  Leach 154 

Harriet    Leach 154 

Dr.  J.  A 153 

Rev.    Jacob 456 

James  A 120 

Jeremiah     153 

John    153,  430 

Dr.  John  E 456 

Dr.  John  H 148,  153,  154 

Dr.    Noah 412 

Relief    (Brown) 412 

Solomon    412 

Susan  (Hubbard) 153 

Susan    Lillian 154 

Dr.    Thomas.  192,  193,  195,  197 

Sanborn  ton     28,  30,  53 

192,  193,  202,  325 

Bridge    107,197,356,381 

Sanders,   Abagail    (Miles) ..  .412 

Laban    Miles 412 

Dr.  0.  S 441 

Wm.    F 412 

San  Diego,  Cal 475 

Sandwich,  N.  H 207 

208,  316,  317 

Center    380 

Sandy    Hook 2 

Sanford,   Me 20,  21 

Hall  Asylum,  N.  Y 8 

San   Francisco. 250,  254,  329,  330 

Saratoga  46 

Sargent,    Alice 458 

Dr.  B.  W 282,  457,  474 

Diantha     425 

Emmeline     (Crockett) 375 

Dr.    Fernando   Coello 375 

Frank  F 458 

Jacob    457 

Martha    (Webster) 457 

Sylvanus  Thayer 375 

Saunders    307 

Saunderson    305 

Sausalito,    Eng 322 

Savage  Station 19 

Savannah.    Ga.l28,  379,  38G,  484 

Morning    Ngw.»< 288 

Savory,   Dr.  Chas.  A 194,  196 

Sawyer    285 

Anna    M 30 

Dr.   Langdon 463 

Levi    P 159,  168 

Martha    R 30 

R.    H 30 


Saxony,    Gen 184 

Saxton,    Gen 287 

Saxton's   River,   Vt 391 

Sayles,    Col 213 

Scales,    John 219 

Schenectady,    N.   Y 446 

Schnell,  Mrs.  Emma  E 81 

School,   Chandler    Scientific.  .295 

Chauncey   Hall 173 

of  Medicine,  Portland 126 

Phillips    Exeter 476 

St.    Paul's 347,  389 

Shattuck     467 

Tremont    Medical 179,428 

Schoonmaker,  Nellie  W 503 

Schroeder,  Dr.  Wm 175 

Seabrook     39,  234,  235 

Sedgwick,    Gen 5 

Seminary,    Andover    Theolog- 
ical    327 

Brandon,    Vt 468 

Burr     118 

Fairfax    458 

Methodist    Conference 463 

Parsonsfield   16 

Tilton    233 

Westminster    402 

Serenoles    348 

Seymour,  Hon.  Horatio 45 

Shackelford,  Ethelin  M 467 

Henrietta    C 467 

Warner    D 467 

Shanghai    329,364,366,369 

Sharp     212 

Sharpsburg    2 

Sharpshooters   237,  238,  239 

Shattuck     345 

Shaw,  Dr.  Henry  C 3,  8,  9 

Sheffield,   Eng 277 

Shelburne,   N.    H 58 

Falls,    Mass 80 

Shepard,  Dr.  Aaron  W 207 

210,  211 

Eliza    (Burns) 211 

John    W 211 

Shepardstown     259,  260 

Sherburn   Falls,   Mass 228 

Sheridan,  General 115.  226 

349,  484 

Sherman     484 

General    95.  380,  386 

Thomas    W 41,  47.  297 

Gen.   Wm.   T 157 

Sherman's  Army 226 


35 


546 


INDEX. 


Sherman's  March  to  the  Sea.  .264 

424 

Shields,   Gen 213 

Shiloh    264,  279,  468 

Shippen,    Dr 143 

Shirley,    Mass 109,  446 

Shoreham,    Vt 422 

Short  Falls,  N.   H 470,  472 

Shreveport    102,  111 

Sibley,    Gov 311 

Nancy    Geo 400 

Stephen     400 

Sickles,  Maj.-Gen.  D.  E. .  .103,  215 

Siege  of  Petersburg 152,  154 

Sigma  Phi 370 

Simpson,   James   T 217 

Singapore     329 

Sitting    Bull 453 

Sleeper,   Hiram  Lewis 198 

Dr.   Hubert 192,  198 

Mary    (Leavitt) 198 

Sanborn    198 

Small,  Abbie  A.  (Jose) 126 

Dr.  Horatio  N 122 

125,  126,  159,  201 

Richard     126 

Smart,  Annie  Wentworth 98 

Col.    Benning 97 

Nancy     (Farrington) 97 

Dr.  Wm.  Hutchins 97,  98 

Dr.  "William  H.,  Jr. .  .85,  97,  98 

Smith     51,  218,  242 

Albert    109,  164,  198 

301,  346,  443,  459 

Amanda  C 235 

Benjamin     376,  377 

Caroline  L 150 

Carrol    Haven 303 

Charles    E 150 

Daniel    83 

Daniel    F Ill 

Ervin   H 225 

Esther   (Burnham) 423 

Forster  Hanson 303 

George  H 150 

Dr.    Henry    H 376 

Henry    Sumner 376,  377 

Dr  Hermon  Joseph 302 

Dr.  Hosea  H.  .106,  110,  111,  112 

Isaac    429 

Dr.  J.  A 36 

John     302 

Jonathan    137 

Joseph    46 


Smith,  Joseph  Haven 302 

Lovell  Bolivar 377 

Lydia    B m 

Mrs.   M.   C 141 

Mary    Fanny 495 

Mary    (Hilliard) 376,  377 

Meribah 302 

Mildred    Grassell 7 

Narcissa    V 423 

Nathan    440 

Norman     156 

Reginald  Forster 303 

Dr.   Robert  K 299 

Dr.    Sumner   T 377 

William    Benjamin    Tyng.  .377 

Dr.  William  R 7 

Smyth,    Gov 104 

Society,  American  Gynecologi- 
cal     187,  469 

Am.  Laryngological,  Rhino- 
logical  and  Otological 469 

Arizona    Historical 245 

Army  of  Tennessee 265 

Boston  Gynecological. .  .79,  188 

Boston   Obstetrical 315 

Bridgeport    Scientific 453 

Brooklyn  Pathological. 174,  177 

Cincinnati     170 

of  Colonial   Wars 188,  340 

Delta  Kappa  Epsilon 482 

Dover    Historical 285 

Gamma    Sigma 138 

Linnsean,  of  New  York 245 

of  Mayflower  Descendants.  188 
Merrimack  County  Agricul- 
tural         1 

of  Military  Surgeons  of  the 

U.  S 462 

of  Naturalists  of  the  East- 
ern U.  S 245 

of  New  England 380 

New  England  Historic  Gen- 
ealogical     504 

N.    H.    Historical 108,  278 

N.  Y.  Freedman's  Aid 289 

Strafford    Historical 285 

Therapeutical,  of  New  York  469 

Village  Improvement 504 

of  Washington,  Biological.. 340 
of  Washington,  Philosophi- 
cal      340 

Societies,  Medical: 

California  State  Medical. .  .282 
Canadian    Medical 297 


INDEX. 


547 


Societies,  Medical: 

Center  District  Medical. .  .154 
337,  343,  347 
433,  444,  495 

Clinical  Medical 479 

Connecticut  Medical 453 

Connecticut  River  Medical.   55 
Connecticut     River     Valley 

Medical     167,  203 

377,  391,  402 

Coos  County  Medical 247 

Decatur    Medical 424 

District  of  Columbia  Medi- 
cal      340 

Dover  Medical 285 

Dutchess   County 482 

East   River   Medical 492 

Essex  County  Homoeopattiic 

333 

North  460 

South,  District 489 

Fairfield    Medical 453 

Fillmore  Medical 130 

Fox  River  Valley   Med.... 479 

Franklin    District    Med 273 

Grafton   County   Med 203 

Hillsborough  County  Med.. 401 

Illinois    423,  479 

Illinois  Army  and  Navy... 424 

Iowa  State  Medical 78,  423 

Kennebec   Medical 112 

King's   County  Medical. ..  .174 
177,  211 

Lake  County 203 

Maine  Medical. .  .112,  265,  267 
Massachusetts  Medical.. 46,  53 
79,  176,  186,  196,  210 
273,  280,  315,  327,  333 
335,  345.  377,  386,  437 
441,  446,  454,  400,  462 
476,  489,  492,  502,  504 

Medical    Improvement 176 

Medical    Observation.  .176,  462 
Middlesex  District  Medical, 

East 446,  476 

North 196,  449 

South 441,  446 

Milwaukee    503 

Minnesota    Medical 265 

267,  422 

Southern,  Medical 130 

Moosilauke    Medical 391 

Nashua   Medical.  .107,  382,  390 
Neu     Pi     Omega     Medical 

Fraternity    503 

N.  E.  Hospital  Medical 288 


Societies,  Medical: 

N.    H.    Homeopathic    Medi- 
cal     233,  499 

New   Hampshire   Medical 6 

8,  14,  18,  45 

46,  55,  62,  63,  69 

76,  107,  108,  112,  152 

154,  102,  107,  177,  183 

194,  197,  203,  210,  228 

235,  242,  247,  248,  259 

269,  280,  285,  297,  302 

308,  316,  320,  337,  349 

350,  373,  375,  380,  389 

393,  398,  402,  422,  423 

425,  429,  431,  439,  444 

448,  454,  458,  4G8,  476 

483,  486,  489,  494,  497 

New  York  County  Medical.  187 

188,  468,  492 

New  York  Medical 14,  15 

177,  380 
New  York  Medico-Legal.  .185 
433,  503 
New  York  Obstetrical.  187,  188 
New  York  State  Medical.. 468 
Norfolk  District  Medical.  .  .437 
Orleans  County  Medical...   71 

Portsmouth   Medical 448 

Renssalaer    County 14 

Rhode    Island 100 

St.   Francis   Medical 70 

St.   Louis  Medical 342 

Scott  County 423 

Somersworth    Medical..    ..269 

Strafford  County  Medical..  184 

185,  248,  269,  2S5,  297 

373,  386,  433,  448,  458 

Suffolk    District 176 

Vermont    Homeopathic 54 

Vermont    Medical.  .70,  93,  176 
425,  427,  433,  439,  468 

Waterville   Clinical 112 

White   Mountain 152,  201 

247.  427.  439.  441 
White  River  Valley  Medical 

93.  439 
Winnipesaukee  Academy  of 

Medicine     393 

Wisconsin    State  Medical.. 502 

503 

Woodstock    Medical 104 

Somerset.    Mass 480 

Somersworth    64,  65.  137 

138.  139.  142.  239.  269 

294.  356.  392,  393.  458 

Somerville.    Mass 186,  316 


5-48 


INDEX. 


Sons  of  New  Hampshire....   10 

Sons  of  the  Revolution.  .340,  448 

462,  477,  503,  504 

South    Mountain G7,  90 

117,  208,  451 

Southern  Pines,  N.  C 473 

Spalding,  Dr.  James  A 254 

Spanish    Wells 39 

Spezia    331 

Spofford,   N.    H 427,  428 

Spottsylvania   114,  143 

444,  471,  498 

Sprague,    Edward 433 

Helen  M 433 

Springfield 20,  342,  461,  463 

Mass 80,  316,  318 

356,  357,  383 

Springvale,  Me 22,  258,  259 

Squadron,  Asiatic 312,  340 

353,  368 

Atlantic    317 

North  Atlantic 337,  341 

South  Atlantic... 320,  327,  375 

Gulf   352,  353 

East   Gulf 364,   370 

East  Gulf  Blockading.. 311,  367 

West  Gulf 327,  328,  335 

West  Gulf  Blockading 319 

Mississippi.  ..314,  336,  342,  374 

Pacific  324,  330 

Stamford,   Eng 322 

Stanard   427 

Standard  Natural  History. ..  .246 

Staniels,  Capt.  Rufus  P 156 

Stanley,    Fabius 322 

Stanton    243 

Edwin  M 255 

Dr.  Joshua  O 227,  413 

Stanwood,   Alice  G 505 

Stanyan,  Capt 104 

John  M 101 

Star  Spangled  Banner 325 

Stark,  Gen 94,  129 

Annie  E 338 

Daniel  Fuller 19 

Fannie  Dennett  (Blake)...   19 

William  F 20 

William  G 13,  19 

Starrett,  Henrietta  M 107 

State  Board  of  Health,  N.  H..185 
Statesman,  Neio  Hampshire . .   80 

Station,    Asiatic 329 

Pacific    331 

Steam  Cotton  Press 102 


Steamship  "Active" 323 

"Alabama"   324,358 

"Alaska"   329 

"Albatross"   313 

"Ann  and  Elizabeth" 450 

"Ashuelot"    365 

"Atlantic"  257,  323 

"Baltic"    41,   382 

"Baltimore"   330,  331 

"Barnes,  Gen.  J.  K." 382 

"Belvidere"   48 

"Ben  Denford"    49 

"Boston"   48,  49 

"Brooklyn"    352 

"California"   353 

"Cambridge"    375 

"Chenango"    343 

"City  of  Madison" 182 

"Clyde"   333,  334 

'Commodore  Hull" 347,  348 

"Commorant"   347,  348 

"Constellation"    323 

"Cora"   323 

"Cornubia"   334,  335 

"Cumberland"    319 

"Daniel  Webster" 362 

"Daylight"    360 

"Decatur"   323 

"Delaware"    48 

"De  Soto" 349,  370 

"Dolphin"   323 

"Echo"    323 

"Eliza  and  Ella" 101 

"Empire    City" 48 

"Empress"  314 

"Ethan  Allen" 338 

"Eugenia"    370 

"Eutaw" 363,  364,  368 

"Florida" 311,  323,  324 

"Hale.  E.  B." 360 

"Hartford" 330,  353 

363,  364,  368 

"Hastings" 338 

"Housatonic"   331 

"Huron"  48,  380 

"Increase"   450 

"Iroquois"    353 

"Katahdin" 319 

"Kearsarge" 322,  323,  324 

"Kengpshea"    360 

"Keystone  State" 336 

337,  338 

"Lackawanna" 352 

"Lafayette"   311 


INDEX. 


549 


steamship    "Lancaster" 344 

"Louisiana"    14 

"Magnolia" 344 

"Mahaska"    326 

"Maine"    358 

"Massachusetts" 321,  323 

"Massasoit"    356 

"Maumee"   342,  343 

"Merrimac"  319 

"Minnesota" 319 

"Mohongo"   329 

"Monadnock" 337 

"Monitor" 319,  330 

"Montauk" 337 

"Montgomery"    316,  317 

"Monticello" 373,  374 

"Morning  Light" 350 

"Morse"  318 

"Nantucket"  378,  379 

"Narragansett" 373,  374 

"Nashville"    359 

"Nereus" 343 

"New  Hampshire" 330 

"Niagara"   323,  352 

"North  Carolina" 343 

"Northville"    358 

"Nyack"   313 

"Ohio" 320,  333 

335,  345,  356 

"Oreta"    358 

"Passaic"  360 

"Potomac"   354 

"Proteus" 360 

"Pursuit" 316,  317,  333,  334 

"Red  River" 313 

"Red  Rover" 314,  315,  336 

"Restless"... 360,  361,  363,  368 

"Richmond"   353 

"Roanoke"  380 

"Rover"  364 

St.  Mary's  Government  Ship 
and  Nautical  School.  .  .32,  56 

"Saginaw"   331 

"Sallie  List" 190 

"San  Jacinto" 319 

"Santiago  de  Cuba"... 357,  358 

"Satellite"    323 

"Shawmut"    325 

"Shenandoah"  367 

"Shepard  Knapp" 133 

"Sonoma"  346 

"Supply"  377 

"Susan  and  Ellyn" 4 

"Tennessee"   353 


Steamship  "Thos.  Freeborn". 376 

"Tioga"   325 

"Unadilla"   325 

"Vermont" 344 

"Wabash" 330,  378,  379 

"Wachusett" 364,  366,  369 

"Warren" 322,  323 

"Winona" 354,  355 

"Wyoming" 365,  366,  367 

Stearns'   History 17 

Stebbins,  Walter  0 228 

Steere,  Isabelle 130 

Stevens,  Aaron  F 3,  164,  166 

Dr.  Bela  Nettleton 414,  416 

Fanny   (Nettleton) 414 

Col.  George  W 145 

Josiah  414 

Surviah  Parkhurst 437 

Mrs.  William  H 269 

Stevenson,  Dr 279 

Stewartstown   19,  71 

Stickney 339 

Stiles,  Jane  S 236 

Dr.  R.  C 174,  177 

Stimpson,  Susie 72 

Stockade,  Morris  Island 292 

Stockbridge,  Vt 168 

Stockholm 330,  331,  468 

Stockton,  Kan 487,  488 

Stone,  Gen 5 

Benjamin  P 17 

Charles  P 6 

David  17 

Lydia   (Perkins) 17 

Dr.  William  P 12,  13,  17,  18 

Stoueham,  Mass 470 

Stoneman,  Gen 214 

Stone  Mountain  (Tenn.) 424 

Stons  Inlet 49 

Stoodley,  Nathan  D 156 

Storer,  Dr.  Horatio  R 315 

Stoughton 427 

Stowell,  David 112 

Dr.  David  P 106,  112 

Emily  Caroline  (Starrette).112 

Strafford 202,  400 

Vt 479 

Straits  of  Magellan 329 

Strasburg,  Va 450 

Stratham,  N.  H 332 

Stratton.  Frank  A 135 

Suffolk.  Va 127 

Sullivan.  N.  H 357.  402.  438 

George  169 


550 


INDEX. 


Sullivan,  John 155,  169 

Dr.  John 159 

Olivia  (Rowe) 169 

Sumner    379 

Sumter  172 

Sunapee,  N.  H 465 

Suncook,  N.  H.  .170,  288,  347,  348 
374,  443,  444,  468 
Surgeons : 

Abbott,  Josiah 279 

Adams,  Jeffrey  T 310 

Ayer,  Otis 422 

Ayers,  Joseph  G 312 

Baker,  John  W.  H 423 

Barnes,  Ira  N 424 

Bartlett,   Bradley  H 460 

Bartlett,  Ezra 385 

Bean,  Luther  C 202 

Beckley.  Charles  C 56 

Beebe,  Rev.  George 386 

Bell,  John 241 

Bigelow,  Benjamin  F 313 

Bixby,  Amos  S 235 

George  H 313 

Blackmer,    John 316 

Blodgett,  John  H 318 

Blood,  Robert  A 461 

Boynton,  Henry 91 

Bragg,  Ira  W 319 

Brickett,  George  F 320 

Bright,  George  A 321 

Bronson,  Austin  S 462 

Brooks,  Nathaniel  G 425 

Brown,  Marshall  L 79 

William   W 85 

Browne,  John  Miles 322 

Buckman,  John  W 64 

Bullard,  Gates  B 426 

Bunton,  Sylvanus 88 

Burnham,  Charles  A 37 

Butler,  George  H 326 

John  F 127 

Buzzell,  Andrew  J.  H 30 

Campbell,  Sylvester 197 

Carbee,   Samuel  P 151 

Carr,  Edgar  L 429 

Carter,  Miles  0 281 

Chase,  Albert  A 430 

Henry  M 326 

Child,  William 66 

Clark,  Albert  W 430 

John  Howe 327 

Clarke,  David  S 431 

Ellery   C 109 


Surgeons: 

Clement,  Thomas  R 127 

Comings,  David  L.  M 56 

Conn,  Granville  P 432 

Cooper,   Sherman 76 

Coues,   Elliott    242 

Samuel   331 

Crombie,  James  H 387 

Crosby,  Albert  H 388 

Alpheus  B 4 

Dixi 421 

Thomas  Russell 262 

Cummings,  Edward  P 332 

Currier,  George  W 389 

Darling,  Daniel 390 

Darling,  J.  Homer 333 

Davis,  Charles  A 434 

Dearborn,  David  P 53 

John   G 334 

Samuel  G 106 

Dinsmoor,  George  R 434 

Dix,  Mahlon  C 464 

Dodge,  Levi  P 464 

Douglas,  O.  B 467 

Dunham.   William   Russell. 391 

Dutton,  Samuel  Lane 436 

Eaton,  Benjamin  F 35 

Eastman,  Josiah  C 43 

Ela,  Robert  L 470 

Eldredge,    Frederick   A 229 

Elliott,   Charles   Amos 392 

George   H 472 

Emerson,  John  S 207 

Emery,  Alfred  E 336 

Emory,  John  C 168 

Eudy,   Leonard   M 473 

Farrah,  Daniel 38 

Farrington,  James  B 282 

Joseph  H 474 

Ferguson,  John 123 

Fiske,  Cyrus  M 193 

Fletcher,  William  K 392 

Flint,  James  Milton 338 

Folsom,  James  D 201 

Foster,  Timothy  S 393 

FoTv'ler,  Hadley  B 148 

French,  George  F 263 

J.  O 395 

Nathaniel  W 437 

Frost,   Carlton  P 438 

Edwin  B 475 

Gage,  Charles  P 396 

Gale,  George  W 341 

Garland,  Jeremiah  C 400 


INDEX. 


551 


Surgeons; 

Gerould,   Martin   L 341 

Gibson,  Francis  N 118 

Oilman,  Zeeb 475 

Gleason,   Aaron   R 401 

Goodhue,  David  P 342 

Goodwin,   Dr.  Richard 506 

Grant.  Jasper  S 404 

Vvllliam   H 403 

Graves,  Frank  W 476 

Greeley,  George  P 45 

James  B 217 

Greenleaf   Arthur  W 282 

Haley,  Timothy  A 480 

Hall,  Jeremiah  F 183 

Ham,  John  R 284 

Hardy,   Hiram  T 478 

Harriman,  James  L 440 

Harris,  George  D 344 

Harwood,  Henry  J 127 

Hawks,  Mrs.  Esther  H 288 

John  M 286 

Hayes,  John  A 139 

Haynes,  John 130 

Timothy  268 

Hazelton.  Isaac  H 344 

Hiland.  Thomas 346 

Hildreth,  Charles  F.  P 347 

Hinds,  William  H.  W 441 

Hobbs,  Benjamin 293 

Horsch,  Carl  H 184 

Hoyt,  Ahira  B 349 

Hubbard,  George  H 13 

Hunt,  Charles  W 150 

Huntress,  Joseph 404 

Hurd,  Willard  0 442 

Yorick  G 442 

Hutchins,  Edward   R 140 

Janvrin,  Joseph  E 187 

Jones,  Charles  M 142 

Judkins,    Emery    G 350 

Kemp,  Edwin  A 405 

Kempton,  Vv'illard  C 20 

Kimball,   Franklin   B 33 

Heil   J 351 

Kittredge,  Charles  M 481 

J.  Perry 482 

Knight,  Luther  M 62 

Larabee,  George  H 443 

Lathrop.  Moses  C 296 

Lejich,  Thomas  W 352 

Leavitt,  Almond  0 354 

Little.  Charles 354 

Charles  Fred 444 

Manson,  Charles  A 356 


Surgeons: 

i^.Ianter,    George   W 39 

Mason,  Rufus  O 357 

May,   James  R 360 

McCollester,  J.  Q.  Adams.. 445 

Merrow,  James  M 16 

Mitchell,   Ezra 246 

Moffett,  Frank  T 483 

Mooar,  Jacob  W 484 

Moore,  John  C.  W 142 

Morrill,    Ezekiel, 233 

Morse,  Leroy  F 360 

Moulton,    Albert   A 28 

Charles   A 110 

Neal,  Elias  C 361 

Nelson,  David  B 486 

Newell,  Arthur  C 247 

Norcross,  George  J 298 

Noyes,  George  Henry 446 

James   H 77 

Odell,  Joseph  Warren 406 

O'Donnell,  Edward  J 487 

Page,  Charles  H: 363 

Palmer,   Daniel   E 299 

Parker,  George  A 369 

Nathaniel   C 370 

Parsons,  John  William.  ..  .447 

Peaslee,  Edmund  R 407 

Perkins,  Marshall 179 

Pickard,  Isaiah  L 300 

Pierce,  Elihu  P 80 

George    W 228 

Pike,  Charles  C 489 

Pinkham,  George  E 448 

Plummer,   Albert 129 

Porter,  George  L 450 

Potter,  Frederick  E 373 

Prescott,  Royal  B 491 

Price,  Reuben  W 234 

Rand,   John    M 301 

Reynolds,  Thomas  O 493 

William    B 239 

Richardson,  Samuel  A 163 

Rix,  James  M 495 

Robinson,  Abraham  H 409 

Don  A 70 

John    L 454 

Ross,  Jonathan  S 137 

Russell,  Ira 455 

Sanborn,  John  E 456 

John  H 153 

Noah    412 

Thomas   192 

Sanders,  Laban  M 412 

Sargent,  Betton  W 457 


552 


INDEX. 


Surgeons : 

Sargent,  Fernando  C 375 

Sawyer,  Levi  P 168 

Shaw,  Henry  C 8 

Shepard,  Aaron  W 210 

Sleeper,  Hubert 198 

Small,    Horatio   N 125 

Smith,  Henry  H 37G 

Hermon    J 302 

Hosea  T 110 

Sumner    T 377 

Stanton,  Joshua  O 413 

Stark,   William   G 19 

Stevens,  Bela  N 414 

Stone,  William  P 17 

Stowell,  David  P 112 

Sullivan,  John,  Jr 169 

Swasey,   Charles  E 269 

Taft,  Albert  H 49G 

Thayer,  William  H 173 

Thompson,  Andrew  J 107 

Titcomb,  George  P 497 

Topliff,  Charles  C 303 

Towle,  Benjamin  N 186 

Towne,  Francis  L 249 

Tracy,  William  A 75 

Train,  Arthur 458 

Trask,   Charles   M 71 

Treadwell,    Passmore 377 

Tredick,   John,   Jr 257 

Tucker,  Edward  M 259 

Twitchell,  George  B 159 

Wakefield,  George  L 498 

Walker,  Augustus  C 273 

Walker,  James  P 58 

Wallace,  William   F 500 

Wardwell,  Henry  F 57 

Wason,   Eugene 501 

Webster,  Claudius  B 274 

Warren  251 

William   A 118 

Weeks,  Franklin  C 179 

Weld,  Francis  M 378 

Wells,  Daniel  E 304 

Wheeler,  John 417 

Phineas    H 420 

White,   Charles  H 380 

Whittier,  Samuel  C 458 

Wilbur,   George  P 381 

Wingate,  U.  O.  B 502 

Woodbury,  George  E 459 

Louis  A 503 

Wright,  John  H 383 

Surgery,  Lost  Art  in 6 


Surinam,  S.  A 313,  314 

Sutton.  .13,  463,  465,  470,  476,  489 

Swanzey  54,  56 

Swasey,  Dr 270 

Charles  269,  328 

Dr.  Chas.  Emerson 269,  270 

Clara  Ellen    240 

Eunice  ( Paul ) 269 

Nathaniel    269 

Sarah    Jessie 272 

Sweat,  Dr.  Moses 186 

Swift,  Annie  L 258 

Charlotte   445 

Daniel  M 258 

Louisa    258 

Swift  Creek 152 

Symonds   301 

Tacoma,  Wash 245 

Taft,  Achsah  (Hardy) 496 

Albert  A 497 

Dr.  Albert  H 496,   497 

Arthur   R 497 

DeForest   R 497 

Harry  A 497 

Nathan   496 

Takan   386 

Tallahassee,    Fla 298 

Tamworth,  N.  H 143,  240 

Tappan,  M.  W 3 

Taunton,  Mass... 96,  97,  378,  386 

Taxidermist   Society 245 

Taylor,  Eliza  W 56 

Tenney,  Dr 400 

Terre  Haute,  Ind 361 

Terry,  Gen.  A.  H 32,  50,  121 

357,  380 
Tewksbury,  Mass... 307,  332,  471 

Thames  to  the  Tiber 94 

Thayer,  Abbott 174 

Gen.  John  M 271,  272 

Lipheon  173 

Susan   E 163 

Dr.  Wm.  H 46,  173,  175,  177 

Theosophical  Society. ..  .243,  245 

Thetford,  Vt 208,  438,  479 

Thibodeaux,  La 102 

Thomas,  Gen 455,  457 

Thompson 363 

Gen 226 

Maj.  A.  B 362 

Dr.  Andrew  J 106,  107,  108 

David  108 

Edward  C 228 


INDEX. 


553 


Thompson,  Dr.  Fred 109 

Capt.  J.  L 213 

Levi   B 108 

Mehitable    (Brown) 108 

S.  M 155 

Willis    109 

Thornton,  N.  H 457 

James  B 434 

Mary   434 

Thornton's  Ferry  217 

Tiddy,  Mrs.  M.  L 467 

Tifft    249 

Tigerville    102 

Tiltoh,  N.  H 28,  30,  69 

94,  107,  128,  197,  202 
344,  381,  441,  442,  504 

Miss  Charlotte  C 63 

James  P 63 

Mary  G 63 

Tipton.    Mo 14 

Titcomb,  Fred  P 498 

Dr.   George  P 497 

Jeremiah    497 

Rebecca    (Pillsbury) 497 

William    489 

Todd's  Tavern 457 

Togas  307 

Tokio   330 

Tolland,    Ct 296 

Tolles,  Dr.  Nathaniel 350 

Topliff,    Abijah 303 

Calvin    303 

Dr.  Calvin  186 

Dr.  Charles  C 303 

Susan  (Miller) 303 

Topsham,   Me 109 

Tortugas,  Fla 283,  452 

Toulon  331 

Towle,  Amos 186 

Dr.  Benjamin  N 182,  186 

Lovell    186 

Mary   (Bennette) 186 

Towne    249 

Hon.   Amos 249 

Barton  G 249 

Harriet  F.   (Tifft) 249 

Dr.   Francis  Laban 249 

Townsend,    E.    D 215 

Mass 89,  92,  112 

Vt 228 

West,  Mass 488 

Tracy,  Cyrus 75 

Elisha  T 75 

Laura  A.  (Peabody) 75 


Tracy,  Mary  L 76 

William  A 74,  75,  76 

William  H 76 

Train,  Dr.  Arthur 458 

Harry    458 

Sarah    (Andrews) 458 

Trask,  Dr.  C.  M 61,  71,  72 

Sarah  M.    (Clark) 71 

William    71 

William   D 71 

Travels,  Lewis  and  Clark.... 246 

Treadwell,  Elizabeth  B 378 

John  P 378 

Lydia   ( Greenough ) 378 

Passmore    377 

Robert  H 378 

Thomas  P 378 

Tredick,  Dr.  John.  .  .257,  258,  259 

Mary  W.    (Copp) 258 

Tremont,  Me 361,  362 

Trevitt,  James  T 91 

Sally    (Gillis) 91 

Sarah  J 91 

Tribune,   Dakota 46G 

Tripler,  Surgeon 6 

Troopers,    Granite   State 213 

Troops,  U.  S.  C 235,  379 

Troy,  N.  H. .  .15,  39,  168,  230,  316 

N.  y 14,  170 

True    350 

Ella  T 321 

Truell,  R.  T 391 

Tucker,  Dr.  E.  M 258,  259 

Eleanor   386 

Eliza   (Hussey) 259 

Ezra   259 

John    259 

Luie  A 261 

Nathaniel    386 

Tuftonborough.  .29,  299,  300,  480 

Tumors  of  Abdomen 315 

Tunbridge,  Vt 75,  376 

Turner,  Alice  K 325 

James   325 

Tuttle,    Alice 484 

Charles  M 473.  483,  484 

Twitchell,  Dr.  Geo.  B...159,  160 
161,  162,  169,  165 
402,  435,  492.  496 

Mary 160,   163,  443 

Samuel    150 

Susan   (Watson) 159 

Timothy    159 

Twiss,  Harriet  M 442 


554 


INDEX. 


Twiss,  Margaret  A 442 

Twombly    263 

Tyler,   Texas 104 

Tyngsboro,  Mass 286 

Umbilical  Hemorrhage 177 

Underbill  &  Kittredge 482 

Union  British  Ornithologists. 244 

Club,  Boston 380 

N.  H 240,  295 

Veterans   113 

Unions  23 

United  States  Marine  Hosp..     5 

University.  Brown 316,  450 

Columbia   243,  244 

Georgetown   402 

Harvard 59,  109,  246,  264 

273,  316,  339,  345,  348 

354,  363,  379,  380,  381 

383,  391,  393,  425,  434 

436,  441,  474,  504 

Iowa    456 

Johns  Hopkins 256 

Madison    168 

Medicine  and  Surgery 461 

Michigan 7,  375,  463 

Minnesota   267,  268 

New  York 7,  107,  112,  197 

335,  356,  442,  455,  468 

Norwich  (Vt.)  .  .46,  54,  179,  220 

244,  263,  356,  377 

390,  445,  448,  478 

Ohio   500 

Pennsylvania 138,  160,  242 

269,  347 

Philadelphia    461 

Teaching,  American  Society 

for  Extension  of 245 

Union  League 380 

Upsala   330 

U.  S.  Grant 506 

Vermont.  14,  70,  76,  79,  109,  128 
273,  336,  342,  356,  360 
446,  465,  468,  476,  495 

Vienna    347 

Wesleyan   456 

Yale    143 

Upperville  451,  452 

Valparaiso 301,  329,  330 

Vanderveer,  Charlotte 359 

Ventilation,  Errors  in 177 

Vernon,  Vt 445 

Verrugas 323 

Vershire,  Vt 85 

Vesuvius  and  Pompeii 94 


Vevay,  Switzerland 326 

Vicksburg 104,  161,  190,  209 

228,  257,  264,  314,  336 
338,  374,  398.  424,  471 

Victoria,    Texas 235 

Vienna 79,  314,  468,  485 

Virginia    369 

Volunteers,     District     of     Co- 
lumbia    460 

Nineteenth  Illinois 445 

One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth 

Illinois    424 

Second  Iowa  Cavalary 447 

Eighth   Iowa   Infantry 447 

Nineteenth  Iowa  Infantry.  .297 
Twenty-seventh  Iowa   Inf.  .456 

Ninth  Maine  Infantry 247 

Sixteenth  Maine  Infantry.  .428 
Eighteenth  Maine  Infantry  468 
First  Mass.  Heavy  Art. 436,  444 
Second  Mass.  Infantry. .  .2,  273 

Third  Mass.  Infantry 448 

449,  495 
Sixth  Mass.  Infantry. ..  .2,  449 
Eighth  Mass.  Infantry  443,  454 
Eleventh  Mass.  Infantry. .  .455 
458,  459 
Thirteenth  Mass.  Infantry.. 440 

Seventeenth  Mass.  Inf 441 

Twentieth  Mass.  Inf.. 434,  435 

Twenty-first  Mass.  Inf 429 

Twenty-third  Mass.   Inf 383 

459 
Twenty-fourth  Mass.  Inf... 448 
Twenty-eighth  Mass.  Inf... 430 

Twenty-ninth  Mass.  Inf 266 

429 
Thirty-second  Mass.  Inf... 434 
Thirty-fifth  Mass.  Inf.. 429,  430 

Thirty-ninth  Mass.   Inf 428 

Fortieth  Mass.  Inf 348,  436 

Forty-seventh  Mass.  Inf.... 316 

317 

Fiftieth  Mass.  Inf 437 

Fifty-first  Mass.   Inf 206 

Fifty-third  Mass.   Inf 446 

Fifty-seventh  Mass.  Inf 206 

431 
Fifty-ninth  Mass.  Inf.  206,  431 

Second  Minn.  Inf 422 

Thirtieth  Missouri  Inf 457 

First  N.  H.  Inf.. 5,  9,  24,  3G,  397 

Second  N.  H.  Inf.  .  .7,  10.  11,  16 

17,   18,  19,   20,   22,   23 

24,  25,  37,  47,  90,  131 

133,  143,  170,  286,  402 


INDEX. 


555 


Volunteers,  Third  N.  H.  Inf.  .  28 

29,  31,  36,  37,  38,  39,  94 

120,  335,  449,  482 

Fourth  N.  H.  Inf.  .41,  42,  43,  44 

45,  4C,  47,  48,  49,  50 

51,  52,  53,  54,  55,  56 

57,  58,  59,  95,  204.  371 

Fifth  N.  H.  Inf.. 60,  61,  62,  63 

64,  65,  66,  67,  68 

69,  70,  71,  72,  204 

229,  484,  498,  499 

Sixth  N.  H.  Inf.. 59,  73,  75,  76 

77,  78,  79,  80,  88,  465,  470,  471 

Seventh  N.  H.  Inf... 20,  49,  82 

83,  84,  85,  86,  88,  89 

90,  91,  92,  93,  94 

95,  96,  97,  98,  99 

100,  283,  472,  484 

Eighth  N.  H.  Inf 102,  103 

104,  105,  106,  107 
108,  109.  110,  111 
112,  113,  180,  474 

Ninth  N.  H.  Inf 52,  114,  115 

116,  117.  118,  204 
208,  209.  497,  499 
Tenth  N.  H.  Inf.. 120,  121,  122 
123,  124,  125,  126 
127,  128,  129,  130 
131,  132,  133,  134 

Eleventh  N.  H.  Inf 134 

130,  137,  138,  139,  140 
141,  142,  143,  144,  248 
258.  461,  462,  4S9,  494 

Twelfth  N.  H.  Inf 121 

145.  146,  147,  148,  149 
152,  153,  248,  304,  480 
Thirteenth  N.  H.  Inf... 121,  126 
155,  156,  157,  158,  159 
160,  161,  103.  104,  165 
167,  109,  170,  233,  481 

Fourteenth  N.  H.  Inf 46 

171,  172.  173,  174 

175,  177,  179,  319 

402,  435,  483,  496 

Fifteenth  N.  H.  Inf.  21,  182,  183 

185,  186,  187,  312,  355 

397,  429,  473,  474,  505 

Sixteenth  N.  H.  Inf 190 

191.  192,  193,  195.  197 
198,  356,  487,  488,  504 

Seventeenth  N.  H.  Inf 199 

200,  201 

Eighteenth  N.  H.  Inf.. 107.  119 

129.  204,  205.  206 


Volunteers,  Eighteenth    N.  H. 

Inf 207,  208,  209.  210 

211,  372,  500,  502 

Fifty-third  N.  Y.  Inf 133 

273,  442 

Eighteenth  Ohio  Inf 240 

Eighty-eighth   Penn.   Inf... 428 
One  Hundredth  Penn.  Inf.. 256 

258 

First  S.  C.  Colored 289 

Union  172 

U.  S 5,  14,  47,  139 

160,  187,  241,  257,  202 
266,  272,  273,  395,  485 

Second    Vermont    Inf 427 

Fifth  Vermont   Inf 89 

Tenth  Vermont  Inf 475 

Twelfth  Vermont  Inf 432 

Fifteenth  Vt.  Inf.  .420,  438,  464 

Sixteenth  Vermont   Inf.... 425 

Sixth  West  Virginia  Inf... 379 

Vose,  Col 224 

Wadleigh,  Helen  F 357 

Martha  A 321 

Wagner    33 

Waitsfield,  Vt 8,  350 

Wakefield   240,  250,  257 

258,  294,  295 

E.  E 500 

Dr.  G.  L 114,  498,  499 

Harvey   M 498 

Mary   (Ray) 498 

Silas    498 

Walden,  Vt 57 

Walker,    Mrs 32 

Dr.  Augustus  Chapman. ..  .273 

Abbie   S 390 

Abigail  (Murray)  .  .  .32,  50,  273 

Betsey    (Parker) 59 

Bruce  477 

James   59 

Dr.  James  P 43,  58,  59,  74 

Joseph    Alcott 273 

Dr.    Mark 273 

Capt.  Richard 476 

Robert  Turner 274 

Sidney  Grant 274 

William  273 

William  Augustus 274 

Wallace,  John 500 

Lydia  M.  (Waterman) 500 

William  500 

Dr.  William  F 500,  501 


556 


INDEX. 


Walpole,  N.  H 

.445 

Wapping   Heights.. 

.152 

War,   Colonial 

.    68 

French  and  Indian... 

.     4 

Indian    

3^3 

Spanish-American 

.141 

with  Mexico 

.386 

of  the  Rebellion,  5 

1,  6,8 

:2,  89 

.130 

160,  198, 

199, 

217, 

241 

254,  278, 

389, 

392 

422 

42G,  451, 

452, 

470, 

498 

of  the  Revolution 

....68,  71,  75 

150,  351, 

355, 

461, 

504 

of  1812 

355 

Ward,  Prof 

40'^ 

Wardwell,  Chas.  H. 

.    58 

Fanny    (Frost).., 

.    57 

Dr.  Henry  F 

...43,  57 

James   

57 

Mary  Elizabeth . . 

.    58 

Peter   

57 

Vv^'arehouse  Point,  C 

onn. 

.    65 

Warminster    Vu 

'^86 

Warner 

..99, 

476. 

495 

AVarren,  Mass 

.332 

Dr.  M    B 

^57 

N.  H 

?85 

Vt 

.401, 

40? 

Warrentown    

.451 

Warrington,  Va.  . . . 

.149 

Warsaw  Island,  Ga. 

.   48 

Warwick,  R.  1 

..99, 

100 

Washburn,  Gov 

.394, 

395 

Dr 

445 

Washington 

.2,  6 

.  10 

19,  41,  44,  90 

'.  95. 

115 

120,  136, 

170. 

206. 

209 

215,  222, 

223, 

225. 

231 

244,  254, 

255, 

263. 

266 

269,  270, 

273. 

275. 

377 

286,  388, 

389, 

390, 

391 

D.  C 

37,  47,  52 

:.  82 

109, 

130, 

131, 

140 

242, 

243, 

249. 

268 

295, 

298, 

321. 

322 

324, 

331, 

338. 

342 

370, 

380, 

384. 

394 

395, 

402, 

424. 

428 

431, 

435, 

452. 

460 

461, 

485, 

491. 

504 

N.  H 131,  282, 

283, 

458. 

496 

Arsenal 

45? 

East,  N.  H 

.    14 

Little,  N.  C 

.348 

University   

.   89 

Wason,  Abraham 501 

Arthur  502 

Dr.  Eugene 501 

James    501 

Sarah  Theresa  (Lamson)  .  .501 

Waterman    281 

Watertown,  Mass 67,  322 

357,  380,  381 

Waterville,  Me 112,  113 

Vt 168 

Watkins,  Dr.  E.  V 326,  426 

Watson,  Dr.  George  M 255 

Dr.  H.  L 473 

Dr.  Henry  P 251 

Dr.  Irving  A 44,  454 

Gen.  T.  L 453 

Watts,  Robert 397 

Waukegan,  111 202,  203 

Weare    53 

South   202 

Weathersfield,  111 444 

Vt 56,  462 

Webber,  Prof.  N.  W 463 

Webster 354.  355,  399 

Webster,  Mass 381 

Dr 211 

Caleb  251 

Dr.  Claudius  B 274,  275 

276,  277,  278 

Daniel 47,  274,  424 

Elizabeth  C 349 

Elizabeth    (Knight) 274 

Etta  D 403 

Hannah    (Peaslee) 251 

Rev.  Josiah 274 

Dr.  Kimball  D 402,  403 

Mary  E 278 

Sidney    251 

Susan   A 117 

Thomas   274 

Dr.  Warren 251,  252 

253,  254,  255 

Dr.  William  A 116,  117,  118 

William    G 117 

Webster  Groves,  Mo 342 

Weeks,  Dr.  Franklin  C 173 

179,  180 

Dr.  L.  T 360 

Weir  Bottom  Church,  Va 50 

Weirs 25,  26,  200,  499 

Weitzel,  Gen.  Godfrey 284 

Weld,   Christopher   Minot 380 

Dr.   Frances  Minot 378 

379,  380 
Sarah  Fitch    (Sumner) 379 


INDEX. 


557 


Weld,  Sarah  Swan 380 

Thomas  Swan 379 

William  Gordon 379 

Wellesley,   Mass 502 

Wellesley   Hills,    Mass 344 

Wellfleet,   Mass 39,   40 

Wellman    383 

Wells,  Me 142,  143,  306 

Dr.  Daniel  E 304,  305 

Gideon  337 

Dr.  Thomas 437 

Wells  River,  Vt 67,  72,  388 

389,  391 

Wendell,  Dr.  Daniel  A 85,  94 

95,  96 

Daniel  H 94 

H.  J.    (Jeuness) 94 

Wenham,   Mass 443,   454 

Wentworth,  N.  H 390,  391 

John    275 

Wesselhoeft,   Dr 185 

Westerly,   R.    1 377 

Westfield,  N.  J 76,  77 

Mass 109 

Westf ord.   Mass 117 

West  Indies 319 

West  Lyman 168 

Westminster,  Vt.18,  118,  402,  445 

Westmoreland,  N.  H 80,  391 

Weston,  Cornelia  C 487 

West  Point 82,  257 

West  Springfield,  N.  H 2 

Wheeler,  Abner 417,  420 

Alice 421 

Annie  421 

Hazen   417,  420 

Dr.  James  H 284 

Jane   (Jewett) 417,  420 

John  421 

Dr.  John 61,  248,  417 

418,  419,  420 

Lefie  P 427 

Hon.   Phineas 420 

Surgeon 370 

Wheelock,  Vt 201 

Whipple,  Dr.  Alonzo  A 300 

Dr.  S.  M 131,  465,  489 

Thomas  J 3,  145 

Whitaker,  Jane  Benton 307 

Dr.  James  Munroe 307,  308 

Roxana    (Saunders) 307 

Wliite 224,  345,  380,  381 

Arminda  P 281 

Charles  381 

Dr.  Charles  Henry 380 


White,  Harriet  S 54 

Dr.  Jeremiah  W 159,  169 

Samuel    381 

Sarah  D.   (French) 381 

Hills  305 

House  Landing 96,  390 

House   140,  225 

Plains   89 

White's  Ranch,  Texas 295 

Whitefield   18,  440,  495 

Whitehall    334 

White  River  Junction 71,  72 

198.  221 

Whitney,  Mary  (Griffin) 168 

Mary  J 168 

Whiton,  Dr.  H.  B 15 

Whittemore,  Dr.  Jacob  P 502 

James  H 502 

Dr.  James  P 242 

Whittier,  Hannah  (Hanson).. 458 

John 458 

John  Greenleaf 458 

Obadiah 458 

Dr.  Samuel  Crook 458 

Wiggin   352 

Dr.  Augustus  Wiswall 256 

Elizabeth  Bond   (Wiswall)  .257 

Henry  Lamson 256 

Wight,  Dr.  Nahum..234,  362,  395 

Wilbraham,  Mass 296 

Wilbur,  Alvah 381 

Dr.  George  Fisk 381 

Mary  Farrar   (Porter) 381 

Wilder   363 

Mary   425 

Wilderness 143,  209.  379 

451,  471,  479 

Wilkins,  Dr 118 

Rev.  Daniel 133 

Rev.  Elijah  R 134 

Elizabeth  (McMurphy) 133 

Harriet  375 

Hattie   S 502 

Mary  E 170 

Dr.  William  W 122.  132 

133. 134 

Williams,  Gen 20 

Dr 170,  357 

Williamsburg.  ..19,  120.  143,  452 

Williamsport 2,  451 

Willis,   Alexander 387 

Willoughby.  Dr.  Henry  W 305 

Lucy    ( Saunderson ) 305 

Washington    305 

Wilmington 32,  40,  343 


558 


INDEX. 


Wilmington,  N.  C 30,  32,  34 

39,  337,  380 

Wilmot 120,  286,  389,  390,  4G5 

Wilson,  Amanda  M.  (Sawyer)   98 

Col 180 

Elizabeth  Gregg  (Warner).  45 

Eveline 109 

Job    99 

Leonard    45 

Mary  A 58 

Dr.  Moses  S 85,  98,  99 

Miss  Orlin  A 301 

Thomas  W 98 

Wilson's   Cavalry 171 

Farm 103 

Wilton,   Conn 337 

N.  H 109 

Winch,  Dr.  Aloert 18,  440 

Winchendon 455,  456 

V/inchester,  Camp 223 

Mass 79,  80,  279,  280 

281,  298,  321,  442 

N.  H 80,  109,  225,  497 

Va 224,  319,  356,  451 

Windham,  Me 57 

Windsor   439 

Conn 296 

Vt 56,  118,  236,  432 

Wingate,  David 502 

Lydia     Thompson      (Went- 

worth)    502 

Dr.  Uranus  O.  B 502 

Winn,  Dr.  Alexander  M 306 

Bri  H 307 

Winslow  321 

Winthrop,  Theodore 199 

Woburn,  Mass..  163,  430,  476,  478 

Wolcott    296 

Wolfeborongh 48.  183,  286 

299,  300 

Woman  in  the  Case,  A 246 

Wood,  Arabelle  (McGaw) 217 

Gen.  R.  C 250 

Wood  &  Co.,  William 254 

Woodbury  390 

Dr 504,  505 

Addle  460 

Carrie   460 

Charlotte  Eliza 460 

David  Dana 460 

Dolly  Head   (Jones) 504 

Eliza  Bailey  (Gordon) 459 

George  460 

Dr.  George  E 459 

Isabel    460 


Woodbury,  Hon.  Levi 44 

Dr.  Louis  A 503 

Luke 504 

Dr.  Mark  R 107,  128 

Peter  Perkins 459,  460 

Washington 503 

Woodbury,       Dr.,      Published 

Works  of 504 

Woodman,  Harriet  C 401 

Woodruff,  Dr 500 

Woods    357 

Woodstock,  Vt 13,  35,  46,  75 

77,  80,  91,  92.  93,  131 
133,  153,  201,  217,  220 
221,  286,  302,  303,  304 
314,  349,  387,  397,  432 
438.  439,  440,  457,  478 

South,  Vt 445 

Woodward,  Dr.  George  W....464 

Worcester  190 

Dr.  E.  C 438,  479 

Mass 296,  472,  483 

Workmen,    Ancient    Order    of 

United    113 

Worthley,  Dr 71 

Charles  19 

Dr.  Oscar 13,  18 

Fred   19 

Sallie  (Oilman) 18 

Samuel    18 

Wright,  Bliss  &  Fabyan 383 

Wright  &  Co.,  J.  S.  and  E...383 

&  Whitman 383 

Dr.  John  H 383 

John  S 383 

Mary    (Wellman) 383 

Wyatt,  Capt 225 

Daniel    505 

Dr.  Henry  D 505 

Phoebe  (Palmer) 505 

Wyman,  Maj 225 

Dr.  Morrill 208 

Yankee  Doodle 2 

Yazoo  River 209 

Yeddo    269 

Yellow  Fever 329 

Yokohama 329,  330,  364,  366 

Yorktown 19,   259 

Young,  Andrew  H 83 

Young  Men's  Christian  Assn.  .318 

453,  469 

Young's  Point 336 

Zoological  Society  of  Boston.. 245 
Zoological  Society  of  London. 244 


